Media Roots: Occupy Oakland — Police Tear Gas, Black Bloc, War in the Streets

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Run time: 05:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tu_D8SFYck   Posted on YouTube: November 03, 2011 By YouTube Member: AbbyMediaRoots Views on YouTube: 3765   Posted on DU: November 05, 2011 By DU Member: stockholmer Views on DU: 780

 
Abby Martin http://www.twitter.com/abbymartin of Media Roots http://mediaroots.org/index.php was on the front lines of the war in the streets of Oakland during the aftermath of the Occupy Oakland general strike and shutdown of the port on November 2, 2011. Over 10,000 peaceful protesters successfully shut down the Port of Oakland, the fifth largest port in the country at 8 p.m. earlier that night. About two hours later, the anarchist “Black Bloc” came to downtown, smashing windows of banks and setting trash cans on fire. The Oakland PD in full riot gear lined up and marched toward the now out of control rally. They started firing smoke grenades and tear gas into the crowd of people, to which people starting throwing bottles and other objects back to the police. After the crowd scattered, the police lined up and starting to close in and arrest the remaining protesters at the Occupy Oakland camp:

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Media Roots Radio - Live From Occupy Oakland General Strike 11-2-11

http://soundcloud.com/media-roots/live-from-occupy-oakland-11-2

MEDIA ROOTS- Abby and Robbie Martin broadcast a live episode of Media Roots Radio at the center of Occupy Oakland's historic general strike from Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland on November 2, 2011.

They discuss the police brutality that occurred last week during the initial raid of Occupy Oakland, the police assault on the crowd during the protests that followed and the Occupy Wall Street movement in general. The broadcast features interviews with strike participants and gives real time coverage and analysis of the events.