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Tue, May 01 2012 18:31:58

May Day Protest Coverage Around the Bay

Coverage of May Day and Occupy Oakland Protests on May 1, 2012.

  1. Thousands marching on #1deMayo #baym1gs to downtown Oakland. Cut back! We say fight back! http://pic.twitter.com/TQlW7k7q
    Frank Lara@LaraLuchando
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    Tue, May 01 2012 18:30:03
  2. WillKane
    Will Kane@WillKane
    Oakland police estimate that "large crowd estimated to be between 3,000 and 5,000 people" is approaching downtown's Frank Ogawa Plaza. #OO
    Tue, May 01 2012 18:17:39
  3. OaklandBistro
    Oakland Bistro@OaklandBistro
    Stinging gas sends May Day protesters fleeing: Police fired tear gas to disperse marchers in Oakland, Calif. And... bit.ly/JJAq9e
    Tue, May 01 2012 18:12:35
  4. EastBayExpress
    East Bay Express@EastBayExpress
    Maybe a hundred at Ogawa, genuinely mixed crowd, a few riot cops #M1GS #oo
    Tue, May 01 2012 18:03:35
  5. oaklandlocal
    Oakland Local@oaklandlocal
    Migrant youth contingent redirected to Madison Park due to violence downtown #oo #m1gs #1
    Tue, May 01 2012 17:40:59
  6. RT @UnifiedLeft: #BayM1GS #OO #M1GS San Antonio Recreation Center 18th and Foothill yfrog.com/hslzqvsyj #MayDay
    Tanisha Jackson Roan@shawtyt71
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    Tue, May 01 2012 17:37:18
  7. #oo #m1gs RT @Eric_Rasmussen Crews boarding up windows at 20th and Broadway in Oakland right now lockerz.com/s/205724925
    Niki. ゜+.゜+* ' •゜@kawaiimanko
    ·
    Tue, May 01 2012 17:36:54
  8. Not a tank, but an armored vehicle:
  9. RT @oo_mayday: Get this out NOW!! They have brought out a tank in Oakland. Quan and OPD have lost their minds. #m1gs #BayM1GS #oo http://pic.twitter.com/ccalNvOv
    laura bristol,@porsche4848
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    Tue, May 01 2012 17:36:08
  10. Protesters beat the 'pig' for candy.#OO #M1GS #bayM1GS. instagr.am/p/KGrHsRoWiP/
    Byrhonda Lyons@BGLyons
    ·
    Tue, May 01 2012 17:34:15
  11. #BayM1GS #OO #M1GS yfrog.com/h3swarvcj
    Unified Left@UnifiedLeft
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    Tue, May 01 2012 17:33:11
  12. insidebayarea
    insidebayarea@insidebayarea
    RT @VivianHo: Thousands in San Antonio Park right now #oo #baym1gs pic.twitter.com/r0fW85ZU
    Tue, May 01 2012 17:30:04
  13. FlowerJRH
    Jammin@FlowerJRH
    RT @OccupyOakland: 2000 - 3000 person march now arriving! ustream.tv/channel/therev… #OO #BayM1GS #M1GS #OWS #Occupy #1u #P2 #P21
    Tue, May 01 2012 17:23:52
  14. tmaythai
    T May@tmaythai
    #BREAKING VIDEO: Dramatic confrontation between protesters and police in downtown Oakland. bit.ly/Kt2QTr #baym1gs #MayDay #OO
    Tue, May 01 2012 17:20:13
  15. Mayday bus rolling in #oo #baym1gs http://pic.twitter.com/9CGHlIaK
    Vivian Ho@VivianHo
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    Tue, May 01 2012 15:55:47
  16. VivianHo
    Vivian Ho@VivianHo
    Protesters resting in the shade #oo #baym1gs
    Tue, May 01 2012 15:54:09
  17. Numbers, energy still high #oo #baym1gs http://pic.twitter.com/hnX4EW9g
    Vivian Ho@VivianHo
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    Tue, May 01 2012 15:25:38
  18. VivianHo
    Vivian Ho@VivianHo
    Marching down Broadway to meet the other march #oo #baym1gs
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:54:00
  19. DannyJWillis
    Danny Willis@DannyJWillis
    They're marching in ordering us to leave but not giving us a path to do so. People are getting frustrated.
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:57:39
  20. DannyJWillis
    Danny Willis@DannyJWillis
    I'm currently in the plaza, surrounded by OPD, without a press pass. Trying to find a way out.
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:57:06
  21. oaklandpoliceca
    Oakland Police Dept.@oaklandpoliceca
    OPD is asking crowd in street at 14th and Broadway to return to Frank Ogawa Plaza in an attempt to keep the assembly safe #baym1gs #m1gs #oo
    Tue, May 01 2012 15:03:00
  22. KQEDnews
    KQED News@KQEDnews
    Watch live video of police and #baym1gs protesters facing off in #Oakland ow.ly/aDDxI
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:52:58
  23. garonsen
    Gavin Aronsen@garonsen
    I just heard on good authority that a second #baym1gs protester has been hospitalized, hit by an OPD projectile. Anyone know more?
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:54:24
  24. VivianHo
    Vivian Ho@VivianHo
    "If you do not move, chemical agents will be used." #oo #baym1gs
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:42:49
  25. VivianHo
    Vivian Ho@VivianHo
    Protesters move to 14th and Broadway, police block almost all sides #oo #baym1gs
    Tue, May 01 2012 14:48:12

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