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Witnesses say Berkeley police threatened residents with less lethal weapons during a cleanup on Wednesday of an encampment that has been the source of conflict for years.
The encampment at Harrison and Eighth streets, which is home to roughly 40 people, is the subject of multiple lawsuits. Business owners sued last year to force the city to clean it up, while camp residents have multiple suits pending against the city.
Video of the sweep posted by the advocacy publication Street Spirit shows an officer pointing a less lethal rifle at a tent and saying, “Get out now. You’re going to be shot with less lethal.”…