Police flatten Occupy Oakland camp

At least 20 people were arrested after hundreds of police officers in Oakland, Calif., cleared the Occupy Oakland encampment in an early morning raid. Msnbc's Thomas Roberts reports.

Stephen Lam / Reuters

Occupy Oakland's encampment is flattened after authorities evicted its occupants in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 14.

By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

Hundreds of law enforcement officers near City Hall in Oakland moved in to clear out Occupy Oakland protesters who set up camp.

Paul Sakuma / AP

Occupy Oakland demonstrator Maurice Porter, who is homeless, sits in defiance in front of a line of police at an encampment in Oakland, Calif., early Monday, Nov. 14.

Beck Diefenbach / Reuters

Webb Mealy, an Occupy Oakland camper, draws a symbol for "universal solidarity" at the Occupy Oakland campsite in Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California Monday, Nov. 14.

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Comment author avatardoubtingthomas-1957



So much for the myth of freedom in America.

    Reply#1 - Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:04 PM EST
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