Occupy Wall Street Protesters Suppressed by Stun Grenade in Oakland

By Phillips Crook

Occupy Wall Street protests have spread around the United States as protesters say they are making a stand against corporate greed and income inequality in the country. The protests have attracted a wide range of people, including college students looking for work and the homeless. Authorities have arrested 85 people at Occupy Wall Street protests in Oakland, California. It was reported that there were some 170 protesters at the site, but no one was injured. The police action in Oakland around 4:40 a.m and maintained a heavy presence around the downtown into the morning. Dozens of officers as well as police in riot gear were seen facing off with shouting protesters, who threw rocks, paint and bottles at them.

Oakland police officers in riot gear used tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse a crowd of about 1,000 protesters at dawn on October 25

Police arrested a protester in Oakland. A total of about 85 people have been arrested in the region since “Occupy Wall Street” movement broke out on September 17

Camps of the protesters were ruined by police

A protester stood looking at a sprawling camp after being suppressed by police

Protesters in Oakland have set up camps for two weeks to support for the “Occupy Wall Street” movement

A flash grenade or stun grenade left on the streets of Oakland. It is a non-lethal weapon which is designed not to explode but to burn or release a gas that make people stunned

Oakland police fired tear gas into Frank Ogawa Plaza before moving into the plaza to disperse Occupy Oakland protesters

Oakland Police entered a camp of protesters after dispersing them

Protesters said that there were about 100 police vehicles, including armored vehicles. Hundreds of police in riot gear were sent to the area to suppress protesters

Protesters’ tents were even erected in front of Oakland City Hall

 

 

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About the Author:

Mary Rose is currently a lecturer on society. In her free time, Mary is fond of joining social activities. Her goal is to provide up-to-date news and articles on society and culture.

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Occupy Oakland 2011: Police Fired Tear Gas to Protesters (Pictures & Videos)

By Henry Funk

On Tuesday night 25th October 2011, Oakland police have fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at least five times to a crowd of several hundred protesters (including woman) in Occupy Oakland campaign. These people were trying to retake their encampment in  Frank Ogawa Plaza and the Snow Park facing Oakland’s City Hall and police had cleared their old camps 12 hours before. Police removed about 170 demonstrators staying overnight in this area and arrested 97 people in the morning raid. The Occupy Oakland is next movement of Occupy Wall Street which has emerged in many other cities including Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The Oakland violence started when demonstrators tried to reclaim a plaza they had been using as a campsite in downtown Oakland. Late Tuesday, hundreds of protesters gathered at a library and marched through downtown Oakland and they met police officers in riot gear, and several small skirmishes broke out. Oakland cops appeared to take further actions. While some protesters threw bottles among a crowd that had reconvened in front of City Hall, cops decided to engage in a game of cat-and-mouse by using tear gas to respond to demonstrators' repeated agitations. The area in front of City Hall overturned pillows, sleeping bags, yoga mats, tarps, backpacks, food wrappers and water bottles.

In the picture, Oakland police began firing tear gas into Occupy Oakland protesters on Tuesday 25 October 2011, in Oakland. Reportedly, there were 170 protesters were at the site

The protesters carried an injured man who was hit by a tear gas canister from the police

An Occupy Oakland protester stands in front of the police line

A woman in wheelchair tries to escape from fumes after getting sprayed with the prickly gas

A woman carried a seriously injured man on streets of Oakland. He was hit by a tear gas canister

The Occupy Oakland camps turned out to be a real mess after police shut the two week-old camp

Oakland police investigated tents in Frank Ogawa Plaza which belongs to Occupy Oakland protesters

The protesters paraded in streets of Oakland as a part of the Occupy Wall Street movements in Oakland, California

In the image, another protester walked through tear gas dispersed by the cops

Policeman prepared to attack the Occupy Oakland's City Hall encampment on Tuesday while city authorities blamed protesters breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight

People flee after police deploy tear gas at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland

 

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Mary Rose is currently a lecturer on society. In her free time, Mary is fond of joining social activities. Her goal is to provide up-to-date news and articles on society and culture.

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