Queena Kim

The Colbert Report Picks Up on Occupy Cal Videos


Despite last night's fatal shooting at Occupy Oakland, the national nightime TV focus appears to have shifted north to the events that unfolded on Wednesday at U.C. Berkeley as students there tried to "Occupy Cal."

On the Colbert Nation, comedian Stephen Colbert took on "hippie haven UC Berkeley." Picking up the widely circulated YouTube video of Alameda County Sheriff's Office use of force at UC Berkeley, Colbert "applauded" the university for calling "in a team of skilled crises managers" (um, police in riot gear) "to difuse the situation with a rap session." 

Here's the video of OccupyCal that's been going viral.  

Here's the scene from a few different angles—

From the ground taken by the Daily Californian:

And here's another video from on high:

Queena Kim
Queena comes to the Bay Citizen from 89.3-KPCC, Southern California’s leading NPR-affiliate, where she helped start-up its highly-successful arts and culture show Off-Ramp. As a reporter and co-producer of the show, Queena has done hundreds ... View Profile
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