Incredible. Police are advancing at Occupy Oakland. Watch live at

[wiggs]

http://www.livestream.com/occupyoakland

[gopiscrap]

1. Fucking Cops

don't they know they are a part of the 99%?

[randome]

2. Guess not because they are 'fucking cops'.

[socialist_n_TN]

7. A worker in the service of the capitalist rulers...........

is not a worker, but instead is a bourgeoisie cop.

[Cooley Hurd]

28. and a bourgeoisie cop is a swine

...a PIG, if you will.

[socialist_n_TN]

32. You won't get any argument from me on that.........

I've had a lifetime of interactions with cops, some good, but mostly bad. If they want to be considered part of the 99% they need to act like part of the 99% and NOT be the bully boyz for the 1%.

It's up to them and we see how the Oakland group is choosing.

[gopiscrap]

36. I am with you!

I guess I have a lot more socialist in me than I thought...must be from being raised in Europe.

[socialist_n_TN]

37. Come to the Socialist Progressives group forum here on DU........

You might learn just how much of a socialist you really are. And remember the best recruiter for socialism is the capitalist system.

[barbtries]

38. where do i go to find that group?

i searched for it and landed on DU2

[socialist_n_TN]

40. Go up to "Forums & Groups" at the top of the page and click........

On the secondary screen, click on "Activism" and we're one of the options.

[barbtries]

43. got it.

thanks.

[gopiscrap]

108. Dumb question

how do I get on?

[socialist_n_TN]

110. Under "Topics" you'll see "Activism"...........

We're under that group.

[gopiscrap]

113. thanks

[backscatter712]

53. A-fucking-men.

The pigs have made it clear they don't give a shit about anyone's civil rights. They think cracking skulls is funny.

[greytdemocrat]

58. Grow up. n/t

[socialist_n_TN]

111. Already there..........

Turned 60 last year and have been a Marxist for 40 years. I won't tell you to "grow up", but you might want to smarten up and learn something about the exploitative nature of capitalism.

[wiggs]

3. smoke bombs. tear gas. bean bag guns. nt

[wiggs]

4. looks like they've been dispersed. nt

[wiggs]

5. crowd getting flanked. new advance. nt

[sabrina 1]

6. Sounds like they are about to continue their abuse of citizens.

@GlobalRevLive
Global Revolution

UPDATE #OCCUPYOAKLAND : gas deployed was not tear gas, but smoke bombs. ABC aerial feed went out right before attack, came back right after

40 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[sabrina 1]

8. Way to grow this movement. Looks like a lot of people there.

[wiggs]

9. compelling narration in livestream. nt

[sabrina 1]

11. Yes, she is good.

[sabrina 1]

10. Wow, wait!! "Cops are marching with us"??

Too soon to tell, but that is what they are saying right now.

Don't trust them, is my feeling. Not yet.

[wiggs]

12. she reports 3000 occupiers. nt

[wiggs]

13. the tweet panel next to the live image lists tweets from around the world. nt

[izquierdista]

14. Cops must be deaf

[sabrina 1]

35. Love that, thank you! Beautiful song and should be an official song for Occupy n/t

[sabrina 1]

15. Following them on Twitter ~

@OccupyWallStNYC
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET
UPDATE: POLICE ATTACK #OCCUPYOAKLAND FOR 2nd TIME USING TEAR GAS, FLASH GRENADES, RUBBER BULLETS & BEANBAG ROUNDS. LIVE bit.ly/ubk6N4

[sabrina 1]

17. Lol, 'cops teargas themselves'

@Verified17
AsiahX

“@FestiveWarChild “@occupychc cops tear gas themselves because of wind direction (live at ustre.am/EqY3)””

......

@Dwayne_wins
Occupy Dwayne
livestream.com/newchannel/pop… OPD chasing Oakland protestors through the streets of Oakland right now.

....

