By Rob Janicki
Saturday the City of Oakland, CA, saw three hundred lovely and spirited young people try to occupy City Hall, burning an American flag in the process. Nothing says "serious political protest' like a little violent anarchy in the streets to get a political point across to elected officials and the citizens of the city.
CS Monitor
[...] Saturday's protests – the most turbulent since Oakland police forcefully dismantled an Occupy encampment in November – came just days after the group said it planned to use a vacant building as a social center and political hub and threatened to try to shut down the port, occupy the airport and take over City Hall. [...]
[...] Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall in Oakland, California, following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Earlier, Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a U.S. flag, and officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention center. [...]
Mayor Jean Quan: [...] blamed the destruction on a small "very radical, violent" splinter group within Occupy Oakland. [...]
The LA Times is reporting that the Occupy Oakland arrest count is now up to 400 people. Details of the damage to City Hall and surround environs is also emerging.
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OWS is heating up.
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