This is getting really old.

Two arrested at Marines Office protest

BERKELEY — Two people were arrested Friday after they encircled police during a protest of the U.S. Marine recruiting center, a police spokeswoman said.
A group called The World Can’t Wait — Drive Out the Bush Regime was demonstrating at the downtown center Friday to protest military recruiting in Berkeley.

The issue has been in the limelight recently after the City Council last month called the recruiters “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.”

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said about 20 protesters marched from the Marine recruiting center at 64 Shattuck Square to Shattuck Avenue and Center Street to rally for their cause.

Two Berkeley police bike officers followed the group to protect the community, she said.

At the corner of Shattuck and Center, a protester screamed into a megaphone, a violation of a city permit because it was away from the recruiting center, where protesters have a sound permit.

Police tried to detain him to talk about the violation, Kusmiss said.

At that point, the crowd surged and surrounded the bike officers and closed in on them, she said.

Police called for backup and at least a dozen cars arrived in downtown, Kusmiss said.

On thr brighter side.

Berkeley council member wants to rein in commission

A Berkeley City Council member wants to put the bureaucratic brakes on the group that penned last month’s incendiary item asking U.S. Marine recruiters to get out of town.
The council sparked a national outcry Jan. 29 when it voted 6-3 to tell the Marines they are “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.” The action spawned Republican-backed bills in Washington and Sacramento to take away money from the city and a huge protest before a second meeting, during which the council tried to undo some of the damage by retracting the statement and replacing it with new language.

Now Councilmember Gordon Wozniak is planning to ask his colleagues to approve an item requiring that all items coming from the city’s Peace and Justice Commission be heard twice by the City Council before they are approved.

His proposal is scheduled to come before the council when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 2180 Milvia St.

Hat tip: Digital Farmer

Dan

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