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Tag Archives: Occupy Oakland
Oakland Police Investigating Captain Who Approved Projectile Use Against Occupy Protesters
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The police captain who approved using beanbag projectiles against Occupy Oakland protesters and the SWAT officer who fired a beanbag round at a demonstrator have been reassigned during an investigation into the tactics. Oakland police Capt. Ersie … Continue reading
Did Rank-and-File Union Members Support the Port Shutdown?
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During our coverage of the Oakland port shutdown yesterday, we wrote a little bit about labor's decidedly tepid if not negative response to Occupy Oakland's protest on behalf of Longview, Washington ILWU workers in a dispute with the grain exporter … Continue reading
Occupy Brings Protest to Oakland Port
Latest updates Today protesters are trying to shut down ports along the West Coast. In Oakland, protesters gathered around 5:30 a.m. at the West Oakland BART station. Our reporter Andrew Stelzer estimated about a thousand who then marched through … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Police Move Against Occupy Protesters in SF, Oakland; UC Davis Police Chief Placed on Leave Over Pepper-Spray Incident
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Police confront Occupy protesters in S.F., Oakland (SF Chronicle) San Francisco and Oakland authorities moved to take greater control of the Occupy protests Sunday, raiding an offshoot of the San Francisco encampment and clearing a new camp in a vacant … Continue reading
Occupy Update: San Francisco, Oakland, UC Davis Pepper Spray Video
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A quick roundup of Sunday's "Occupy" developments around the Bay Area. We'll start with the latest developments tonight, then go back to earlier in the day: San Francisco OccupySF protesters have taken over the street in front of the Federal … Continue reading
Occupy Oakland Announces Fox Square Park in Uptown District as New Site for Encampment; Watch Press Conference
Occupy Oakland said today it wants to set up a new encampment at Fox Square Park in the rapidly gentrifying Uptown district, which has tried to position itself as a hip, upscale arts and entertainment hub. (Watch the full press … Continue reading
Interview: Jean Quan on Failure of Measure I, Occupy Oakland, Snow Park, and Oakland the City
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has not had an auspicious five weeks, even her diminishing contingent of supporters would agree. In fact, cataloguing her recent woes is no small task: Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts resigns Police and Occupy Demonstrators Clash … Continue reading
Roundup: Occupy Oakland, OccupyCal
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Stop us if you've heard this one before: Oakland police (and a slew of officers from other agencies) descend on Frank Ogawa (Oscar Grant) Plaza outside City Hall to evict the Occupy Oakland encampment. Then, almost before you've gotten used … Continue reading
Occupy Oakland Regroups After Second Eviction; Deputy Mayor Sharon Cornu Resigns
Live blog updates Photos from our Flickr Stream Live Twitter coverage from Bay Area news organizations Live Stream from Occupy Oakland Tuesday, 8:32 a.m. The Bay Citizen talked to Sharon Cornu, now a former Oakland Deputy Mayor after resigning yesterday: … Continue reading
Police Clear Out Occupy Oakland Encampment in Early Morning Sweep
(AP) — Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out a weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment in Oakland just before dawn Monday, arresting dozens of Occupy demonstrators and clearing out tents from a downtown plaza after issuing several warnings over the weekend. Protesters … Continue reading
