[cheapphenonline]

ABC7 reports bay bridge is shut down.
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[cheapphenonline]

The people are everywhere like ants!

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8416255

[jisee]

Someone I know was down there today and everyone was released from work early because they feared they would all be stuck downtown.

[MidwestMadman]

LMAO Global Revolution doughnuts!

[AricGoffgog]

This my friends, may get very interesting.

[cheapphenonline]

Well, it's getting dark. And this is nuts.

[cheapphenonline]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLc7VY1jZwk

[DoctoBuntonTen]

If they keep loading that sign bridge up with people standing shoulder to shoulder they're going to have some casualties. Very poor judgment there.

[slima]

fucking hippies.

[SigNeewfoew]

Damn keyboard commandos.

[cheapphenonline]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myqffx8Mdg4

Revolutions are dangerous and unpredictable beasts,
and for a population to enter into one without fully understanding what is at stake
is much like handing a loaded 45 automatic to a toddler.

[Uninkipsyncp]

sound cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas, batons... problem solved...

[Goooooblin]

Cops are on the way!

[SigNeewfoew]

sound cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas, batons... problem solved...

It hasn't worked so far, I thought this ows stuff would have died weeks back. The more force used against the protesters the fuel will be added to this fire.

I'm starting to think this ows stuff is going to spark martial law in some cities.

[ZZtop]

fucking hippies.

Where?

[slima]

Where?

This was New York.
Video: OWS meltdown star a Columbia grad student … with a trust fund

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQX4u-W7uyQ

This is from the Oakland Cops. Not condoning the whole flash bang and rubber bullets to the head thing. But they make a point.

Letter to the Mayor over his whole stance on the Occupy Protesters, or at least part of it.

Apologies that I grabbed the text from Beck's site. It was the quickest search find.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/conf...otests-strike/

On Tuesday, October 25th, we were ordered by Mayor Quan to clear out the encampments at Frank Ogawa Plaza and to keep protesters out of the Plaza. We performed the job that the Mayor’s Administration asked us to do, being fully aware that past protests in Oakland have resulted in rioting, violence and destruction of property.

Then, on Wednesday, October 26th, the Mayor allowed protesters back in – to camp out at the very place they were evacuated from the day before.

To add to the confusion, the Administration issued a memo on Friday, October 28th to all City workers in support of the “Stop Work” strike scheduled for Wednesday, giving all employees, except for police officers, permission to take the day off.

That’s hundreds of City workers encouraged to take off work to participate in the protest against “the establishment.” But aren’t the Mayor and her Administration part of the establishment they are paying City employees to protest? Is it the City’s intention to have City employees on both sides of a skirmish line?
It is all very confusing to us. My original comment was in jest. I guess I should have used a smiley.
You know, Bay Area and hippies. Sheesh.

[HelenTay]

Lots happening right now. Police, attacking, gas, provocateurs...

[RlUbQU3R]

Lots happening right now. Police, attacking, gas, provocateurs...

all that ABC link in reply #1 is showing now is a tweet stream.

This from RT,
Oakland turns to 1st general strike in 65 years

Published: 02 November, 2011, 20:18
Edited: 03 November, 2011, 12:1

[HelenTay]

Summary of events:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog...=NECNETTXT8187
11.26am GMT: It appears to have calmed down and most protesters have retired for the night (it's approaching 4.30 am in the morning in Oakland) so we're going to wrap up the blog now. You can follow more Oakland updates on our keyword page here.

Here's a summary of the day's events:

• Occupy demonstrators forced a halt to operations at Oakland's port which is the fifth busiest port in the US, on Wednesday night. Officials said maritime area operations would resume "when it is safe and secure to do so". Police estimated that a crowd of about 3,000 gathered at the Port of Oakland by early evening

• Police used teargas and flash bangs to try to clear protesters, beginning from about midnight. At least one man was carried away injured after protesters said he was shot in the leg by a rubber bullet (the cause of his wound could not be independently verified). Reports suggested he was a homeless man.

• There were - apparently isolated - incidents of violence by some protesters. Projectiles were thrown at police, shop windows smashed and a barricade set on fire. Police said around 60 protesters were arrested.

• A pedestrian, identified by local media as a protester, was taken to a local hospital after being hit by a car. Video posted online showed a man blocking the path of a car and banging his hands on the bonnet before it accelerated

[Polopolop]

remember, the sheenies just want civil unrest, they DONT CARE what the reason is.....they have in hand more draconian measures to foist upon the public when this gets out of hand.....so, yes, irrespective of motive or cause this wont end well.