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UC Berkeley Student Activist Faces Fallout from Protest (MECHISTA/AztlaNazi Alert!)
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/18/02 | Tanya Schevitz

Posted on 11/18/2002 12:13:11 PM PST by MikalM

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:41:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Roberto Hernandez remembers looking out the window of his San Ysidro elementary classroom and seeing the Border Patrol chasing people "who look like me" across the playground.

When he got older, he was often stopped by the Border Patrol near his San Diego County home, even though he had a green card.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; aztlan; berkeley; brainlessdoofus; california; criminal; demonstration; fifthcolumn; leftist; mecha; mexico; palestine; protest; riot; shoothim; student; traitor
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To: MikalM
Nuke Mecca and...... Mexico. (Just kidding folks)
21 posted on 11/18/2002 12:48:13 PM PST by dennisw
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To: EggsAckley
He dead, Jim.
22 posted on 11/18/2002 12:49:33 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: MikalM
"To see this kid get trashed this way, I just can't see it," said UC Regent Alfredo Terrazas, who first met Hernandez in 1998 at a scholarship fund- raising event by the Chicano Latino Alumni Club. "For him, it is devastating for his career. For the university, it is a shame. And we lose an individual in the Latino community who I really believe is going to be a leader." Sorry Alfredo, we don't need no stinkin' Che lover in this country. Maybe you and he should pack up your excessive baggage and go back to Mexico, (the country of choice for his mother). Oh yeah, and please leave the check for the free ride he was given to get an education on the backs of us un-alien Americans. I'm sure that he would love to repay us for his measly Anglo education !! Interesting that this is happening at Berkeley. Maybe there is some hope after all with that administration. NS
23 posted on 11/18/2002 12:51:31 PM PST by Napoleon Solo
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To: MikalM
First Protester Hearing Gets Under Way
Hernandez Charged With Five Violations of Conduct Code

 

Staff/Ramin Rahimian
Roberto Hernandez (top) speaks to a crowd on Sproul Plaza yesterday before his hearing at Clark Kerr Campus, where protesters came to offer support (below).
By MILLIE LAPIDARIO
Contributing Writer
Tuesday, October 1, 2002

 

The first hearing of the 32 Wheeler Hall student protesters failed to reach a final resolution yesterday—a result of time constraints that prevented the defense from questioning some of its witnesses.

Roberto Hernandez, a recent UC Berkeley graduate, is charged with five violations of the code of conduct: physical assault in allegedly biting a police officer, unauthorized entry, obstruction or disruption of teaching, unlawful assembly and failure to identify oneself or comply with the directions of a university or other public official.

Despite heated controversy on the makeup of the committee and a moved hearing location to the Clark Kerr Campus, Committee on Student Conduct Chair David Zusman stressed his intent to provide a fair trial to Hernandez, particularly noting that politics would be excluded from the discussion.

"We have no axe to grind," Zusman said. "The purpose of this hearing is to ask everyone. We're going to ask the university, (defense) witnesses and see what happened."

The committee, which serves as the jury and will make a recommendation to the university, is composed of Zusman, who is also a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, math Professor Paul Vojta and an undergraduate student who requested anonymity.

But Anne Weills, one of Hernandez's lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild, said the pro-Palestinian nature of the protest was the reason behind the crackdown on the protesters. She said her clients were treated differently from students who participated in previous protests.

Weills said Hernandez has already suffered before being proven guilty by the committee.

But Dean of Students Karen Kenney, who testified on behalf of the university, said it is "normal practice" to block students who have violated the code of conduct from receiving their degrees until their cases are resolved.

"I did everything I could to assist (Hernandez) to possibly not have his degree blocked," Kenney said, adding that her previous contact with Hernandez was partly why she recused herself from making the final decision on his case.

 

Photo/Garett Hubing
Director of Student Judicial Affairs Neal Rajmaira and Student Conduct Officer Michele Frasier represented the university.

