"700 to 1000 cops staging to confront #OccupyOakland."

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http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland

OakFoSho says he's expecting three days of assaults and will go between cell phone livestreaming and the good setup to save battery life. Says some 35 cars/buses/units are on the way.

I don't know if this is live/real time or not, it just popped up in the stream.

[Hissyspit]

1. He's Live.

After a night of charging his batteries. (Literally)

[pacalo]

2. "Says some 35 cars/buses/units are on the way." To help protesters or to help police??

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3. "They have tried twice to clear us out and tonight they are not messing around."

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4. Shit, rumors of LRAD deployment.

There is also some sort of microwave communications setup for police...

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5. Religious and spiritual members, etc.:

General Assembly:



Tree Man knows the fire department cannot participate unless it's an emergency:

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6. The criminal organization Alameda County Sheriffs are reportedly amassing

at the Coliseum with the others.

[Earth_First]

7. The whole world is watching... n/t

[Earth_First]

8. "Smell of vinegar in the air. #occupyoakland folks have bandanas soaked to prep for tear gas"

-via Twitter

[Earth_First]

9. "12 vehicles have left the Colesium staging area" -twitter n/t

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10. Two men watch from the Homeland Security Building.

Crowd waiting for the inevitable:

[left is right]

11. if I was an enterprising bank robber in the Oakland area

I might conclude that this would be a good time to rob a couple of banks. The police are obviously engaged in more important matters.

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12. As well as the multiple organizations from other cities such as San Leandro (?)

Etc. Those cities must have rather a lack of police at this time.

[valerief]

13. OMG, this is horrible. nt

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14. Utterly. However take small comfort in that it creates attention and anyone else who is

sickened by it will sympathize with the #Occupiers.

:hug:

[izquierdista]

15. Conspiracy to riot?

A good prosecutor could run those 700 to 1000 in and make the charge stick.