Well folks, it's been a while since the last update of SF Values so here's the latest!
Berkeley Tree-Sit Finally Ends!
Here's the last tree, which arborists had stripped of its lower branches, isolating the tree-sitters in their makeshift treehouse near the top. Everyone was wondering how in the world the police were planning to extricate them. The answer: They rapidly built a scaffolding tower that stretched nearly 100 feet in the air, completely surrounding the tree.
After just a few hours of construction, the scaffolding reached nearly to the top of the tree. The four tree-sitters must have realized the end of the road was near. One of them caved in first, and was led down the scaffolding staircase while the other three watched from above.
After another one gave up, the last two decided they weren't going to go down without a fight. They climbed up the last few feet of the tree to their rickety perch at the very very top.
Famed former tree-sitter Dumpster Muffin danced on the street below in the crowd. Protestshooter has
more pictures of Dumpster (as well as clearer pictures of Chief Harrison) in his report on the day's events.
For all the gory details, go
here
WTF!
Dumpster Muffin!
