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Judge weighs Occupy protest suit against Berkeley brass

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/09/11/Judge-weighs-Occupy-protest-suit-against-Berkeley-brass/UPI-68201378929814/

A California judge is weighing whether to allow a lawsuit against UC Berkeley school officials to proceed after a police crackdown on Occupy protesters.

The plaintiffs, a group of 29 protesters who say they were beaten and had their civil rights violated when campus police broke up their protest two years ago, are suing former University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, former Police Chief Mitch Celaya and six other school officials...