Occupy Oakland - “Occupy Oakland has got to stop using Oakland as its playground,” Mayor Jean Quan, who has come under criticism for the city's handling of the Occupy movement, said at a late evening press conference. “Once again, a violent splinter group of the Occupy ...

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OCCUPY OAKLAND
POSTED BY EIZ ON THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY, 2012, 7:14 AM
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“Occupy Oakland has got to stop using Oakland as its playground,” Mayor Jean Quan, who has
come under criticism for the city's handling of the Occupy movement, said at a late evening press
conference. “Once again, a violent splinter group of the Occupy ...
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OCCUPY OAKLAND
POSTED BY EIZ ON THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY, 2012, 7:14 AM
Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty
ImagesOccupy Oakland protesters knock
down fences to escape from the police
after they were surrounded on a vacant lot
in Oakland, Jan. 28, 2012.
OAKLAND, Calif. – Riot police fought
running skirmishes with anti-Wall Street
protesters on Saturday, firing tear gas and
bean bag projectiles and arresting more
than 200 people in clashes that injured
three officers and at least one
demonstrator.
Three police officers and one protester were injured during the clashes, the city said, without
detailing their conditions. Internet broadcasts by activists showed several demonstrators being
treated by paramedics or loaded into ambulances.
The scuffles erupted in the afternoon as activists from the Occupy movement sought to take over a
shuttered downtown convention center, sparking cat-and-mouse battles that lasted well into the
night in a city that has seen tensions between police and protesters boil over repeatedly.
“Occupy Oakland has got to stop using Oakland as its playground,” Mayor Jean Quan, who has
come under criticism for the city’s handling of the Occupy movement, said at a late evening press
conference.
“Once again, a violent splinter group of the Occupy movement is engaging in violent actions
against Oakland,” she said, speaking as officers in riot gear were still lined up against
demonstrators in downtown intersections.
Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers attempt to surround Occupy Oakland protesters
during a march in Oakland on Jan. 28, 2012.
Occupy Oakland organizers had earlier vowed to take over the apparently empty downtown
convention center to establish a headquarters, hoping to revitalize a movement against economic
inequality that lost momentum after police cleared protest camps from cities across the country
late last year.