Under the cover of darkness, law enforcement officers converged on People’s Park and cleared activists from the green space early Thursday in preparation for construction of a housing complex for students.
Some resisters holed up for hours in a makeshift treehouse and on the roof of a single-story building in the park.
Police were met by protesters, chanting “Long live People’s Park” along with shouts of “Fight back!”
![Activists refused to come down from a treehouse as authorities clear People's Park.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e45465/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6225x4152+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2F25%2Fda3d6ea4413a9528abf13c92a895%2F1394062-la-me-berkeley-action-jja-0039.jpg)
Activists protesting the clearing of People’s Park refused for hours to come down from a treehouse in the park but finally relented.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
![A law enforcement officer points a weapon into a kitchen where activists were holed up at People's Park.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0922220/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6043x4031+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2Fc1%2F7d3120fc4cbbbeb1cdd0a1ec96a5%2F1394062-la-me-berkeley-action-jja-0037.jpg)
A law enforcement officer points a weapon into a kitchen where activists were holed up at People’s Park.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
![Some protesters retreated to the roof of a building in the park before later agreeing to come down.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11db3a7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7300x4869+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2Fe6%2F360553284b9189d236a1622e133b%2F1394062-la-me-berkeley-action-jja-0023.jpg)
Some protesters retreated to the roof of a building in the park before later agreeing to come down.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
![Authorities made multiple arrests as they cleared People's Park in Berkeley.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ecc589b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3303x2292+0+0/resize/2000x1388!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F4a%2F0fda88054ad3acefe85813225610%2F1394062-la-me-berkeley-action-jja-0086a.jpg)
Authorities made multiple arrests as they cleared People’s Park in Berkeley.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
![UC Berkeley police and other authorities clear People's Park.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/26384a6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5278x3519+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F98%2Fb6%2F4f8de42e42b1a7b8a4c8472c48ac%2F1394062-la-me-berkeley-action-jja-0080.jpg)
UC Berkeley police and other authorities clear People’s Park.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
![A masked man among a group of protesters wrestles with a metal crowd-control barrier as police look on](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c2610ec/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2Ff0%2F5cd8f8b54b1089167621f0ecdf94%2F1394062-la-me-berkeley-action-jja-0107.jpg)
At one point during the operation early Thursday morning, protesters ripped down police barriers and confrontations with law enforcement intensified.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)