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Friday, August 01, 2003
# posted by Kevin @ 10:40 AM

The Daily Cal has the Glennel Givens story today. None of his friends seem to think he did it.
Grant described Givens as the kind-hearted, intelligent "outdoorsy-type," who dabbled in acting and played some instruments.

Others said they can't understand why Givens, who wrote his thesis on police brutality in the African-American community, would allegedly turn to robbing banks after graduating from a prestigious university.

"He was … definitely going to go somewhere," said UC Berkeley senior Bianca Almonte, who knew Givens for about three years. "I'm still in shock."
But the details in other papers today don't look good for the 'mistaken identity' thesis. The police have gone into greater detail as to why they shot Givens, and it's fairly conclusive. The money was found with him, after all:
When Oakland officers Shawn Knight and David Burke and Berkeley Sgt. Craig Juster ordered him to come out, police say, Givens pointed a gun in Knight's face. The three officers fired several times, hitting Givens, who was pronounced dead at Oakland's Highland Hospital.

Police said the stolen money was found near Givens and that the handgun he had was loaded.
Not only that, but he's suspected of numerous other bank robberies and has a record of petty theft while he was still attending Berkeley.
Berkeley Police spokesman Officer Kevin Schofield said Givens is a suspect in as many as eight other bank robberies in Oakland and San Francisco.

"The Berkeley Police Department had one prior contact with the suspect last May when he was arrested for petty theft," Schofield said.
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