@sgneist
Suzy Gneist
“@RayBeckerman: RT @OccupyOakland: #OccupyOakland #OO we are unstoppable. Join us. vsb.li/eO1AMn”

[wiggs]

16. violent arrests shown on right screen! nt

[Cleita]

18. Screams and shots heard!

OMG!

[wiggs]

19. she's telling occupiers love is stronger than hate...as police advance. nt

[wiggs]

20. WATCH THE LIVESTREAM AND LISTEN TO COMMENTS! nt

[sabrina 1]

21. 'This is what a police state looks like'

@OpCensorThis_
OpCensorThis

This is what a police state looks liek >> goo.gl/K3M6l #oo #occupyoakland

.......


@alphaleah
Leah McElrath

#OO : Cops using batons like baseball bats on protesters/media & pointing armed guns at faces (live at ustre.am/EqY
3)
4 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

[wiggs]

22. she estimates 75-100 police on that street. nt

[sabrina 1]

23. Attacking the press also, again?

@TANGELL0
Tangell0FOnonymous

cops hitting credentialed members of press officers #338 #419 #327 (live at ustre.am/EqY3)
8 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

.......


@OccupyNow1
OccupyNow!
BREAKING NEWS: Occupy Oakland. Police moving in with guns Solidarity with Oakland-

OccupyNow!... fb.me/13v7Xnpdw

......


@AkaijaLavendula
Liz

#Occupy #OccupyOakland Oakland Police brutality, watch and support them on ustream ustream.tv/occupyoakland#…

3 minutes ago via web

[sabrina 1]

24. Going after the media ...

@PeoplesReport
People's Report

#occupyoakland PD removing ABC crew. Targeting people's correspondents and live streamers. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

[sabrina 1]

26. Photos by blogger who is there ..

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.

[WillyT]

25. Twitter Updates Here:

Link: http://twitter.com/#/search/realtime/occupyoakland

Link fixed... think...

[wiggs]

27. appears they might all be going back to the plaza to regroup. nt

[wiggs]

29. left screen off for 15 minutes. nt

[sabrina 1]

30. CNN now covering it 'out of control in Oakland'

@dailyhillster
Darrell

#CNN just reported that #occupyoakland has "gotten out of control". Anytime the MSM reports on Occupy anythings it gets awfully subjective.

1 minute ago via web

I'm sure we'll get the usual unbiased coverage from CNN!

[sabrina 1]

31. Isn't it time to start recalling Mayor Quan?

The brutality of the OPD throughout all of this has been criminal. Still no justice for either of the two Iraq war vets who were nearly killed by Quan's robo cops.

[sabrina 1]

33. Surprise from CNN. Reporter calls OPD actions 'police riot'.

@CNNCNY
NICK

#OccupyOakland activists march in Oakland, plan to take over building, police riot cnn.com/2012/01/28/us/… #cnn

3 minutes ago via Tweet Button

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/28/us/california-occupy/index.html

"Occupy Oakland is about people providing for themselves and for others, since it is clear that the system can no longer provide for them," the group said on its website. "It is a place where people who are fed up can come together and develop new forms of struggle."

In a letter to Mayor Jean Quan, the city council and the Oakland police department, protesters threatened several actions if authorities try to "evict us again." They include "blockading the airport indefinitely, occupying City Hall indefinitely, shutting down the Oakland ports" and getting help from the activist hacking group known as Anonymous.

Oakland has been a flash point of the Occupy movement since October when police used tear gas to break up demonstrators who refused to leave downtown. One demonstrator, a Marine veteran of the war in Iraq, suffered a skull fracture after being hit with a police projectile, according to a veteran's group; police said they acted after the crowd threw paint and other objects at officers.
In mid-December, Occupy protesters shut down the Oakland port terminal.

Guess only on Twitter will they call it was it is, a police riot. Not in the article for public consumption.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. I saw that! Holy ***!

Seeing all those police lined up in helmets and riot gear reminded me of the worst incidents from the past...

And CNN has Don Lemon reporting. He's pretty even-handed, the reason that I will turn on CNN on the weekends, when there isn't much news coverage from anywhere else.

