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East Bay Express
| over 1 year ago
The Oakland City Council spared Fairyland and the Oakland Zoo from budget cuts last night , but went ahead with layoffs, eliminating 105 jobs and letting 80 workers go, the Chron and Trib report. The council was forced to cut $28 million from the...
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East Bay Express
| over 1 year ago
Broadway, my wrists wrapped with tight zip-ties behind my back, I couldn't help but play through the events of the day. Watching as Oakland Police Department officers processed the dozen or so people inside the lobby, I wondered whether the higher-...
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San Jose Mercury News
| over 1 year ago
A dozen people were formally charged Tuesday with crimes ranging from vandalism to assault on officers stemming from Saturday's violent Occupy protest in downtown Oakland. Those charged were only a portion of the more than 400 arrested during the...
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Disinfo.com
| over 1 year ago
The convention center has no current plans for use and Occupiers intended to repurpose it as a community center, intending to offer housing, medical and convergence facilities. The simple fact that Occupy Oakland decided to enact this bold move is an...
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San Francisco Chronicle
| over 1 year ago
Alameda County prosecutors plan to arraign several Occupy Oakland protesters today on charges related to Saturday's skirmishes with police, but will need more time to make decisions on hundreds of others who were arrested, officials said. Assistant...
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SF Gate
| over 1 year ago
Oakland demonstrations aren't really at all about Occupy, a legitimate movement over wealth disparity that got its start in New York...Many demonstrators insistently refer to the plaza outside Oakland City Hall as "Oscar Grant Plaza." "This was a...
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KTUV
| over 1 year ago
Calif. Occupy Oakland activists will conduct a day of action next Monday to protest the response by Oakland police to a demonstration on Saturday that resulted in nearly 400 arrests, a spokeswoman said Monday. Maria Lewis of Occupy Oakland said the...
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San Francisco Chronicle
| over 1 year ago
Michael Macor / SFC A rally in front of city Hall, before Occupy Oakland protesters march through the streets of downtown in Oakland, Ca. on Saturday January 28, 2012. With plans to take over a vacant building, Occupy Oakland spokesman Leo Ritz-Barr...
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Seattle Times
| over 1 year ago
AP A woman pleads with Occupy Oakland protesters to not burn an American flag found inside Oakland City Hall on Saturday. Police were in the process of arresting protesters for failing to disperse, hours after officers used tear gas on a rowdy group...
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Big News Network
| over 1 year ago
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said today that she is going to call national leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement and implore them to disown Oakland's protest movement. Quan said Saturday's demonstration, where 400 protesters were arrested and City...
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KTUV
| over 1 year ago
It didn't take interim Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan long to respond when he was asked early Monday how his officers were doing. Over the last week, his officers have had to deal with a series of confrontations with Occupy Oakland protesters...
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Associated Press
| over 1 year ago
Vandals broke a window and left "Occupy" graffiti overnight on a Wells Fargo branch in Seattle's Madison Park neighborhood. TV reports the graffiti reads, "No banks, no cops" and "Occupy!...The bank remains open Monday with customers directed to use...
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KSBY
| over 1 year ago
Oakland City Hall is open for business after a group of Occupy protesters broke into the historic building and smashed glass display cases and windows, spray- painted graffiti and burned the American and California flags. On Monday city workers...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles That volatility reflects both the tactics used by Occupy Oakland and the Oakland Police Department's tendency to resort to heavy handed enforcement. Both of those factors appear to have been in play on Saturday. Occupy Oakland Sees Violence...
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Examiner
| over 1 year ago
Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year. At...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
The Occupy movement resurged from a relatively quiet winter after about 400 people were arrested in Oakland over the weekend. Protesters burned flags and broke into City Hall, scrawling graffiti and hurling rocks and bottles during an attempt to...
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Democracy Now
| over 1 year ago
When protesters attempted to convert a vacant building into a community center on Saturday, witnesses say police used tear gas, bean bag projectiles and flash grenades. Several hours later, police said some of the protesters broke into City Hall.
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Occupy DC plan to resist Monday noon eviction deadline Occupy DC protesters have said they will ignore the police deadline Occupy DC protesters say they will ignore a deadline of noon on Monday to remove their camps or face arrest. On Sunday, one...
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War In Context
| over 1 year ago
News Sources on January 30, 2012 As was reported last week , the United States is now #47 in the annual World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders not exactly a position which squares with the oft self-applied label, Leader of...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
Was police provocation behind the stand-off between law enforcers and Occupy protesters in Oakland, which ended up with a devastating incursion into City Hall and over 400 detainments? Witnesses insist no order to disperse preceded the mass arrests. ...
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The News Journal
| over 1 year ago
Police took two people into custody after Occupy Philadelphia protesters knocked down a fence at the City Hall construction area the group had camped at before being evicted in November. A couple hundred people gathered for the protest Sunday night...
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CNN Blog
| over 1 year ago
Oakland City Hall was set to reopen Monday after municipal employees worked to clean up damage they said was caused over the weekend by Occupy protesters, about 400 of whom were arrested following clashes with police in this Northern California city.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
Meanwhile, an Occupy DC protester was stunned by police with a Taser and arrested for disorderly conduct on Sunday as he tried to tear down eviction notices in Washington. Police say three officers and a protester were injured in clashes in Oakland...
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Epoch Times
| over 1 year ago
January 30, 2012 Protesters from Occupy Oaklandthe local offshoot of Occupy Wall Streetknock down fences to escape from the police after they were surrounded to be detained on a vacant lot in Oakland on Jan. 28. Police arrested more than 400 people...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| over 1 year ago
The New York Times About 400 people were arrested and three police officers were injured after a weekend protest by members of the Occupy movement in Oakland, Calif., turned into a violent confrontation with law enforcement officers that led to an...
