Aug. 25, 1992: 29 years ago, Aug 25 1992, anarchist & People's Park activist Rosebud [...]

29 years ago, Aug 25 1992, anarchist & People’s Park activist Rosebud Denovo was shot to death by police in the home of UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-lin Tien. She had broken into the house with a machete and a note reading “We are willing to die for this piece of land. Are you?”

The 19-year-old anarchist had become active in the fight to protect People’s Park from development by the University. At the time of her death, she was awaiting trial on an explosives charge stemming from 1991 riots against the effort to construct volleyball courts in the park

Although the police claimed Denovo had been shot while charging them with her machete, autopsy reports showed that she had been shot in the back. Her death set off several days of rioting around People’s Park, during which at least one police officer was beaten with a trashcan

Watch footage of the riots, incorrectly dated, in this video: https://t.co/IKrQH9vppK