[sabrina 1]

44. I haven't been watching CNN, I was surprised they are even covering it. But I was surprised

by that tweet from CNN, calling it a 'police riot'.

Listening to the guy on livestream saying that they have become used to the police brutality, and he feels bad about that. So true.

I agree looking at all those cops lined up, reminds me of the photos from the Civil Rights era.

Looks like MSNBC is reporting the protest as 'violent'. No surprise there.

@RockCandy15
Candace

MSNBC showing it as violent. (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

2 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

[Rhiannon12866]

46. I forgot and turned on MSNBC first

Nothing new from them except what goes on within prison walls.

But when I saw Don Lemon on CNN, I decided to watch. He said the smoke and police presence was from earlier today. He asked if they didn't have current footage and some with sound. They didn't have sound because they were filming from a helicopter. It wasn't a long report. but I'm hoping they go back to it.

I think that Don Lemon is fairly even handed, so I will watch him. My first reaction when I saw those lines of cops was the thought of Kent State. I missed a lot of the early Civil Rights movement, but I have seen footage and you're right. Terrible days...

[sabrina 1]

47. Yes, I am only going by the photos and footage also.

But I guess I thought we were lucky to be living in better times whenever I watched any of it. Looks like we still have a long way to go.

I will turn on CNN. It looks like the occupiers are going back to try to take over another building.

I did see one report on Twitter that the filming by the media, not sure which network, stopped after the police began attacking, but did start up again.

If they are ashamed to have what they are doing be covered by the media, maybe they shouldn't be doing it. Reports also of them attacking the media also. But that was from Twitter, nothing verified yet.

[Rhiannon12866]

50. The footage of the lines of police in riot gear made my blood run cold

But at least they showed it. I remember when CNN neglected to air any footage of the huge worldwide protests just before the Iraq war.

Apparently this afternoon's police presence in Oakland was because the protesters were attempting to occupy a building. Bad as all of this is, we do need to see what's going on. If they're also attacking the media, that explains the filming from helicopters.

[sabrina 1]

67. Yes, there is something really frightening about those riot cops. And they are the same all over the

world now. It's hard to tell which country is which when they move in on the Occupy protesters. Makes you wonder, whose idea was this?

I remember that too, CNN starting to cover the worldwide anti-Iraq War protests around the world, I was watching and reporting on a big blog at the time. Then they cut the coverage off.

Yes, the Occupy Oakland announced a weekend of action, including trying to take over a new location for them to occupy.

This is from their media website: http://hellaoccupyoakland.org/

&w=350&h=200&zc=1&q=90

[Rhiannon12866]

114. Thanks for the link and the info!

Things really seem to have gotten out of hand there and aren't getting any better. This is a national story now, dread hearing reports of more injuries - or worse.

The blackout of the anti-war protests by CNN was one of the first "actions" I took part in back in 2003. Think it was sponsored by MoveOn. That's also when I joined DU, so I've participated in countless "actions" since, not to mention working for my congressman on his last two campaigns.

After all the terrible footage we've seen of tragedies like Kent State and the 1968 Convention, not to mention Scott Olsen, it's hard to fathom how this kind of intimidation and violence is still allowed to go on...

[WillyT]

34. ABC7NEWS.COM LIVE VIDEO

ABC7NEWS.COM LIVE VIDEO

Link: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8522689

[wiggs]

41. Heard in background: next building occupy attempt at 5:00. nt

[WillyT]

42. Vivian Ho Is Tweet/Reporting From The Scene For The SF Chronicle

Read this from bottom up...

fwalloe Fredrik Walløe
RT @VivianHo: Protesters carried the hurt girl away. At 12th and Webster now #occupyoakland #moveinday
30 minutes ago

******************************************************************

Michelle9647 Michelle
RT @VivianHo: Protesters carried the hurt girl away. At 12th and Webster now #occupyoakland #moveinday
31 minutes ago

******************************************************************

Michelle9647 Michelle
"@VivianHo: Police officer just shot a protester in the small of her back when she was less than a foot away. Crying, limping #occupyoakland
31 minutes ago

Link: http://twitter.com/#/search/realtime/VivianHo

[sakabatou]

52. That's fucking dangerous

[wiggs]

45. my daughters just left OO. Relieved. nt

[sabrina 1]

55. I'm glad your daughters are safe. It looks like it's getting pretty rough there again.

Good for them for being there though.