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Fog City Journal
| over 1 year ago
During a day marred by several intense and violent clashes between riot gear-clad law enforcement officers and Occupy protesters, the Oakland Police Department unleashed a volley of CS tear gas canisters, bean bag bullets and flash bang grenades at...
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Examiner
| over 1 year ago
Crews cleaned up historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year. Oakland...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Police placed the number of arrests at about 400 from Saturday's daylong protest the most contentious since authorities dismantled the Occupy Oakland encampment late last year. Mayor Jean Quan condemned the local movement's tactics as "a constant...
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San Jose Mercury News
| over 1 year ago
Almost 400 people were arrested during a series of Occupy Oakland marches and protest actions Saturday that included a group breaking into and vandalizing City Hall, city officials said. Mayor Jean Quan called the City Hall invasion "the crowning of...
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CNN Blog
| over 1 year ago
Oakland Police Officer Johnna Watson said authorities were still trying to determine exactly how many people had been detained, with earlier reports putting the figure at over 100 people. She described what transpired as "one of the largest mass...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| over 1 year ago
Oakland, California Officials assessed damage to City Hall caused by Occupy Oakland protesters while leaders of the movement claimed Sunday that police acted illegally in arresting hundreds of demonstrators and could face a lawsuit.
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MarketWatch
| over 1 year ago
Occupy Oakland demonstrators shield themselves Saturday from an exploding tear gas grenade during a confrontation with the police. Police in the California city arrested hundreds of protesters who tried to take over a vacant city-owned building that...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| over 1 year ago
As the protest movement heads into spring, Occupy Wall Street activists are interrupting foreclosure auctions and helping families re-occupy their homes. New York The Occupy Wall Street movement, which cut its teeth last fall by occupying streets and...
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
Police fired tear gas and arrested upwards of 100 people as more than 1,000 "Occupy Oakland" protesters marched through the city Saturday in an attempt to claim a vacant building as their new headquarters. American flag that was stolen from city hall...
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Big News Network
| over 1 year ago
Occupiers said earlier in the week that they were going to take over an undisclosed building...Breaking News Sunday 29th January, 2012 Get the top 5 headlines emailed to you every day
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles Three police officers and one protester were injured during the clashes, the city said, without detailing their conditions. Internet broadcasts by activists showed several demonstrators being treated by paramedics or loaded into ambulances.
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
who remained on the street early Sunday morning -- said they will forge ahead with a planned "Rise Up Festival" at an area park later in the day. Activists tossed metal pipes, bottles and burning flares at Oakland police, who responded with tear gas,...
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The Herald
| over 1 year ago
Occupy Oakland protesters broke into City Hall, stole an American flag from the council chamber and set it afire Saturday night, punctuating a wild day on the streets of the East Bay city in which police deployed tear gas, arrested more than 100...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
About 300 people were arrested Saturday during a chaotic day of Occupy protests that saw demonstrators break into City Hall and burn an American flag, as police earlier fired tear gas and bean bags to disperse hundreds of people after some threw...
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Novinite
| over 1 year ago
Photo by the SF Chronicle Some 150 ralliers have been arrested overnight in Oakland , CA , after protesters stormed a local building and clashed with police . Police used force, including teargas, truncheons and sound grenades to disperse a 2,000-...
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Al Jazeera
| over 1 year ago
34 Police have fired tear gas and flash grenades while arresting more than 300 people as anti-Wall Street protesters tried but failed to take over downtown buildings, including the city hall, in Oakland, California...Watson told the AFP news agency...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Oakland officials say police are in the process of arresting about 100 Occupy protesters for failing to disperse...The arrests Saturday night come after 19 people were arrested in Occupy Oakland protests during the day.
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Police have used tear gas and flash bang grenades on demonstrators in Oakland, California, as authorities say a protest involving an estimated 2,000 people turned violent. Officer Jeff Thomason says about 10 people were arrested Saturday afternoon...
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Canada.com
| over 1 year ago
Police fired tear gas at hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters who tried to take over a shuttered convention center on Saturday, arresting 19 people in the latest clash between anti-Wall Street activists and authorities in the California city. Three...
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Big News Network
| over 1 year ago
Police have fired tear gas and flash bang grenades at Occupy Oakland protesters as they marched near the Oakland Museum of California.As marchers walked up Oak Street near 12th Street, a line of police blocked the path and declared it an unlawful...
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
Roughly 500 activists had, by then, congregated in and around Frank Ogawa Plaza, according to a police statement, though aerial video footage showed them later on the move. A post on Occupy Oakland's Twitter feed that they were planning to march to a...
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
Roughly 500 activists had, by then, congregated in and around Frank Ogawa Plaza, according to a police statement, though aerial video footage showed them later on the move. A post on Occupy Oakland's Twitter feed that they were planning to march to a...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Police fired tear gas at hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters on Saturday who tried to take over a shuttered convention center, arresting 19 people in the latest clash between anti-Wall Street activists and authorities in the Bay Area city. Related...
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Big News Network
| over 1 year ago
Oakland police deploy smoke and tear gas on Oak St. near 10th St. to stop protesters with Occupy Oakland as they march through the streets of downtown in Oakland, Ca. on Saturday January 28, 2012. With plans to take over a vacant building, Occupy...
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Kansas City Star
| over 1 year ago
Oakland police used tear gas and "flash" grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearing down fencing.Three officers were hurt and 19 people were arrested,...
