A military veteran reportedly having a mental health crisis climbed on top of the metal bear sculpture at the downtown Berkeley BART plaza Saturday and refused to come down, community members reported.<\/p>\n
The man climbed on top of the bear sculpture, which was installed in the plaza in March, sometime prior to 11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
Authorities taped off the area and were attempting to speak with the man to see how they could convince him to come down.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just spent 45 mins talking [to] and counseling a Coast Guard guy who is involved in a standoff with the Berkeley Police,\u201d [ Charlie Verrette, who posted about the incident on Facebook] wrote. \u201cA very nice young man, unfortunately off his medication and having difficulties. I couldn\u2019t get him to get down but the Berkeley Police let me try and we did have a very nice conversation. He is military though and he might be up on the Bear for a while. A Mental Health Unit is on the way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
According to the article, he eventually came down from his perch atop the fairly ugly thing which is supposed to be a bear, I think. It’s called “Ursus Redivivus” and made from old elevator parts.<\/p>\n
The thing I take exception with is that they seem to hit the “military veteran” thing pretty hard. I’m not saying that the Coast Guard isn’t a military service, but I’m thinking that the fellow had problems before he joined the Coast Guard and whatever made him climb the sculpture had little to do with his time in the puddle-jumping service.<\/p>\n
But, him being a veteran makes it easier for the stank-ass hippies in Berkeley understand why he did it – the evil Bush killing-machine, you know, the one that throws veterans away after the parades are done and the memorials are built.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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