Police confront Occupy protesters in S.F., Oakland

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco and Oakland authorities moved to take greater control of the Occupy protests Sunday, raiding an offshoot of the San Francisco encampment and clearing a new camp in a vacant lot in Oakland.

In San Francisco, protesters at Justin Herman Plaza responded by temporarily shutting down Market Street on Sunday evening, rallying raucously and listening to speeches by progressive politicians pledging their support.

The Oakland response was quieter, as protesters at the last remaining camp at Snow Park said they would probably leave rather than dig in if police began a rumored raid.

"I'm not going to do anyone any good in jail," shrugged Randy Peppers, 31, who was already packed to leave Snow Park if police arrived.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/21/MNDF1M1SH4.DTL

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Also: "Police clear out last Occupy Oakland camp"

[tcaudilllg]

1. Let 'em keep it up.

Someday the people will be crowding around the police headquarters, and there will be shots heard from inside...

[Blue Idaho]

2. Pigs, Fucking Pigs...

Remind me again why we care about their collective bargaining rights?

[red dog 1]

3. Bless all the peaceful protesters!

[truedelphi]

4. A beautifully written account by an Occupy defender -

Beautifully Written Truth of Selective Oppression and the
threat to Occupy L.A. and Occupy Orange County via Irvine
NOW!

The same story is true for Occupy San Diego once
we moved after day one from Children’s Park to the San
Diego Civic Center! Our committees were in tact,
operational with warm food, medical supplies, sanitation,
recycling, education, arts, a library, and safety … but hour
by hour, day by day, law and code enforcement (fire
deptment too)

WRONGLY VIOLATED OUR INTEGRITY
one stone chip at a time! First, they locked down the trash
cans, imposed barriers to using the public restrooms,
removed our generators and propane tanks to warm food
… then the food itself, the medical tent, the tents, all tables
but 2 (so systematical sad and covert over the weeks,
culminating in massive arrests of peaceful protestors’ in an
early morning after a 4 hour General Assembly) ….

The patter of these OPPRESSIVE ACTIONS ARE NO
COINCIDENCE! We MUST BE AWAKE, ALERT, and
VIGILANT Always NOW! OUR TIME IS NOW … SNOW
CAMP MEMBERS … You are ALIVE, to me YOU
SUCCEEDED SISTERS’ and BROTHERS’! You
Message is out! You played by all the RULES AND
EXPOSED THE “RULING ELITE HAVE NO CLOTHES”!
BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE IN EXPOSING/
SPOTLIGHTING the HYPOCRISY OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE ELITE WHO FEED THEM! IN
SOLIDARITY! by Michael J. Buell (no connection to Truedelphi)