UC police Officer Mitchell Celaya, UCPD Building Watch Program coordinator and crowd control expert, served as a crucial witness for the university.

Although Celaya said he did not personally see Hernandez bite a police officer, he said he would not characterize him as the "nonviolent" type.

Celaya explained several types of "defense tactics" used by UC police, including the "salivary gland hold," one of the tactics used on Hernandez.

Demonstrating the tactic to the committee using Noreen Farrell, another of Hernandez's lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild, Celaya placed his fingers around her neck from behind, showing that the pressure would be placed on each side of the salivary glands in a "sipping a bowl of soup" movement.

UC police Lt. Jim West testified earlier that Hernandez, who had linked arms with other protesters, was moving his head back and forth at the time he was arrested. Farrell said the officers' tactics may have caused Hernandez's movements.

Three character witnesses testifying on Hernandez's "nonviolent nature" were allowed to testify before the official start of the defense because of their strict schedules.

Outside, more than 100 supporters of Hernandez protested the committee's decision to close the hearing to the public, despite Hernandez's written request for it to be open.

Some also opposed the committee's lack of a graduate student representative in the hearing committee. Typically, the hearing committee consists of two students, one staff member, one faculty member and a faculty chair, according to the Student Code of Conduct.

Weills said the absence of a graduate student on the hearing committee limits Hernandez's opportunity to a fair trial.

"This is part of due process—having your peers here," she said.

But the student committee member, nominated by ASUC President Jesse Gabriel and trained over the weekend, said he would hear the case with "double fairness" to account for the absence of a graduate student on the committee.

Rajmaira said he had attempted to contact a law student recommended by the Graduate Assembly to serve on the committee, but the student indicated that she was no longer available.

Zusman said he expects the committee to make a decision some time this week after convening at another time.

A series of hearings for the rest of the Wheeler Hall protesters charged with student code violations are scheduled throughout the month. The next hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

Michael Rosen-Molina of the Daily Cal staff contributed to this story.

 


24 posted on 11/18/2002 12:54:50 PM PST by dennisw
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To: LibWhacker
LOL!
25 posted on 11/18/2002 12:54:50 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: TheAngryClam
This story is not surprising. Mr. Hernandez is a product
of the mindless hate-America-for-everything zeitgeist
that pervades Bezerkley. Whether the little creep gets
his inflated diploma or not, he'll probably end up carrying water for al-qaeda.
26 posted on 11/18/2002 1:10:38 PM PST by AdvisorB
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To: MikalM
But Hernandez, who became a U.S. citizen two years ago, says he is just following the values his mother instilled in him. His mother was so proud of her Mexican heritage that when she went into labor with him, she traveled to a hospital across the border to retain the family's "Mexican nationality."

But she sure wasn't too proud of being Mexican to cash those American wellfare checks. We need to look long and hard at the kind of people we're letting into this country. Immigration worked in the past because they had to make a break with the old country when they came here. Now Mexicans can just make a 5 minute trip across the border, or hell why even bother there's so many illegal mexicans they just create their own taxpayer subsidized version of Mexico inside the US.

Why do I care? Because the American system no longer protects individuals. If we let in enough anti-Americans who do not share out values of self-reliance or capitalism, they can continue to transform our country into the third world socialist hellhole they left. Don't we have a right to our own country? If Mexico was so bad that they fled it illegally to come here, why do they try to recreate it anew here?

29 posted on 11/18/2002 1:20:12 PM PST by Godel
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To: MikalM
Re: "But he made it to UC Berkeley and excelled throughout his undergraduate years, getting involved in the campus community, and earning a campus fellowship and a spot in Berkeley's doctoral program in ethnic studies."

*****

One question: What the hell is "ethnic studies?"

I am simple person, that attended a plain-ol' land grant university and earned a degree in business (marketing) - so please be gentle if I'm asking a question that has an obvious answer.