Undercover cops among the crowd possibly stealing cameras and phones according to twitter.

@MMarklund
Daniel Marklund

Occupy Oakland Live - Undercover cops are apparently stealing livestreaming cameras/phones

according to tweets. ustre.am/EqY3 #oo

[wiggs]

48. conflict again. tear gas, police advancing. nt

[sabrina 1]

49. They had the protesters kettled, then were about to tear gas them, as in NY. The protesters broke

through the fences. Good for them. Enough of this already. Where is the mayor? Is she waiting until someone dies?

[backscatter712]

51. Fucking pigs.

[sabrina 1]

54. 19 arrested so far. Police lying about why they are there in CNN report:

They are claiming the protesters started the violence, which 'they won't tolerate'

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/28/us/california-occupy/index.html




#OccupyOakland. A photo of police smoke bombs from roughly 2 hours ago in Oakland.
Taken by Steve Rhodes, on Flickr here, and also Twitter.

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. Marchers are in front of YMCA and OPD saying that EVERYONE IS UNDER ARREST

and they should submit to arrest.

[sabrina 1]

61. They've started grabbing people. People are down on the ground. They caged people who could not

get out then told them to leave, when they could not, according to witnesses.

@American_Pat
[e-mail]

Cops are attacking (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

2 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

......


@Real_Housebear

#OPD are beating people on camera and threatening media with arrest The crowd is non-violent #OO (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

2 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

[unkachuck]

70. K&R....and thanks for the pics....

....I'm on dial-up and my computer's too old to stream anything....

[quakerboy]

77. Its only violence if protestors do it

When police harm people, that's peace keeping. gotta keep it straight, or you might get confused.

[sabrina 1]

112. Lol, I know, it's hard sometimes!

[sabrina 1]

56. Police announcement telling all the marchers 'You are now under arrest'.

Good luck arresting 3,000 people. Same old routine. Announce everyone has violated orders.

'SUBMIT TO ARREST'!

Everyone is under arrest!

[malaise]

59. What happened to the right to protest

What freedoms do those 'islamofascists' hate America for now?

[randome]

62. I believe they weren't protesting but were trying to take over a building?

Can anyone confirm this?

[malaise]

64. I too would like confirmation n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

66. They were marching after having failed to take over an abandon building

earlier in the day. The OPD kettled them and the protesters broke free, continued on their march and were kettled again.

The OPD announced that the protesters had failed to disperse after several lawful orders to do so and that everyone was under arrest which is what is happening now.

[sabrina 1]

63. Good question, malaise and shame on Mayor Quan. To think she once was a protester herself, now

working for the 1%.

[backscatter712]

60. Mass arrests.

The livestreamer I'm watching right now (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupysandiego) ducked into a KFC and narrowly avoided being kettled in with those being arrested...

[sabrina 1]

65. Yes, watching on livestream and twitter feed. They are apparently threatening the media again.

@Real_Housebear

#OPD are beating people on camera and threatening media with arrest The crowd is non-violent #OO (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

4 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

[MrMickeysMom]

68. I've been watching live and also calling OPD

You have to wait through 3 languages, but it's an answering machine and you can leave your message.

[sabrina 1]

73. Do you have the number? No problem if not, I will find it and he Mayor's office also.

[MrMickeysMom]

79. Not since I left the live feed...

Sorry.

Thanks for doing that.

[Dawson Leery]

69. Break their unions. The cops can beg Wall Street for money.

The coppers are on the side of the ruling class. It has always been that way. Their well being does not concern me.

[wiggs]

71. more than 100 arrested, looks like. The commons is not the commons I guess. nt

[sabrina 1]

72. 'City Hall has been occupied'!

