Videos from the Occupy Oakland protests, taken by local news crews and people on the ground.
OCCUPY OAKLAND: Police launch tear gas, flash-bang canisters into crowd of protestersJana Katsuyama and John Sasaki report
RAW VIDEO: Ground footage of Occupy Oakland march and crowd dispersalGround footage of Occupy Oakland march and crowd dispersal
Raw video of early hours of police raid on Occupy Oakland tent cityFlash Player 8 required to see YouTube video This video was shot by John Osborn of Mission Local during the initial part of the police raid on the Occupy Oakland campsite in downtown Oakland, from around 4:30 am to 6:30 am Tuesday morning.
Protesters Clash With Police After ‘Occupy Oakland’ Camp RaidedPolice used tear gas Tuesday night during a clash with protesters upset with the removal of the "Occupy Oakland" encampment. Robert Lyles reports.Mother Jones, a non-profit news organisation, has been curating tweets on their main Twitter stream. They have a general roundup of what's happened here as well as a more general timeline and map of the Occupy movement here.
Here's the single tweet from Oakland Police during Tuesday's events - a statement about their enforcement action.
Occupy Oakland Update - Questions and Answers regarding enforcement http://bit.ly/u7oSRe #occupyoaklandAnd here's a flavour of what was tweeted from people on the ground during the march and the police dispersal.
OccupyOakland protester bleeding from head after police fire teargas, percussion grenades t.co/54ykUoxh
cop car smashed at 17th and Telegraph, another dispersal order with threat of serious injury. Phone dying. Follow @matthai @EastBayExpress- Single navyman faces riot police after they fire tear gas. he holds a copy of the US constitution #occupyoakland http://twitpic.com/75w5hc
Nearby, a kid spat out a mouthful of tear gas. "I've been gassed 4 times tonight," he said. "It's getting annoying." #occupyoakland- A police 12 ga. cartridge and a rubber bullet. #OccupyOakland http://twitpic.com/75wtuy
I saw the two bottles thrown at the police which instigated this round of gas. was a rogue element inside the larger group. #OccupyOakland- Protesters create meditation circle in front of barricade #occupyoakland http://twitpic.com/75wuzz
"You see all these people," said a protesters at #OccupyOakland. "They're all leaving more radicalized than they came." Probably right.- can't describe the feeling of being tear gassed. like swallowing 10 chilies. Really painful, my eyes are still watering. #occcupyoakland
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