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tazzygirl -> RE: Ummmmmm ... someone was disputing numbers in Oakland... (11/2/2011 5:39:00 PM)
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Not all went well...
OAKLAND -- Occupy Oakland demonstrators turned their ire on big banks, corporations and the Port of Oakland Wednesday by marching, blocking traffic and chanting -- and in some cases, defacing ATMs and breaking windows -- at Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Chase Bank branches around downtown.
However, they did police themselves as a group....
At Whole Foods at 27th and Bay streets, a splinter group wearing all-black and face masks threw paintballs, tore up a fence and broke a window before the larger crowd turned on them and forced them to stop. There were about 75 people inside the store at the time.
With those exceptions, it was a loud, boisterous and largely peaceful demonstration as thousands of people from all walks of life poured into downtown Oakland from points east, north, south and west. They were there to lend their support and their voices to the general strike, the first of its kind in Oakland since 1946.
City and port workers were sent home early as the crowd of demonstrators swelled to about 5,000 strong with more expected as the work day ended and the demonstration prepared to march on the Port of Oakland.
Police kept a low profile as the demonstrators took over downtown streets and committed sporadic vandalism. For much of the afternoon the large crowd split off into separate marches, with some staying at the Occupy Oakland camp at 14th and Broadway and participating in teach-ins and sit-ins, and others marching and protesting at various banks located near the
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Quan said that 200 of the city's civilian workforce of 2,500 workers had taken advantage of floating holidays or furloughs to call in sick today, and she asked the demonstrators respect the rights of area employees who may support the movement but were unable to take time off.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_19246905?source=most_viewed
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