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Riot Police Confront Students Occupying the Quad

Many took to Twitter during the protest.

Update: Students set up tents in the quad in an effort to occupy UC Davis. Cops in riot gear were sent to the scene in an effort to remove them from the quad. 

Original Story: Mrak Hall Occupation

Hundreds have gathered on the quad at UC Davis to protest against police brutality and tuition hikes. “Solidarity with brutalized students and faculty at Cal,” it says on the flier. Here’s more info, from Bicycle Barricade.

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Last Wednesday, after being brutalized by the police, 3000 students and faculty at Berkeley rallied and called for a system-wide strike. This Tuesday we will walk out of our classes and strike in solidarity with our friends and colleagues across UC campuses. We demand an end to police violence and an end to the systematic looting (privatization) of our public universities. 

Many people have taken to Twitter to document the protest, which is scheduled to go from 12-3 pm. The camp at to join them at their camp after the protest is over.

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  • @SeventyMeters - "I am furious to work on university campus that has a bank" #UCDavis #UCstrike
  • @OccupyDavis - 2000 ppl at #UCDavis Rally on Quad and growing. #Solidarity!twitpic.com/7emb64
  • @knightofzer0 - "We are winning" #ucdavis #protest #student #resistance
  • @OccupyDavis - #OccupyDavis calls for all the 99% in the vacinity to join #UCDavisfor rally on quad. Join #OccupyDavis for DayOfAction following rally.
  • @Peta_de_Aztlan - RT @OccupyDavis: Over 1500 ppl in attendance on quad at#UCDavis Rally - Now! In #solidarity w/ @OccupyUCB ca… (cont)deck.ly/~a0gMt
  • @knightofzer0 - #student #protest the fee increase and #police brutality at #ucdavis.twitpic.com/7em5jd
  • @SeventyMeters - Not yet as huge a turnout as #occupyCAL but police turnout is minimum #UCDavis #UCstrike
  • @knightofzer0 - So far at the student protest it has been the English professors that have talked. Words are power. #protest #rally #ucdavis
  • @KDVS903fm - Rally on the #ucdavis quad. #kdvsnews pic.twitter.com/HN1ksZq6


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