Bay Area 'queer black and PoC' artists claim Berkeley effigies were 'art' #BerkeleyProtests

Twitchy reported yesterday on a number of lynched effigies on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley and we ended our post with this:

Given that this occurred in Berkeley, this probably was an ill-conceived attempt by left-wing anti-police protesters to show solidarity with victims of police brutality.

And boom:

https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/544314952098775040

Was there ever any doubt?

@Karnythia so am not the only one who raised my eyebrow with that "Black & PoC" canard. also wondering if theyre associated with the UI guy

— Liza Sabater ????? (@blogdiva) December 15, 2014

@Karnythia @blogdiva Choosing to remain anonymous after hurting so many people makes me question sincerity of apology, accountability

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 15, 2014

Anonymous. Yeah, anonymous cowards.

More here:

Read the statement of the queer and black artists' collective that put up effigies at Cal: http://t.co/Ktj3E8gGEt #berkeleyprotests

— Berkeleyside (@berkeleyside) December 15, 2014

Bay Area collective of “queer black and PoC folk” say they put up effigies at Cal We have update http://t.co/Ktj3E8gGEt. #berkeleyprotests

— Berkeleyside (@berkeleyside) December 15, 2014

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Related:

Lynched effigies reportedly discovered at UC Berkeley [photos]