Twitpic of Oakland street, minutes ago
Posted on 10/25/2011 9:53:23 PM PDT by tcrlaf
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Police used tear gas and flash-bang canisters Tuesday night to disperse a group of hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters that was calling for the crowd 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.
KTVU reporter Jana Katsuyama was on the scene when the tear gas was used and said that the gas remained in the air for ten minutes after it was used. One person was seen injured and bleeding profusely near the intersection.
BART announced that the 12th Street Station has been closed in the wake of the police action.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktvu.com ...
Interesting to note, Obama is right across the bay at a $7500 a plate fundraiser in San Fransisco, while Oakland PD are clearing out his activist voting base in Oakland...
Twitpic of Oakland street, minutes ago
Like most things Obama does, this too was a failure.
MOTHER JONES TWEET:
Text of OPD scanner: “OAKLAND - OPD REQUEST FULL SCALE MULTI COUNTY TACTICAL ALERT FOR RIOT IN PROGRESS. 500+ SUBJECTS IN AREA. [SFO024]
TWEET from Henry Schulman, San Francisco Examiner Sports Reporter:
KTVU reporter was physically abused at Oakland plaza by thugs when trying to ask protestors about potential eviction.
Breaking News Tweet-
Arrests now at 102 in #OccupyOakland since this morning, say police. 2 cops hurt, unknown by OPD if any protesters were
Indeed. Can't wait to see the NYC losers get dispersed by the NY winter weather.
From the Oakland Live Blog:
Kudos to Deo
10:36PST Police using tear gas
Police are using tear gas against protesters who have gathered again at Frank Ogawa Plaza, at least the second time on Tuesday they’ve deployed the tear gas. Witnesses at the scene say protesters threw bottles at police before the tear gas was released. Protesters dispersed to the east of Broadway, and the gas fumes were heavy in the air. Between 200 and 300
protesters gathered for an earlier round at Frank Ogawa Plaza before the confrontation took place.
Protesters continregroup, march toward Frank Ogawa Plaza
A group of protesters has regrouped and is now returning to Frank Ogawa Plaza, near where police deployed tear gas earlier.
Oh I enjoyed watching that... thanks!
The coughing and gagging was music to my ears.
Easy-they can move the protest over to SanFran and protest 0bama’s lavish fundraiser..
Don’t believe it. The administration wants confrontation so they can institute strong measures.
LOL, Howie was chuckling about his new "fleabaggers" photos all afternoon.
Could you tell me specifically where on his website you found that pic? I looked all over howiecarr.com and couldn't find them. Thanks...
you may not be far off the mark - it was a desired outcome of the Tea Party that didn’t happen no matter how much was instigated... so another ‘party’ was invented - the useful idiot sheep we now see flocking around city centers seeking ‘justice’.
The Tucson NBC station tonight covered the Oakland tear gas with video...:^)
All those police officers acting stupidly at the same time; how sad.
Obama is ordering crates of beers for their visit to the White House now.
That video is neat. Just hell when they get their comeuppance with stun grenades and tear gas, poor babies.
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