Scuffles Erupt as Oakland Protesters March (1,000s + Children March; Tear Gas, Sound Cannon Used)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Scuffles erupt as Oakland protesters march on city hall

By Reuters
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – Police and protesters scuffled in Northern California on Tuesday as more than 1,000 people marched on city hall in Oakland to voice anger over arrests at an “Occupy Wall Street” camp.

Police surrounded a group of demonstrators on a downtown Oakland street, taking several into custody before setting off what appeared to be a stun grenade to disperse the throng.

The bulk of the crowd headed for city hall, with leaders saying they intended to reclaim Frank Ogawa Plaza, the site of two weeks of protests against economic inequality before police firing beanbags cleared the area before dawn.

At the plaza, police ordered protesters to disperse and were met with some cooperation.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/25/scuffles-erupt-as-oakland-protesters-march-on-city-hall/

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VIDEO: Police Teargas OccupyOakland Tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytMNoKNeRA&feature=youtu.be

@efleischer The guy running the live stream just spotted a sound canon. A sound canon. #occupyoakland #ows

@Deb_The_Todd. Evidently MSM chopper cams have been asked to turn off & leave the scene. Both ABC & CBS cams off before police riot #OccupyOakland

@Occupy_Atlanta #OccupyAtlanta Being Evicted! #OccupyAtlanta Being Evicted! #OccupyAtlanta Being Evicted! #OccupyAtlanta Being Evicted! #OccupyAtlanta

@RT_America Lots of reports coming in from California of tear gas at #OccupyOakland - again.

@AnonSikko Rt @timeoutcorner Oh wow, @oaklandpoliceca. You've just tear gassed and flashbanged children. I suppose they are terrorists too, yes?

RT @AlterNet: RT @JoshuaHol Crowd still gagging. I did see children among protesters. #OccupyOakland #OWS

RT @JoshuaHol: Reminder: this orgy of violence ostensibly to deal w health & safety violations.

[Hissyspit]

1. Kick

[sellitman]

2. It has started

We will end it.

[Hissyspit]

21. @VanJones68 Van Jones Talking to eyewitness: She says cops fired rubber bullets & tear gas at women

@VanJones68

Van Jones

Talking to eyewitness: She says cops fired rubber bullets & tear gas at women, children, elderly, disabled. Peaceful march. #occupyoakland

2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®



@H_O_G_
Joan
This is not a picture from some distant country.This is Oakland,CA 10/25/2011 #occupyoakland #BeSafe twitpic.com/75v8h3

https://twitter.com/#!/H_O_G_/status/129033436387221504

[Hissyspit]

29. PHOTO: Cops Fire Tear Gas on Protesters for Second Time

[DreamSmoker]

3. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Police used tear gas and flash-bang canisters

Source: KTVU.com

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Police used tear gas and flash-bang canisters Tuesday night to disperse a group of hundreds of protesters that was calling to retake Franklin Ogawa Plaza by city hall.

The tear gas and flash-bang canisters were used by police at about 7:45 p.m. near the intersection of 14th and Broadway. The crowd of 500-to-1,000 people immediately cleared with people rushing away from the scene with their hands and handkerchiefs covering their faces.

Read more: http://www.ktvu.com/news/29586433/detail.html

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The Video says it all..

[brooklynite]

4. Live Blog: Police again threaten to deploy tear gas as marchers mass on Broadway (Oakland)

Source: Oakland Tribune

Early Tuesday, the city ousted protesters who have camped out for two weeks at the Occupy Oakland tent city on Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall. Police started assembling around the tent city at 14th Street and Broadway at about 3 a.m. but half a day later, the protesters are not going quietly.

7 p.m. Marchers pause at 20th and Franklin for rally

7:45 p.m. Police deploy tear gas. After repeated warnings, police have deployed tear gas and wooden dowells against the crowd of protesters at 14th and Broadway, near Frank Ogawa Plaza. As the tear gas canisters exploded in sparks, the crowd scattered toward 15th and Broadway.

