The Colbert Report Picks Up on Occupy Cal Videos

By: Queena Kim

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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.  

EMBED:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=buovLQ9qyWQ

Here's the scene from a few different angles—

From the ground taken by the Daily Californian:

EMBED:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NSat-nRefXY

And here's another video from on high:

EMBED:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHXuf6qJas&NR=1