It just gets better and better
Zach Brown was in court yesterday. Here is the Chron blurb.
"A leader of tree-sitters who oppose a proposed athletic training center next to UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium was charged Monday with two felony counts of threatening a police officer.
Zachary Runningwolf Brown, 44, was arrested Friday after he threatened to shoot a campus police officer, said UC Assistant Police Chief Mitch Celaya.
Celaya said that Brown told the officer: "You’re going to get yours. … We’re going to do what we have to do. … We’re going to shoot you (expletive)."
Brown supporter Terri Compost said Brown’s remarks to the officer "may have been referring to karma or the Mayan calendar. ‘You’re going to get yours’ can be interpreted a lot of ways. … I think they’re just messing with him because he’s been outspoken about this poorly planned project."
Brown was also arrested Dec. 16 for trespassing. The former Berkeley mayoral candidate climbed into a redwood tree Dec. 2 to protest the plan to remove trees to build a $125 million training center."
What really is interesting to me is the quote by Ms. Compost (which is a great name if it is actually real). Ok, so yeah, You Are Gonna Get Yours could mean 1,000 different things. But how do you interpret "I Am Going To Shoot You (Expletive)."
Perhaps Runningwolf just wanted to put the cop in a movie. Little Miss Sunshine II: Big Mister ClowdsnRain? UCPD: The Motion
Picture?
Perhaps Runningwolf was offering him a circus job where he would get shot out of a cannon. Perhaps Runningwolf was inviting the cop to a local paintball tournament. I mean who wouldn’t want to be on ESPN2 at 2:30 in the morning on a weekday night????
Yeah, right.
So, now the hippies are liars AND hopeful cop killers. This just keeps getting better and better.
We need to save the oaks from Runningwolf. He might shoot them!
And, btw, more great reporting from Carolyn Johnson and the Chron. Did she even ask Mizz Compost about the other parts of the threat? Ugh. He makes a clear threat against the police (caught on tape, btw) and the Chron focuses on the one part of it that is wishy washy and could be talking about St. Francis of Assissi coming back to kick the UCPD in their collective shin. This is why Cal needs to run a stronger PR campaign.
Why don’t you call Ms. Jones and let you know how you feel, I know I did.
Carolyn Jones
Reporter, East Bay bureau
San Francisco Chronicle
(510) 433-5989
carolynjones@sfchronicle.com
Comment by Jack — February 27, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
Sorry, meant to say “let her know.” I have been reading so much of the propaganda out of the Oak Grove that my literary abilities are becoming adversely affected!
Comment by Jack — February 27, 2007 @ 3:46 pm