7:55 p.m. Police continue threats as crowd grows again on Broadway. Police are continuing to threaten to use chemical agents against the crowd that is refusing to disperse on Broadway.


Read more: http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_19188125

[FirstLight]

5. KTVU update : tear gas deployed at 7:45pm

http://www.ktvu.com/news/29586433/detail.html



grrrrr :mad:
as much as i realize we have to stay non violent, there are things i wish I could say and do in response to this...

on edit: and we see that the KGO choppers conveniently left the scene right before the police launched the tear gas...!
wtf! they had to refuel supposedly...but what about the police, actually waiting for the news to leave?

[Tx4obama]

6. But the Mayor said the protesters coud stay between 6am and 10pm ....

Sounds like a class action lawsuit should be filed against the city ASAP !!!

[FirstLight]

7. people are too busy

running from the teargas, etc to do that just yet

[Bennyboy]

8. Oakland breaking loose, Cops ready to engage

Source: occupy wall street stream

About to break loose in Oakland right now. Sound cannon. be ready for some ugly shit on the news tomorrow.

two live feeds: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8405688

http://www.occupystream.com/

Read more: http://www.occupystream.com/

[slackmaster]

9. I love ugly shit on the news

:eyes:

[lonestarnot]

10. Wow. Can you be more informative re live feed?

[Bennyboy]

11. Moving in right now...

Here we go. Flashbangs going off....

[Bennyboy]

12. Tear gas RIGHT NOW...

Another feed.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18100259#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http://ows.bylinebeat.com/post/11933577103/video-occupyoakland-

[lonestarnot]

14. Fucking A!

[lonestarnot]

13. The group I'm looking at appear to be walking peacefully down the middle of the street.

[KamaAina]

43. Something stinks, and it's not pee in the alleys

Oakland's police chief resigned suddenly two weeks ago, after an obscure Federal judge resurrected an eight-year-old corruption case and threatened the OPD with a federal takeover. It was at this point that we started to hear all that crap about rats and crime and whatnot in Ogawa Oscar Grant Plaza. And now, it's come to this. :tinfoilhat:

[EFerrari]

15. Give some love to the live stream because it is monitored

people do check it to see how many eyes are watching.

:grouphug:

[jtuck004]

16. Takes a tough cop to teargas a peaceful 8 year old. Gosh they're brave. /nt

[Hissyspit]

17. @theremina Meredith Yayanos Concussion grenades, tear gas, sound canons, riot guns being used agains

@theremina
Meredith Yayanos
Concussion grenades, tear gas, sound canons, riot guns being used against unarmed civilians @ Occupy Oakland. Sick w/worry for my city. #OWS
5 minutes ago via Proxlet
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[Crowman1979]

45. I'm sure glad my homeland security dollars are not going to waste!

:sarcasm:

Sound Cannons WTF?!?!? Its Pittsburgh G20 all over again.

[Hissyspit]

18. 11:45 Multiple reports of "sound cannon" being used. One witness says guy on bike riding through ga

http://www.thenation.com/blog/164187/occupyusa-blog-wednesday-oct-26-frequent-updates

11:45 Multiple reports of "sound cannon" being used. One witness says guy on bike riding through gave cop the finger and he caught a rubber bullet in the chest in reply.

[Hissyspit]

20. 10:55 More from Oakland. Max Blumenthal sends along picture of person bleeding from head, struck by

http://www.thenation.com/blog/164187/occupyusa-blog-wednesday-oct-26-frequent-updates

[Hissyspit]

19. @OccupyBaltimore OccupyBaltimore No police at #occupybaltimore on the midnight deadline. We the peop

[DemOhio]

22. Holy Sh*t

That was brutal. Tear gas I assume.

[quakerboy]

23. Someone really is desperate to provoke violence

I wonder who it is.

[Hissyspit]

24. @Erik_Verduzco Erik Verduzco Protesters are not quitting. At least two hundred are gathering back a

@Erik_Verduzco
Erik Verduzco
Protesters are not quitting. At least two hundred are gathering back at 15th and Broadway streets. #OccupyOakland

[lonestarnot]

25. Health and Safety violation created by the fuckwads slinging the gas canisters and operating the

military noise machine. K & R!