@alyssa011968
Alyssa

#OccupyOakland #OO mic check " City Hall has been occupied!" we cheer.

1 minute ago via Twitter for iPhone

.......

@Georga2012

Police cannot process 2000 people tonight! You have to somehow block the system. Close in the street behind (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

......

jesfacekillah JesFace Killah

City Hall has been Occupied! @occupyoakland, @oakfosho (live at ustre.am/EqY3)
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Bozita]

74. Message for the Oakland PD...

[sabrina 1]

75. Lol! Stupid cops, already so many of them have been let go.

[sabrina 1]

76. Livestreamer OakFoSho has gone up on an elevator to get better view. Good stream here

http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland#utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=9636787&utm_medium=social

Streamer saying someone just grabbed her camera, she saw him and can describe him. Thinks it was not a cop, maybe a provocateur. This has been happening all day.

[sabrina 1]

78. Anonymous took down CIA website according to multiple sources on stream and twitter.

CNN reporting that the occupiers have taken over City Hall

@BenHill93
Ben Hill
CNN: Protesters have taken over Oakland City Hall; US Flag set on fire at Frank Ogawa Plaza. (live at ustre.am/EqY3)


@AnonymousPress
Anonymous

#occupyoakland text alert: People have broken into city hall. Standoff with police. Support needed... #oo #ows v @LucyKafanov

.......

[sabrina 1]

80. Oakland City Hall trending worldwide. ABC reporting on the occupation of Oakland City Hall.

@lostdogs20
Tina
Oakland city hall is trending world wide (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

Nearly 4,000 watching the 'Occupy Together' (OakFoSho) livestream. Over 33,000 watching total streams so far.

OPD told OakFoSho to move as it's 'going to get pretty busy around here'.

[sabrina 1]

82. ABC News Helicopter livestream here:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8522689

[joshcryer]

81. Yes, she was talking about the loss of her "$800 iPhone 4S."

The theif was a male, long hair, white shorts. Apparently some bikers went after him. The phone was immediately turned off and the SIM was removed, so they can't track it. It'll probably wind up on eBay or Craigslist.

[sabrina 1]

83. Or at OPD/CIA headquarters? n/t

[joshcryer]

84. She said she believes he was a thief.

Had running shoes on. She said she didn't have indications he was an agent or a cop.

[joshcryer]

85. Officer 119 billy-clubbed one of the protesters earlier, she's going to the hospital now.

[wiggs]

86. I think it was the short-haired girl who was talking for a long time w/ livestream while

walking to city hall. she was talking about helping an officer who had some tear gas eye irritation. she was a medic. while walking, whe was saying she had to pee very badly...turns out she was struck on the side and may have a bad kidney problem.

[joshcryer]

87. Yeah, that's the one.

Hope she doesn't have internal bleeding.

[slay]

88. Welcome to the police state

it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better - hell most people haven't even woken up yet to the extent of the class war the rich are waging - too busy watching American Idol or some other stupid crap on their DVR right now probably.

[wiggs]

89. How is it that the French routinely put a million people in the street for relatively

smaller issues....and when a few thousand people want to protest in Oakland, or elsewhere, there are policemen with riot gear, injuries, tear gas, and hundreds of arrests?

[slay]

92. Cause Americans are taught to be selfish - as long as it isn't affecting them personally they don't

care. They don't care about the cause #Occupy is fighting for, they don't care about the insane police response. Yeah, that's pretty much why - we're greedy and selfish and we don't care about each other - as long as we've got ours - screw everyone else. Capitalism encourages it and we all love us some c(r)apitalism here in the usa - even as things go to shit and it funnels ever more wealth upwards - we still cling to it.

[wiggs]

90. livestream narrator says a couple hundred arrested...most he's seen in any occupy event. nt

[WillyT]

91. Jesus... They're Bringing Police In From All Over The Bay Area...

Fremont, Pleasanton, San Leandro...

Fuck...

