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12
Dec
2011
12:03pm, EST
Occupy Oakland protesters attempt port shutdown
By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
Hundreds of protesters are expected to impact ports on the West Coast on Monday as Occupy movements in Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. have joined the Occupy Wall Street demonstration.
The demonstrators' presence at ports comes a little over a month after a general strike coordinated by Occupy Oakland shut down the port in early November. Read more in our full story...
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Demonstrators gather at a gate to the Port of Oakland during the Occupy movement's attempts to shut down west coast ports on Dec. 12.
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Protesters attempt to block an entrance to the Port of Oakland on Dec. 12.
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A protester sits in a street in front of police in riot gear as protesters attempt to block an entrance to the Port of Oakland on Monday, Dec. 12.

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An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day. We have been elected by committees of our co-workers at the Ports of Los Angeles, Lo …
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14
Nov
2011
9:49am, EST
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.
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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.
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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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So much for the myth of freedom in America.
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11
Nov
2011
6:55am, EST
Occupy Oakland demonstrators mourn man shot, killed near protest camp
Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP
Two demonstrators embrace at a street corner where a man was shot and killed after an altercation outside a make-shift camp site for Occupy Wall Street protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 10.
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Demonstrators light candles at the shooting scene in Oakland on Nov. 10.
The AP reports from OAKLAND, Calif.:

Police are investigating a fatal shooting just outside the Occupy Oakland encampment that is further straining relations between local officials and anti-Wall Street protesters.

A preliminary investigation into the gunfire Thursday that left a man dead suggests it resulted from a fight between two groups of men at or near the camp on a plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall, police Chief Howard Jordan said.

Investigators do not yet know if the men in the fight were associated with Occupy Oakland, but they are looking into reports that some protest participants tried to break up the altercation, Jordan said. Continue reading.

Just hours after a man was shot and killed within steps from the "Occupy Oakland" encampment, the city's mayor, Jean Quan, called on protesters to pack up and leave voluntarily. Quan did not say what would happen if protesters did not leave on their own. KNTV reports.
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I wonder when the family will sue the OWS Oakland camp - they clearly didn't have control of the few people they had at the camp - yet they are railing against corporations that have thousands of employee's? How can they expect to be seen as having an answer when they cannot even control a few of …
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3
Nov
2011
7:44am, EDT
Protesters set fires, clash with police in Oakland
By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
Following a mainly peaceful day-long protest by thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators, several hundred rallied through the night with some painting graffiti, breaking windows and setting file to garbage cans. Yesterday demonstrators shut down the Port of Oakland.
Stephen Lam / Reuters
A demonstrator waves a flag as rubbish burns at the Occupy Oakland demonstration in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 3.
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Protesters help an injured Occupy Oakland demonstrator after a police-fired projectile struck his leg in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 3.
Oakland Police said they received a late night call that protesters had broken into and occupied a downtown building and set several simultaneous fires. The department said protesters began hurling rocks, explosives, bottles, and flaming objects at responding officers.
Noah Berger / AP
Sheriff's deputies advance on Occupy Oakland protesters in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 3.
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Occupy Oakland protester Mike Clift runs from tear gas in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 3.
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Occupy Oakland protesters pass a burning garbage heap during a confrontation with police in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 3.
Police also reported that several private and municipal buildings sustained heavy vandalism.
More than 200 officers, some of them ferried in aboard buses, lined up shoulder to shoulder and donned gas masks, then declared the crowd to be an unlawful assembly and fired volleys of tear gas as protesters turned and ran.
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There's always a fringe in every movement, even Gandhi had to deal with them.
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2
Nov
2011
9:21pm, EDT
Occupy protesters shut down Oakland port operations
Robert Galbraith / Reuters
Demonstrators converge on the Port of Oakland in Calif. on Nov. 2, 2011 during a general strike called by the Occupy Oakland movement.
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Demonstrators from the "Occupy Oakland" movement climb aboard trucks at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. Nov. 2, 2011.
Noah Berger / AP
Occupy Oakland protesters march through the Port of Oakland on Nov. 2, 2011.
msnbc.com reports:

OAKLAND, California — Thousands of Wall Street protesters shut down Oakland, Calif., port operations Wednesday evening after a day of picketing banks and marching throughout the city's downtown.

Read the full story here.
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Perfect caption: "I don't have a job and neither should you"
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2
Nov
2011
7:11pm, EDT
Occupy protesters target downtown Oakland bank branches
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An Occupy Oakland protester places an anti-violence message to the broken window of a Chase Bank branch in downtown Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 2, 2011
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The Occupy Oakland protesters shout outside of a Wells Fargo bank branch in Oakland, Calif. in an attempt to shut down the bank as they call for a citywide general strike on Nov. 2, 2011.
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A man shouts as he marches in an Occupy Oakland march on Nov. 2, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.
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A small group of Occupy Oakland protesters smash windows at a Wells Fargo bank branch on Nov. 2, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.
msnbc.com reports:

OAKLAND, California — Thousands of Wall Street protesters marched in the streets of Oakland and picketed banks on Wednesday as they geared up to disrupt operations at the nation's fifth-busiest port.

Demonstrators in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia held solidarity actions Wednesday.

Read the full story here.
The "Occupy" movement is now in its sixth week, and Wednesday the epicenter was back in Oakland, Calif., where people flooded the streets again in what they called a day-long strike to shut the city down. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
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Some of those guys in black are police provocateurs. Google search Police Infiltrators and Agent Provocateurs At Occupy Oakland, Documented Fact.
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28
Oct
2011
8:37am, EDT
Noah Berger / AP
Yaminah, who declined to give her last name, holds a candle during a vigil for Scott Olsen on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. During an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night, a projectile apparently fired by police struck the Iraq veteran in the head leaving him in critical condition with a fractured skull.
Candlelight vigil held for protester and Iraq war vet Scott Olsen
By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News
The injured vet was working during the day and protesting at night. Full story.
Olsen got a visit from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan who also posted a video apology on Facebook and a statement to protesters on the city's website.
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Cops and Sheriffs are tools for rich, politicans, and powerful people. We whoheartedly support Occupy Wall Street. Unite and be strong. We are proud of you. From California with Love.
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Candlelight vigil held for protester and Iraq war vet Scott Olsen