May 20, 1969: 55 years ago, May 20 1969, thousands of protesters marched through UC [...]
55 years ago, May 20 1969, thousands of protesters marched through UC Berkeley to honor James Rector, a bystander who had been killed by police the previous week in a conflict over People’s Park, when they were teargassed by a National Guard helicopter deployed by Governor Reagan
Following the killing of Rector, who had only been visiting friends when police opened fire, National Guard flooded into town, where they acted as an occupying force. A demonstration was organized to mourn Rector’s death, and the Guard swiftly corralled it into Sproul Plaza https://t.co/FBlBJq2COo
