Saturday, January 28, 2012

OWS??

Kliphnote: What happened to Occupy Wall Street.
Now it's occupy anything. Over 5,000 arrested nation wide.
Rape, drugs, murder, crap and piss in the street.
The rapes were so bad that the leaders of OWS asked
them not to be reported, because it made them look bad.
They call it "protesting" I call it camping in the city park.

Occupy activists march in Oakland, plan to take over building

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 6:54 PM EST, Sat January 28, 2012
Smoke rises between Occupy Oakland protesters and police cordoning off an intersection Saturday.
Smoke rises between Occupy Oakland protesters and police cordoning off an intersection Saturday.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • NEW: Police declare an "unlawful assembly" and say protesters tore fences
  • Scores of Occupy demonstrators march through the streets of Oakland
  • Their plan is to take over a "vacant" building, which they haven't identified
  • After protesters earlier shut down the port, the city's mayor said "it's got to stop"
(CNN) -- Scores of Occupy protesters marched through the streets of Oakland, California, on Saturday afternoon, planning to take over a building that will serve as their new home base.
Aerial video showed the activists proceeding through the city's streets, many of them toting signs while others carried what appeared to be supplies.
On its Twitter feed, Oakland police wrote around 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET) Saturday that "an unlawful assembly was declared." Police claimed, too, that parts of the Oakland Museum and Kaiser Center were "severely impacted," with people cutting and tearing fences.

Police, at one point, could be seen throwing what appeared to be smoke grenades at the crowd.

\The protesters responded by moving backward and, in some cases, openly challenging and throwing objects back at authorities. Those on the front line of the march held up signs reading, "Cops move out" and "Commune move in."

While touting the action as "Move-In Day" on their website, occupyoaklandmoveinday.org, organizers have not stated what "large, vacant" building they plan to occupy. They also acknowledged that "like the encampment at Oscar Grant Plaza, the building move-in is not legal."

But the group said the move was necessary, in part because "since November, the city of Oakland and its police force have made it impossible for us to meet, to serve food, and to provide a place for people to stay."

"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.
Mayor Quan responded then by saying the Occupy movement isn't thinking about the consequences of its actions.

"They are saying ... they have to get the attention of the ruling class. I think the ruling class is probably laughing and people in this city will be crying this Christmas," she said. "It's really got to stop."

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