New Mayor Gets a Wakeup Call.

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Nothing like a 6:00 AM wakeup call for the new Mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf, on Martin Luther King Day.

 

 

On her first full day in office two weeks ago, Schaaf spent the entire day with the Oakland Police. Three days ago, she refused to speak with #BlackLivesMatter protesters when they came to City Hall with a list of demands. She has yet to spend any time, let alone a full day, with the homeless and downtrodden (who constitute far more of her constituents than the Oakland Police, of whom 90%+ live somewhere other than Oakland).

On this basis, as part of 96 Hours of Action in Oakland centered around #BlackLivesMatter and Anti-Police-Terror, the Blackout Collective decided to give Heronner a wake up call and read their demands from the street into her house.

 

 

Tweets and tweetpics from the action
Projecting on the Mayor’s garage door and chalking the street:

 

 

 

 

Songs and chants.

 

 

 

 

Reading the list of demands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

An improvised light brigade stands out until daylight.

 

 

 

 

Daybreak.

 

 

 

 

Today You Must Hear Black!

 

 

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