Should i go to occupy oakland

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It's been seventeen days of sit-in, Occupy-style protest at Oakland's Lakeview Elementary School, where teachers and parents have been camping since mid-June to call attention to the closure of Lakeview and four other. Over in the East Bay, Oaklanders skittish from what we can only assume is the constant wee-ooo-wee-ooo-wee-ooo of Police sirens have been waiting patiently for updates on Mayor Quan's Blocks Initiative.

Last Friday, a group of concerned parents marked the end of their children's school year by kicking off summer and protesting school closures with a campout at Lakeview Elementary School — just one of. Since when are there more Occupy arrests in San Francisco on a day of planned action than there are in Oakland? Oakland Police clearly exercised much greater restraint than they did in According to abc7newsbayarea, this officer one of several was drenched in a substance believed to be yellow paint during today's May Day protest in Oakland.

As SFist reported earlier that paint was. What looked like a relatively peaceful scene in Oakland in the evening escalated around p. Tuesday night as Oakland Police and Alameda Sheriff's deputies gave a dispersal order to protesters. Justin Beck's live coverage of today's May Day occupation continues. A small group of Occupy Oakland protesters smash windows at a Wells Fargo bank branch.

A broken window at a Chase bank in Oakland. Occupy Oakland protesters rally in front of the State of California building. Demonstrators clash in Oakland. An Occupy Oakland protester who gave her name as Nancy, right, scales a pole while hanging a banner. Police are allowing protesters back into the plaza after the violence there Tuesday, with police firing tear gas into a crowd of hundreds of protesters associated with the Occupy Oakland movement.

Police are allowing protesters back into the area near City Hall. A man kneels during the Occupy Oakland protest on Wednesday. Occupy Oakland protesters run from tear gas deployed by police in downtown Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protesters huddle together after police used tear gas to disperse a large crowd. Many demonstrators were arrested. Occupy Oakland protesters help a man injured after police used tear gas to disperse protesters Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protesters flee after police deploy tear gas to disperse a large crowd that gathered at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland.

Occupy Oakland protesters yell at police stopping their path. Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza near City Hall.