Last night at 5pm Oakland’s Police Chief gave notice that permit for the peaceful vigil would not be renewed, and that the teepee and info table must be removed at once. Among his justifications for revoking the permit was that in the vicinity of the the vigil, people had brought in garbage cans and there was food. What? Chief Jordan is worried people brought in extra garbage cans into the [...]
The Oakland Police Department conducted what was, even by their standards, a brutal and unwarranted raid at the Occupy Oakland vigil today. The reasons given for the first arrests were having “possessions in the plaza”, which is not a crime. Watch this video: The police then escalated the level of violence: video via @geekeasy This is a quick synopsis of a police raid that occurred on vigilers at OGP today [...]
The Occupy Oakland vigil and interfaith umbrella at Oscar Grant Plaza was raided by OPD at around 2:00pm on Friday December 16th, a day after Aquapy Oakland was raided on Lake Merritt by OPD and OFD. According to witnesses, three people were arrested at the Plaza, one for trying to take a blanket from trash. OPD took the OccupyOakland kitchen that was feeding people the City doesn’t support. OPD confiscated sleeping bags [...]
Tomorrow (Saturday, December 17) from noon until 1 p.m., the Occupy Oakland Parents & Allies Caucus is leading a breastfeeding protest at 14th Street and Broadway with the intention of convincing city officials to stop overwatering the plaza, known by many as Frank Ogawa Plaza but to Occupiers and Occupants as Oscar Grant Plaza. The city of Oakland has been running the plaza sprinklers for most hours of the day [...]
Use advanced navigation for a better experience.
You can quickly scroll through posts by pressing the above keyboard keys. Now press Esc to close this window.
