Gang Warfare Coming to Berkeley?
In the spirit of CalStuff's exaggerated and hysterical coverage of potentially harmful matters, the latest area of worry is the potential spread of South Berkeley/North Oakland gang fighting closer to campus. The reason for concern is recent graffiti that CalStuff noticed on a number of trees and a telephone poll outside of Pi Kappa Phi on Channing and Prospect.

The tree to the left contains what would appear to be the graffiti from two different gangs (one in white, and one in red). The reason for concern is that the second gang has crossed over the original writing, which is apparently considered a challenge or threat, similar to writing 187 over another gang's graffiti.

Random spray paint on Berkeley trees would be much less of a concern if there were not a significant number of gang related deaths currently occurring in Oakland. Although there are many possible explanations for this graffiti that do not involve gangs, it would be prudent for both the University and the police to consider this something worth investigating.

*Update:* Regarding comments about deciphering what the graffiti could mean, I went ahead and posted all the remaining photos of the other vandalized trees over on CalStuff Extended. Just click here and scroll down to see the rest.
Email This Post!