Today, Oakland
occupiers were swept out of two encampents amid claims of excessive
force. The livestream, which is going in and out, is embedded at the
bottom of this post.
Here's the tweet from Occupy Oakland sent out just after it happened early this morning:
occupyoakland :#occupyoakland attacked by 500 cops in suprise assault. tear gas, rubber bullets, shotguns, flash bang grenades. Many injured.
The Oakland occupation's website goes into some more detail, saying over 70 (some reports now say 85) were arrested:
This morning at 5am over 500 police in riot gear from cities all over central California brutally attacked the Occupy Oakland encampment at 14th & Broadway. The police attacked the peaceful protest with flash grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets after moving in with armored vehicles. Apparently the media was not allowed in to document this repression, and the police established barricades as far apart as 11th and 17th. Over 70 people were arrested and the camp gear was destroyed and/or stolen by the riot police.
Here is a series of stunning pictures of the raid which show the sheer numbers of officers compared to protesters.
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