cricket .. we hardly knew ya.
Posted on 03/19/2009 8:09:01 AM PDT by SmithL
When Tristan Anderson, now 38, was living illegally in the trees at UC Berkeley to protest the administration's ultimately successful bid to cut down the trees to build a sports training center, life was good. For 21 months, Berkeley's tree sitters happily fouled their nests with little interference from the authorities. Their biggest fear was falling.
When Berkeley finally erected barbed-wire fences and began to shine spotlights on the canopy campers, the tree huggers complained that UC had turned their grove into "Guantanamo." UC retaliated by giving the tree sitters energy bars.
In June 2008, Anderson, who went by the name "Cricket," was arrested, charged with trespassing and violating a court order - and still he was able to chat happily with reporters.
Segue to the West Bank last week. Anderson had joined pro-Palestinian protesters in the village of Naalin, where he was seriously wounded when an Israeli-fired tear-gas canister hit him on the head.
Fellow activists said the attack was unprovoked. The Israeli Defense Forces said they were reacting to rock-throwing demonstrators. Whatever happened, Anderson found out in the worst way that political protest outside the Bay Area isn't all energy bars and catch-and-release.
Back in the Bay Area, Anderson's fellow peace activists could have used the awful occasion of Anderson's situation to contemplate how wonderful it is to live in a safe country. Instead, Monday night, they held their usual menacing and violence-tinged protest that closed down a swath of Market Street and exposed Ess Eff once again as a consequence-free environment.
According to SFPD, five protesters were booked on charges including felony aggravated assault, battery on a police officer and tampering with a vehicle.
They went beyond their very American right to freely express their political views - and illegally blocked off a portion of a main...
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One of the comments on the original article states that dear Tristan has gone all around the world to protest. Yup, definitely a spoiled little brat. Guess those days are over.
That’s a man, Baby!
cricket .. we hardly knew ya.
It is funny and sad at the same time. His fellow travelers and perhaps his family see him as a "hero" while the other 99.905% of us see him for what he is--a dumb kid that died an ignoble death. Like Rachel "St. Pancake" Corrie, who got run over by a tractor travelling .0032 miles/hour, here's a kid that got hit by a tear gas canister. That's a "here, hold m'beer" kind of death in my book.
This heart warming story reminds me of St. Pancake....aka Rachel Corrie. Similar endings too.
Close--"Tristan" is a 38 y.o. boy.
HA! Perfect! Shake your Tree ... da Top!
He should have taken ducking lessons from Pres. Bush
Lol
I’ve often wondered who financed idiots like this..
Sometimes pigs do fly.
maybe genocide activists is a better term, too bad the media won’t ever use it, which is unfair since that’s basically what they are.
Close--"Tristan" is a 38 y.o. boy.That’s a man, Baby!
I figured (wrongly) that anyone with the nickname "Cricket" would be female.
(With a notable exception.)
lol
Does this idiot qualify for the Darwin awards?
“a dumb kid that died an ignoble death.”
dumb yes, but he’s 38. Not a kid. More like a dumb old man.
Why are so many of our domestic Jews such Leftist wimps or smarmy thieves?
Lets trade some of ours for some of theirs.
From what I have read this imbecile is still alive and in stable condition (although it sounds like he is now the proud owner of a dented face).
If you’re 38 y.o. and still engaging in antics like he is then you’re still a child in my book.
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