Officials were meeting Wednesday to discuss raising undergraduate fees. Most of those arrested were students. UC San Francisco Police Chief Pamela Roskowski said protesters had thrown barricades and other objects.
By Larry Gordon, reporting from San Francisco
Los Angeles Times
November 18, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-20101118,0,350349.story
Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday in a raucous demonstration outside a San Francisco hall where University of California regents were meeting to discuss controversial proposals to raise undergraduate fees and boost the numbers of out-of-state students. Four UC police officers suffered minor injuries during the protest, officials said.
At one point, a UC San Francisco police officer who had been rushed by protesters and hit on the head with his own baton, pointed his service gun at the demonstrators but did not fire, police said. Police used pepper spray on an estimated 15 protesters, most of whom received treatment at the scene.
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However, a number of students said that police overreacted and that most of the demonstrators were seeking entrance to the meeting to hear the regents' discussions.
"It's very sad to see how the UC students are being treated outside," Claudia Magana, president of the statewide UC Student Assn., told the regents. "They are not here to hurt you." She later said students had hoped to persuade the board to vote against the proposed 8% fee increase when the meeting continues Thursday, but she said approval seemed likely.
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