Update: UC police lock Berkeley land during Occupy the Farm

After ignoring a Saturday deadline to evacuate university land, Occupiers were ousted by UC Berkeley police officers Wednesday morning.

  1. #UCPD officers are using bike locks to secure the west gate off of Jackson. #occupythefarm http://pic.twitter.com/FlvrVNeT
  2. According to #UCPD PIO Lt. Tejada, this isn't a raid on #occupythefarm they're just restricting vehicle access to the Gill Tract.
  3. Said one activist: "it's happening in a collaborative way, and that's what we were asking for, a collaborative effort" #occupythefarm
  4. #occupythefarm rep said it doesn't seem like UCPD plan arrests today. They plan to keep farming http://pic.twitter.com/OxGoOni1
  5. There is no bulldozer at either west gate on Jackson or east gate on San Pablo. #occupythefarm
  6. #occupythefarm kitchen has been moved to the lot where protesters had parked vehicles http://pic.twitter.com/8awedAD4
  7. About 10 #UCPD officers are inside the blockaded Gill Tract. Pedestrians still free to come/go. #occupythefarm
  8. #occupythefarm protesters clearing Altieri's parcel of land to help with planting tomatoes http://pic.twitter.com/UA5O7d71
  9. Update: Occupy takes to the streets for May DayOccupiers march in celebration of May Day. Most of the action is in New York City, but events are happening across the U.S. including San Francisco where transportation unions are picketing.

  10. Smashy City in the Mission District. Police station attacked with paint, windows smashed. #M1GS #occupySF #OWS http://pic.twitter.com/pnxjRQwZ
  11. Freedom isn't free. Got to arrest some veterans to preserve it. #m1gs http://pic.twitter.com/nS1gczSw
  12. McPherson Square, the former home of the Occupy DC camp, looks dramatically different after park police raided the camp.

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