"obviously this group want[s] exactly such a confrontation"

Nanette Asimov just broke a story about emails exchanged by Chancellors Birgeneau and Breslauer on November 9, which show Birgeneau encouraging the continued use of baton strikes against those assembled on Sproul. The emails were obtained through a public records request initiated by the ACLU of Northern California.

Here they are, along with a letter the ACLU sent to Dean Edley and Chief Council Robinson, who are chairing a system-wide review of UC policing:

Chancellor Emails