"Pleasant Hill, California, U.S. - Three incendiary devices touched of a blaze that destroyed the Diablo Valley College's police services building early Monday morning. The 40-foot by 60-foot wooden building was deemed unusable after burning for only about 20 minutes. No other nearby structures were damaged by the fire. Police set up a temporary operations center in a parking lot until the school gave them a conference room in another building. No suspects or motive has been made public yet.
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3 separate incendiary devices ignited overnight to completely destroy the offices of the Diablo Valley College police.
In a bold move against the growing police state, anonymous individuals in Pleasant Hill, California, have set fire to the offices of the Diablo Valley College police department.
The fire was first reported at 2:25 am. Four engines, one truck and about 20 firefighters later and the blaze was finally put out, but not after completely destroying the lobby of the building, and making the structure unusable.
The police services, an actual law enforcement department, patrols several campuses within the Contra Costa Community College District, but is based at DVC. Initial estimates show about $250,000 in damage was done to the structure, as well as $75,000 to the contents inside the office.
In other countries, police are not allowed to set foot on college campuses. Yet in the United States, college bureaucrats welcome these armed thugs, hoping that they will keep the youth in line and prevent student revolts from taking place. With schools increasingly looking like prisons, we can only hope for more acts of resistance.
As of yet, the police have named no suspects. unfortunately, the police department will still be able to function, though with less comfort. They will now be working out of a conference room in the business and foreign language department. They must now also work with the knowledge that there is a passion of resistance growing around them.
In solidarity with the anonymous arsonists,
-Concord Revolutionary Anarchist People
http://www. indybay. org/newsitems/2008/06/24/18510668. php
Police continue investigation into DVC arson fire
By Roman Gokhman
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 06/24/2008 04:56:32 PM PDT
PLEASANT HILL— An investigation into an intentionally set fire at the Diablo Valley College police services headquarters continued Tuesday.
The fire was reported at 2:25 a.m. Monday in the 1,700-square-foot building located in the southeast corner of the school's campus.
Contra Costa Fire Marshall Richard Carpenter said two fires were set to the outside of the building and one inside. The type of fuel used has not been determined.
Police in Pleasant Hill and at DVC said they are looking in to a posting made on a Web site from a self-described anarchist group that praised the arsonists.
The posting was made on indybay. org, a political blog site, and talked about a "bold move against the growing police state." It also expressed displeasure that the police department would be able to function without the destroyed building.
Pleasant Hill police said they are trying to determine whether the posting is a prank.
The police department will operate will operate out of a specially equipped conference room on an interim basis, DVC spokeswoman Chrisanne Knox said.
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