Trajan88; TAMU Class of '88

30 posted on 11/18/2002 1:32:33 PM PST by Trajan88
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To: IcelandicConservative
Thank you. I'm here all week.
31 posted on 11/18/2002 1:33:01 PM PST by wideawake
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To: MikalM
Some Mexican nationals come here and appreciate the opportunities presented.  They work hard and become productive additions to our communities.  This guy came here and hated us for asking to see his green card.  He dislikes much about our nation.  He dislikes Israel.  It's pretty evident where this guy is coming from.  It certainly isn't from a position of trying to be the best citizen he can be, becoming a productive addition to our society.  It's all about criticizing this nation for everything that it is, and changing it through violence if need be.

The fact that this guy has ventured into the Palestinian issue lets me know that he's joined hand in hand with some of the most racist people on the planet.  His MeCHa affiliation is problematic in that it is a subversive serparatist organization.  How did this POS get approved for citizenship?

His mention of anger and frustration as a child is very telling.  As an adult this guy hasn't mellowed at all.  Over the years he has fostered that hate.  He resents the US for even the minimal immigration controls that it implements.

The hispanic teacher that is quoted is also cause for concern.  He actually thinks this malcontent should be a leader in his community.  Frankly, when I see racist subversive hatred rear it's ugly head, I don't want that person in any position of respect or leadership.  There's a pretty good chance that this teacher that defended him was a part of the problem over the years.  These subversive professors actually support the campus groups that this guy has joined.

The article mentions this mans financial largess at the hands of taxpayers.  It mentions the affirmative action that gave him a boost.  All of it was for naught.  All it did was provide a breeding ground for animosity.  This guy belongs in Mexico, the homeland of his dreams.

People escape the hovel and poverty that was their home before coming here.  Their standard of living advances.  They have less crime, less disease, less hunger here.  The have rights, access to all sorts of goods and services at the expense of citizens.  Then they claim Mexico as the nation of their wet dreams and declare this nation to be imperfect and in need of correcting.  I don't get it!  I never have and never will!

If this nation isn't good enough to be loyal to, get the F on down the road.  Don't let the door hit you on the way out!  And don't look back!

32 posted on 11/18/2002 1:35:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: MikalM
Never... well, seldom had read such a pile of rubbish!

Roberto Hernandez personifies the traditional American success story.... earning a campus fellowship and a spot in Berkeley's doctoral program in ethnic studies.

Ethnic studies?! Gimme a break! What kind of science is that? This is a typical American success story?

34 posted on 11/18/2002 1:49:13 PM PST by Neophyte
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To: MikalM
What an angry guy. He reminds me a little of Hitler in his youth.

California WILL get to the point where the illegal aliens of Mexican decent and the first generation Mexican Americans control all of the statewide political positions.

The majority may try to make Spanish the official language of the state then.

Before that time, a California separatist movement is a great possibility. There is a huge desire already by many Mexicans and California Hispanics I talk to interlink the Golden State with Mexico and not with the USA. Each day, as more and more flood across the border, the number of persons culturally tied by language, family and culture to Mexico rises in California, and the non hispanic's political power diminishes.

...Oh the times, they are a'changin'...

35 posted on 11/18/2002 1:58:27 PM PST by J. Semper Paratus
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To: MikalM
Free speech does not include free bites of policemen.
36 posted on 11/18/2002 2:04:57 PM PST by RobbyS
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To: usadave
"We have to work our a-- off and earn our degree".

Not in Chicano Studies, you don't. Not by a longshot.

37 posted on 11/18/2002 2:05:07 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: J. Semper Paratus
Southern California becomes greater Tiajuana? Or Detroit-West?
38 posted on 11/18/2002 2:07:36 PM PST by RobbyS
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To: Trajan88
ethnic studies =

"Matan los Gringos"

39 posted on 11/18/2002 2:10:59 PM PST by I got the rope
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To: RobbyS
Yep! This sounds like it should be filed under some sort of hate crime.
40 posted on 11/18/2002 2:12:36 PM PST by I got the rope
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