Posted on 09/18/2023 9:08:27 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
For months, University of California President Michael V. Drake has been unnerved by a series of security threats at his Berkeley home: Racist graffiti. A smashed window. A break-in. Trespassers who jumped a fence surrounding the property that was erected in March.
In one particularly disturbing attack in May, a vandal spray-painted racial slurs and profanity across the front and back of the presidential residence. Drake, the UC system's first Black president in its 155-year history, was not at home. But the attack shocked the UC and Berkeley community, led to an ongoing hate crime investigation by local law enforcement and fueled alarm over the need for better security for Drake and his wife, Brenda.
Regents, however, have not come up with a workable plan — and they are still looking for solutions. A majority rejected a proposal to use private funds to buy a new, reportedly $12 million home for Drake in a 13-7 vote at a closed session meeting late Wednesday.
The high price tag was a major issue for those who voted no, but regents emphasized that they were committed to finding other alternatives.
"We are very concerned about making sure President Drake and his family are safe and secure based on the horrific attack that occurred," UC Board of Regents Chair Rich Leib said after the meeting. "But we will not be going forward with this proposal."
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Justices Alito, Kavanaugh and Barrett all say welcome to their world.
All that money and security and not a single video or picture? Odd.
Antifa in Berkeley is like ants at a picnic.
There is quite a backstory here:
https://www.ammoland.com/2017/07/antifa-osint-profile-leaders-weaknesses-exposed-part-3/
Hating cops and the 2nd amendment at the same time tends to open you to problems.
“In one particularly disturbing attack in May, a vandal spray-painted racial slurs and profanity...”
“based on the horrific attack that occurred...”
I hate grafitti vandals, but puh-lease. I bet some some actual disturbing and horrific crimes have happened in Berkeley since May 2023. All this pants-wetting over mean words scrawled on the wall demeans the victims.
… “perpetrator also spray-painted “Jan. 6, 2021” …
Only a leftist idiot would think to spray paint that on a wall.
100% false flag
I’d bet real money that this was fake, and he either arranged for someone to do it, or did it himself.
Very interesting.
Thanks for the link.
They need to milk this before the hoax is exposed.
I’m surprised they didn’t spray “this is MAGA country”
We found white supremicist ground zero.
It’s SO bad there’s ANOTHER home in the area that felt compelled to erect a large sign informing people that it ISN’T the home of the President of UC Berkeley.
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