[quakerboy]

26. Someone really is desperate to provoke violence

[No Elephants]

41. Cops answer to the police chief. The police chief answers to the Mayor.

[quakerboy]

42. My opinion

Politics are seldom so simple. even at local levels, especially when dealing with as large a community as Oakland.

[KamaAina]

44. OPD has an interim chief

the former chief resigned just two weeks ago, under some rather strange circumstances; see post #43 above.

[Bennyboy]

27. Some photos from tonight

these I should submit but the whole world needs to see it

[SoapBox]

28. wow...wow...talk about out of control Police Militia.

After OWS, it's gonna be time to take back TAX PAYER PAID police departments.

Sorry police...you don't work for only yourselves and the 1%er's.

[Hissyspit]

30. @MotherJones Mother Jones THIS RT @ReginaldJames #shoutout to the three men that ran back, into a bi

@MotherJones
Mother Jones
THIS RT @ReginaldJames #shoutout to the three men that ran back, into a big cloud of gas to get a woman in a wheelchair whose battery died
59 seconds ago via web

[KamaAina]

46. The woman in the wheelchair is a friend of mine

she is a kick-ass activist with CUIDO (Communities United In Defense of Olmstead). You may remember them from Arnieville in Berkeley last year.

http://www.cuido.org



She better be all right... :grr:

[sakabatou]

31. Tear gas and "sound cannons" uses against children?!

WTF?!

[workinclasszero]

32. Filthy bastards!

I pray to God no children were harmed by these rioting police nazis!

How can a peaceful march be attacked like that? In the USA? I'm sure if it was armed teabaggers threating to kill democrats and socialists, the cops wouldn't have even been there!

The 1% empire is striking back. God bless the occupiers, they are our freedom fighters paying the price on the frontlines of the class war.

[tblue37]

50. How? Quite easily. The cops just claim (as they are doing so about this raid) that

the protesters threw rocks and bottles at them, so they had to respond.

Of course, it is unlikely that anyone threw rocks and bottles at the cops, but even if someone did, those who did were probably agents provocateurs, since that almost always turns out to be the case when cops get violent because, they say, protesters have resorted to violence.

Besides, even if someone--agent provocateur or not--did throw a rock or a bottle at the cop, that does not mean the cops must respond by violently assaulting all the protesters there: men, women, children, the elderly, the handicapped.

[annabanana]

33. OH kick fuckety KICK. . . .n/t

[brooklynite]

34. Live Blog: Marchers headed back toward City Hall (Oakland)

Source: Oakland Tribune

8:30 p.m. Protesters marching toward City Hall
After scattering when police set off tear gas, protesters are marching again, heading down Broadway t on their way back to City Hall. Police are
not following the crowd, but continue to stand sentry at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.

8:35 p.m. Police cruiser windows smashed with a rock
Protesters have smashed a CHP car that was parked at 16th Street and Broadway.


Read more: http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_19188125

[msongs]

35. maybe police have agitators in the crowd. whatta you thing about ThAT? nt

[NYC_SKP]

36. I think it's more likely than not that you're right.

More likely that a cop or agent of the bad guys broke that window than one of us.

[OKDem08]

37. and no doubt that will be the sole focus of media attn...

[zonkers]

48. Maybe. It would be pretty risky with all the cameras around these days.

[AsahinaKimi]

38. I have a feeling this is gonna get more ugly

Far more than anyone will expect.

[Javaman]

39. I agree. I'm thinking the 1999 WTO in Seattle bad.

the cops brought this on themselves.

[unionworks]

40. can only hope

This costs Oaklands mayor the next election. Apparently this goes much higher than the mayors office, and crushing this movement is far more important to someone than any election. Dear God.

[Dover]

47. Will they kill/injure our children? It is their future so how horrifically symbolic

that they would choose to harm them in a peaceful demonstration.

[defendandprotect]

49. kr