Police Face Excessive Force Charges for Brutality During Occupy Berkeleyselfnews Post According toCourthouse News: The police attempted to have the case thrown out but the evidence of battering peaceful demonstrators was too overwhelming to drop the claim. The short video below was taken on campus the day in question and unmistakably shows that excessive force took place: The officers grabbed and indiscriminately pulled some of the protestors out of the lines and placed them under arrest, the complaint said. Even after removing the tents, some officers allegedly continued to beat the protestors, who were reinforced with hundreds more concerned students. The following two videos appear to indisputably back up these claims: Video of police making arrests on students for assembling peaceably: Judge Rogers listed a litany of specific brutal allegations to justify proceeding in the case, including: One of the officers accused battery does not deny that hitting a passive protester is unconstitutional and their best defense was that the law regarding the use of force against passive individuals was sufficiently unclear at the time of the events. Taxpayers should be outraged on a number of fronts; that they clearly no longer have the right to assemble peaceably, that they pay these thugs salaries, and that they also pay for the resulting damages from these brutal actions on citizens theyre supposed to protect and serve. Now that the UC Berkeley case has passed this hurdle, it will likely be settled like the UC Davis case and its unlikely the police will be held accountable. See the ruling here. Read other articles by selfnews Post Here 