Important context: People's Park was key symbolic territory in the Berkeley 'Free speech movement' which began in 1969. County and state authorities (including then-governor Ronald Reagan) argued that responding to the students' takeover of the park required deadly force, which left 1 person dead and sent about 120 to the hospital.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_People%27s_Park_protest" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_People%27s_Park_protest</a>