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He worked as assistant district attorney of [[Alameda County, California]] before joining Governor [[Ronald Reagan]]'s staff in [[1967]]. He served as legal affairs secretary from 1967-[[1968]] and as executive assistant and chief of staff to Governor Reagan from [[1969]] through [[1974]].

As Reagan's chief of staff, Meese was instrumental in the decision to crack down on student demonstratorsprotestors at [[People's Park]] in [[Berkeley, California]], on May 15, 1969. Meese was widely criticized for escalating official response to thisthe demonstrationPeople's Park protest, during which ledlaw enforcement officers killed one student and seriously injured hundreds of others. Meese advised Reagan to thedeclare deatha state of oneemergency studentin Berkeley, manycontrary seriousto injuriesthe andrecommendation of the Berkeley City Council, which led to a two-week National Guard occupation of the city ofby Berkeley[[National Guard]] troops.

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