Occupy Oakland Police Raid #1
Abby Martin of Media Roots reports from the front lines of the immediate aftermath of the predawn Oakland police raid against the peaceful Occupy Oakland encampments on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. The raid was perpetrated under the ironic pretext of ‘sanitation and safety,’ even though the encampments were in accordance with safety standards.
During the brutal police raid of Occupy Oakland at 5:30 am, Tuesday morning, 500+ unprovoked Oakland and other agency police officers unlawfully used smoke bombs, tear gas, and rubber bullets on people, some with children and even as they lay sleeping, before completely destroying the two encampments of peaceful protesters. 90+ protesters were then arrested at Snow Park and Frank Ogawa Plaza (which protesters have renamed Oscar Grant Plaza). Inexplicably, protesters continued to be arrested after park curfew was over.
