Apparently, filming a police line gets you shot with a “non-lethal projectile” in Oakland. Keep this kind of stuff in mind when they tell you “the protesters started it!”
We ask a OPD officer why he had his name badge covered….
“This how to properly engage with police when they do suspicious things. We were riding by on bikes and noticed hes hiding his name and has no badge number. SO we decided to ask him. He did not answer, we asked a ranking officer is that policy? The LT. quickly went about fixing his attitude. This is a common practice among cops at occupy’s around the US .That way he/she cannot be named or referenced if he participates in police miss-conduct . Its in most police departments policies that all officers in uniform must show some form of identification. OPD does not wear badges with #’s, how do we hold anyone accountable?”
Oakland Occupiers Attempt to Stop Vandalism During Wednesday’s March
The Port of Oakland is Occupied
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Reoccupied! @OccupyOakland 10/26
On January 29, 2011, Hillary Clinton told Hosni Mubarak: “We urge the Egyptian authorities not to prevent peaceful protests.”
On October 25, 2011, Oakland Police told peaceful protesters: “I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly. If you refuse to go now, chemical agents will be used.”
They were chanting ”Police and Brokers standing side by side for the occupation.” I took this photo at Occupy Wall Street on October 24th, and it has gone viral. The dialogue in the multitude of comments on my facebook posting of this photo , besides focussing on the question of…
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(Occupy Oakland)
