Its the first place I ever smoked Salvia
what did you do to get shot at by the law?
I was merely curious while protests were going on and checking out what was up.
One of my flatmates at the time, a Berkeley grad student who was doing his dissertation on political revolutions in Central America, was there and taking notes.
We stood back and observed. The usual crap. Like all the organized students were on point with their messages and chants. But then the boys from the burbs came in, just dropped off from high school, and were like, “Is this a private riot or can anyone join in, because I want to bust some sh*t up.” It’s always those interlopers who escalate things with the cops.
Cali police then got extra serious. Not just tons of officers, but then squadrons of CHP on motorcycles came in flying in formation — spaced out and coordinated to have a whole line of motorcycle cops sweeping each neighboring street of any pedestrians who dared stand in their way.
Standing back as observers, I got caught between two lines of converging motorcycle cops, trapping us on a street. Then cops on foot behind the line of motorcycles brandished their guns and started firing rubber bullets that ricocheted down the street, so we dove between houses and over backyard fences to escape the pelleting.