25-10-2011, 04:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-10-2011, 05:00 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
Oakland, Ca Occupy was just raided and hundreds of police have the center of Oakland closed to stop re-occupation. Horrible scenes I'm now watching as I type. Helicopters overhead, use of rubber bullets and teargas, sound cannon was parked nearby - not yet used. Tents destroyed - about 100+ arrested and looks like a few more soon......some democracy we have.......
Occupy Oakland Raided by Police, Reports of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets
Today, Oakland occupiers were swept out of two encampents amid claims of excessive force. The livestream is embedded at the bottom of this post.
Here's a tweet from Occupy Oakland just after it happened:
occupyoakland : #occupyoakland attacked by 500 cops in suprise
assault. tear gas, rubber bullets, shotguns, flash bang grenades. Many injured.
And here's the latest report from the San Jose Mercury News:
OAKLAND -- Before dawn Tuesday, at least 200 police, many in riot gear, tore down the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall and arrested dozens of people. Early reports from police say the raid went smoothly, with all protesters cleared out of the plaza in less than 30 minutes.
Police said the protest was relatively peaceful with many of the campers leaving on their own. Many were also handcuffed and led away by police from the camp at 14th Street and Broadway.
About three hours later, police descended on a second Occupy camp at Snow Park near Lake Merritt, with the intent of removing that as well.
At the downtown camp, police, armed with billy clubs and some with shotguns, overturned tents, and the campers' wooden stalls quickly, leaving what looked like a hurricane-struck refugee camp in their wake. They ripped up dozens of cardboard signs, overturned a couch and when it was over there were scraps of carpet, personal belongings and trash all over the plaza.
From SFGate.com, here's how massive the operation was:
The police action there began at 4:45 a.m. and involved hundreds of officers from at least 10 law-enforcement agencies, including the California Highway Patrol, the Alameda County sheriff's office and various East Bay police departments. Squads of officers had assembled at the Oakland Coliseum before traveling in convoys downtown.
Officers in riot helmets began arriving in force and formed a line in the street adjacent to the plaza while motorcycle officers shut down the street. Some protesters began shouting, "Cops, go home!"
Calls to regroup after the raid have already gone out over Twitter.
You can watch live and replays of all occupations here: http://occupystream.com/
Occupy Oakland Raided by Police, Reports of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets
Today, Oakland occupiers were swept out of two encampents amid claims of excessive force. The livestream is embedded at the bottom of this post.
Here's a tweet from Occupy Oakland just after it happened:
occupyoakland : #occupyoakland attacked by 500 cops in suprise
assault. tear gas, rubber bullets, shotguns, flash bang grenades. Many injured.
And here's the latest report from the San Jose Mercury News:
OAKLAND -- Before dawn Tuesday, at least 200 police, many in riot gear, tore down the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall and arrested dozens of people. Early reports from police say the raid went smoothly, with all protesters cleared out of the plaza in less than 30 minutes.
Police said the protest was relatively peaceful with many of the campers leaving on their own. Many were also handcuffed and led away by police from the camp at 14th Street and Broadway.
About three hours later, police descended on a second Occupy camp at Snow Park near Lake Merritt, with the intent of removing that as well.
At the downtown camp, police, armed with billy clubs and some with shotguns, overturned tents, and the campers' wooden stalls quickly, leaving what looked like a hurricane-struck refugee camp in their wake. They ripped up dozens of cardboard signs, overturned a couch and when it was over there were scraps of carpet, personal belongings and trash all over the plaza.
From SFGate.com, here's how massive the operation was:
The police action there began at 4:45 a.m. and involved hundreds of officers from at least 10 law-enforcement agencies, including the California Highway Patrol, the Alameda County sheriff's office and various East Bay police departments. Squads of officers had assembled at the Oakland Coliseum before traveling in convoys downtown.
Officers in riot helmets began arriving in force and formed a line in the street adjacent to the plaza while motorcycle officers shut down the street. Some protesters began shouting, "Cops, go home!"
Calls to regroup after the raid have already gone out over Twitter.
You can watch live and replays of all occupations here: http://occupystream.com/
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass