University forcibly extracting tree sitters

KGO-TV in San Francisco (ABC news) ^ | 9/9/2008 | Teresa Garcia

[Macaw]

BERKELEY, CA (KGO) -- The final showdown is unfolding at UC Berkeley. As campus police move in on the tree sitters occupying the last of the remaining trees. There have been many violent confrontations between police and protestors.

Objects thrown, weapons drawn, people arrested - it's all going down right now at UC Berkeley. Campus police in a cherry-picker are actively trying to get the tree sitters down from their perch in a redwood tree. A dramatic ending to the nearly two-year protest over the removal of trees to build a new university sports complex.

[Kozak]

G*DD*MN DIRTY HIPPIES. I HATE Dirty Hippies!

[eXe]

Heck, would be even more fun with paintball guns.. lol pelt them till they come down.. haha

[zendari]

Me too.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I want to watch them use one of those lasso’s on a stick to snag a hippie and watch him kick and squeal like a wild pig. They probably smell like wild pigs, too.

[Macaw]

Wow they got about 50 guys on that scaffolding now. I hope it holds up.

[NRA1995]

Saw here! Saw now!

[Macaw]

Wouldn't be a difficult shot.

[mysterio]

I'm going to go against the grain and say that I'd rather have the trees there than another stupid sports arena.

*dons flameproof tuxedo and slinks over to the corner*

[Macaw]

"Saw here! Saw now!"

Quote of the day :-)

[John123]

I don’t get it... what are they doing? Is the camera cutting off the image of someone above?

[dalereed]

“Call Animal Control and a couple of tranquilizer darts later...”

Use real bullets, jail and trials cost too much taxpayer money.

[Sunnyflorida]

All this for two perps? Why not just use tranq darts and a net?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Anybody gotz a site with running commentary? I’m spoiled, I want audio!

[Cinnamontea]

Both people in the tree are now trying to climb further up into it. One guy slipped when the branch he was on broke. They're going to fall if they keep it up.

[Blood of Tyrants]

One of the Bermonkeys had a branch break under him. He almost landed on the platform before he scrambled back up. LOL!

[Macaw]

Yeah we’re about to see a fall.

[John123]

That was the policeman... the criminal is further up...

[Rio]

need more scaffold. i thought maybe they cut the branch. maybe not.

[Sunnyflorida]

Ah, zoomed back more perps up higher. This is some scaffold they are going to have to build.

[John123]

I wonder if the frickin’ idiot knows that if one of the policemen hurt themselves trying to get him... he will be charged for assault... or worse...