Occupy Bay Area

A nearly day-by-day account of the movement that started on Wall Street and spread across the nation, the Atlantic and the Pacific.

  1. Tuesday night Occupy Oakland took their message to the streets. 
  2. My heart is in Oakland tonight. Peace, prayers and power for all you brave warriors out there. #OccupyOakland #ows #OccupyDallas
  3. #occupyoakland attacked by 500 cops in suprise assault. tear gas, rubber bullets, shotguns, flash bang grenades. Many injured.
  4. The world needs to know that Oakland PD is tear gassing the elderly, the disabled, children, and the press. #PoliceState #OccupyOakland #OWS
  5. Remember when the tea party had rallies where they openly carried guns. Remember when they were tear gassed? Oh, me either. #occupyoakland
  6. RT @northoaklandnow: New shift of police officers come on barricade line with larger batons #occupyoakland
  7. RT @LisaHendrix: Why is the mainstream media kowtowing to the Oakland Police Department? @ABC @CBS @NBC #occupyOakland
  8. Police from across northern California descended on the Occupy Oakland camp in the early hours of Tuesday. Tents, sleeping bags, toothpaste, strollers are among the belongings strewn across the plaza. 85 arrested. Dozens are still face-to-face with police on Broadway and 14th Street. 
  9. Late last night, Oakland police, under orders from the city, began surrounding the Occupy Oakland encampment in preparation to oust the protesters from Frank Ogawa Plaza. Approximately an hour ago, hundreds of Oakland police officers raided the camp. Dressed in riot gear, the police used rubber bull...
  10. Aftermath of this morning's police raid on #OccupyOakland. Like a tornado hit. #ows t.co/6xABt0C5
  11. Truly horrific photos of #OccupyOakland police raid, I can't believe this is happening on American soil t.co/QSdHUWgt #ows

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Angela Woodall

Angela Woodall, Staff reporter for The Oakland Tribune

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