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reuters:

A group of police officers from various law enforcement agencies arrest an Occupy Oakland demonstrator near Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during a day-long protest in Oakland, California January 28, 2012. 

Riot police fought running skirmishes with anti-Wall street protesters in Oakland on Saturday, firing tear gas and bean bag projectiles and arresting more than 200 people in clashes that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. [REUTERS/Stephen Lam]

Read more: Police, Oakland protesters clash; 200 arrested

Posted 10 hours ago

Occupy Oakland today

(Source: warriorsrise)

Posted 10 hours ago

thepoliticalnotebook:

Photos from the ongoing police-protester standoff in Oakland right now. All of the photos were taken by Intifada Tent, a Twitter user currently live-tweeting from Oakland. The tear gas canister pictured above is, according to @IntifadaTent, the same brand used by the Israeli military.

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Posted 10 hours ago

thepeoplesrecord:

Occupy Oakland protester Shamus Collins explains to others how he was shot with a rubber bullet as he went to the aid of injured Iraqi war veteran Scott Olsen at a new encampment in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California on October 27, 2011. Olsen suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the Occupy Oakland protests. UPI/Terry Schmitt


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