They said the issue was sanitation, but I was at Occupy Oakland on Saturday and the place was pristine. And I mean not a gum wrapper on the ground. Nothing. I saw no violence, smelled no marijuana fumes. Nothing.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
[posted by Andrej Grubacic to Debate]
Insane amount of violence in Oakland tonight. Much worse then during Oscar Grant riots. Many are injured. Broken limbs, hands, fingers. Oakland was a war zone. Police attacked women in wheelchairs, children. The protesters have been gassed at least 4 times this evening, and they are using sonic warfare as well as rubber bullets on unarmed civilians now. Thousands of people continuously tried to retake the plaza and regroup but tear gas, concussion grenades, and rubber bullets prevented them from taking over the plaza, at least for now. People were amazing. Atlanta Occupation was evicted few hours ago. Baltimore under attack. This appears to be a coordinated police action. It is not over (Oakland). People are dancing in the street. Police is back with flash bangs. New assembly is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Police launches tear gas, flash bang canisters into crowd: http://www.ktvu.com/video/29587140/index.html
Oakland police fires teargas:
Protester injured by rubber bullet:
http://twitpic.com/75wrpb More tear gas video reports:
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=237706202950462
Occupy Atlanta:
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/occupy-atlanta-police-arrest-1209963.html
-- Ciao,
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