A person was arrested Monday in reference to the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Division car and three different arson assaults on the peak of pro-Palestinian protests on the Berkeley campus, authorities introduced.
Casey Robert Goonan, 34, was booked into Alameda County jail on suspicionof arson and possession and use of harmful units, in line with a Cal Hearth information launch. He’s being held on $1 million bail.
The assaults occurred in June however Cal Hearth didn’t embody additional particulars, together with whether or not anybody was injured within the assaults. The incident had been investigated by Cal Hearth’s Workplace of the State Hearth Marshal Arson and Bomb Unit, the UC Berkeley Police Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI.
Professional-Palestinian supporters who had been protesting on the Berkeley campus have claimed duty for the firebombing. In a put up final week on Indybay.org, a bunch referred to as Pupil Intifada wrote: “UCLA college students had been attacked final night time, so we retaliated with a firebomb on UCB campus.”
“NOT SURE WHAT BUILDING IT EVEN WAS. HONESTLY DONT REALLY CARE,” in line with the put up. “EVERY SINGLE BUILDING ON THE UC BERKELEY CAMPUS DESERVES TO BE INCINERATED FOLLOWING THE UC SYSTEM’S TREATMENT OF STUDENT PROTESTORS.”
A social media account referred to as Escalate Community additionally posted on X in help of Anderson:
“Within the coming days, fundraiser info and different subsequent steps will emerge from motion protection collectives in California. We must always all be uplifting them and sharing them with our bases. We’ll defend those that battle! Free Palestine.”
