[Ppnews] UCPD And Feds Ransack Berkeley Activist Community Center

[Political Prisoner News]

<http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/27/18530389.php>UCPD and 
Feds Raid Long Haul Infoshop
Wed Aug 27 2008

UCPD And Feds Ransack Berkeley Activist Community Center
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/27/18530407.php
<http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/27/18530389.php>
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  At around 10:30am, 5-6 Officers made there way into the Long Haul 
Infoshop and broke down every door and stole every single computer on 
the property. Computers taken including those used by the 
<http://slingshot.tao.ca/>Slingshot collective and 
<http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=317722886>East 
Bay Prisoner Support. The police also raided cabinets, cut locks and 
scattered sorted mail.

People arrived after being informed of the situation, and demanded 
that the police show a warrant. The police said they would show one 
once they were done, and they did. Both 
<http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/>CopWatch and 
<http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/>The Berkeley Daily Planet were 
there to cover the incident. The departments involved were 4 UC 
Berkeley cops, 1 Alameda County Sheriff, and 1 Federal agent. The 
police never explained the reason for the raid other than that the 
computer equipment "may have been used to commit a felony". This is 
the first time the infoshop has been raided.




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