[sabrina 1]

95. Berkley police there, according to witnesses.

All that money spent to try to silence what might not have been more than a few hundred people. They really are scared of the people. We are the enemy it seems. Something is so wrong about all of this.

[Odin2005]

93. Fucking PIGS!

[joshcryer]

94. OakFoSho did a head count, about 250 people are going to be arrested, unless they give up.

It's taking about 5 minutes to process each one of them. That's 20 hours to process all of them.

[sabrina 1]

96. 'We are unstoppable'

@morrowchris
Chris Morrow

Chanting 'We are unstoppable" as being arrested @occupyOakland ustream.tv/occupyoakland#… live stream #anonymous

[sabrina 1]

97. Occupy Portland marching in solidarity right now ...

@OccupyOregon
OCCUPY OREGON
At least 100 marching against police brutality in Portland. Solidarity with #OccupyOakland! #opdx #oo #J28

And the world is watching. Tweets in solidarity coming from Argentian, Russia, Ireland, Egypt, Australia, all over the country and the world.

Where is Mayor Quan?

[sabrina 1]

98. Dancing girl attacked by brutal male cops. Big heroes, aren't they?

@kkotd
Knux
Girl was dancing and singing on @BellaEiko's stream and was brutally attacked by 2 male officers of OPD. #OO #OccupyOakland
3 minutes ago via web

Berkeley police there without name tags. Badge # but no name.

[sabrina 1]

99. Cop hits 19 year old on strecher. Big, brave, OPD the world is watching.

@harvierre
Harvey Tacla

RT @YourAnonNews: Officer 119 just struck a 19 year old girl being taken out on a stretcher. #OccupyOakland

6 minutes ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry

They got his badge # coward doesn't have a name it seems.

[sabrina 1]

101. Waiting to be arrested, photo.

My screenshot from @OakFoSho's feed shows just how many #oo protestors are still awaiting arrest. #J28

[wiggs]

100. Another police warning at 9:55 pm. Unlawful assembly declared again. Warning of chemical agents.

More arrests imminent.

[sabrina 1]

102. Yes, they are threatening the use of chemical agents now.

@occupycomic
Nicholas Dorsey

Im ashamed of the country that I call home. This is unacceptable. Why cant we just be left in peace? (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

........

@SusanMarie_NY
Susan Marie ☮

I can honestly say regardless of my job, if I were cop, never can I do these things to other humans. (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

[joshcryer]

103. They just bussed in 5 buses. I worry now. Are these people getting hit with criminal treaspass?

They were in the YMCA.

[sabrina 1]

104. Riot cops assembling, even though most of the protesters are gone.

They have brought in cops from other areas, bill will go to the taxpayers. It should go to the mayor.

@georgiestar
georgie star
The more demonstrators they arrest, the louder the voice of the people will get! (live at ustre.am/EqY3)

RT is doing some good coverage also.

Arresting people at the YMCA. Not sure what they will charge them with. Peacefully assembling?

Goodbye 1st Amendment ...

[sabrina 1]

105. Portland sends out riot cops to suppress solidarity with Oakland demonstration of approx 100 people.

@djsarahspin
Sarah Morgan

Alameda deputies w shields at OGP for less than 100 protesters #occupyoakland
9 minutes ago via HootSuite
Favorite Retweet Reply

DOS attack on Oakland PD website! Thank YOU Anonymous!

@aSecond0pinion
Dan J.
Oakland Police website DOS attacked. interesting. (live at ustre.am/EqY3)
4 minutes ago via Ustream.TV

[boppers]

106. Portland's weren't too bad, en masse.

Incredibly slow advances (like, a foot every 5-10 minutes), wall off restricted area, then retreat at the same rate.

[sabrina 1]

107. There were only about 100 people there. They came out in solidarity for Occupy Oakland.

There was no need for any riot cops there, but they must have money to burn I guess.

[wiggs]

109. NEW THREAD FOR SUNDAY 1/29 Occupy Oakland. Massing again at 8. nt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002237635