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[[Video:Mass arrest attempted at 19th St. in Oakland J28|thumb|300px|right|protesters cannot disperse..]]After [[Kettling]] protesters into a park at 19th and Telegraph, Oakland Police issued a dispersal order, which protesters clearly had no way of obeying. After some folks tried to break through a police line, OPD began to fire some sort of gas canisters, driving protesters to take a fence which seemingly serves no worthwhile societal purpose. |
[[Video:Mass arrest attempted at 19th St. in Oakland J28|thumb|300px|right|protesters cannot disperse..]]After [[Kettling]] protesters into a park at 19th and Telegraph, Oakland Police issued a dispersal order, which protesters clearly had no way of obeying. After some folks tried to break through a police line, OPD began to fire some sort of gas canisters, driving protesters to take a fence which seemingly serves no worthwhile societal purpose. |
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"And then I got arrested in front of the YMCA." [[User:Bitmonk|Bitmonk]] 08:16, February 23, 2012 (UTC) |
"And then I got arrested in front of the YMCA." [[User:Bitmonk|Bitmonk]] 08:16, February 23, 2012 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 08:01, 27 February 2012
On January 28, a coalition of activists in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement planned to occupy a previously unannounced v
acant building and turn it into a community center for The People of Oakland.
Oakland Police brandishing batons to protect themselves from mostly peaceful protesters.
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The City of Oakland, incensed at the audacity of activists to announce such a plan in advance, sent the Oakland Police Department out in full militarized force, turning a celebration of love and solidarity into a war on The People, eventually resulting in one of the largest mass arrests in Oakland history, involving a number of credentialed professional journalists.
thumb|300px|right|protesters cannot disperse..After Kettling protesters into a park at 19th and Telegraph, Oakland Police issued a dispersal order, which protesters clearly had no way of obeying. After some folks tried to break through a police line, OPD began to fire some sort of gas canisters, driving protesters to take a fence which seemingly serves no worthwhile societal purpose.
thumb|300px|right OPD claims that protesters attacked the YMCA building, charging many arrested inside with Felony Burglary, while in fact protesters begged YMCA employees and members to give them a safe escape route, which they did, for which they were charged with felony aiding and abetting.
"And then I got arrested in front of the YMCA." Bitmonk 08:16, February 23, 2012 (UTC)
Occupy Oakland protesters escape kettling at 19th and Telegraph through a fence.