At People's Park Celebration, While Denizens of the Park were Mourning for Calvin Kelly, UCPD Of
- berkeleycopwatch
- May 2, 2019
- 1 min read
This is UCPD Officer Sean Aranas #76. With all of the cultural sensitivity of a concrete block, Aranas was zipping around the People's Park celebration citing people for minor infractions and refusing to say whether the man who shot Calvin Kelly last Friday had been arrested. People were nervous that the man might return. The officer was just so offensive on so many levels...
At People's Park Celebration, the contrast between mourning and official presence highlighted deep community emotions. Honoring lives like Calvin Kelly’s through peaceful remembrance is powerful. Similarly, moments captured in Namo Grand Central Park photos reflect how public spaces can carry both beauty and significance, preserving memories for generations to come.