One person’s description of last night’s protest march, which began at Oscar Grant Plaza, went down towards the Police Station on 7th & Broadway, back to OGP and eventuallyal the way up Telegraph Ave (with a detour around the cops) to UC Berkeley.
Last night Oakland took to the streets in solidarity with #Ferguson MO. It was one of the most intense marches I’ve been on. The police showed up looking for a fight from the beginning, blocking our way and forcing confrontations. At one point, a particularly perturbed pig lunged at us grabbing two of my friends and took them to the ground. The crowd responded with actions, not just cameras and words. I didn’t see where it came from, but at some point during the scuffle the aggressive officers were maced, freeing the two protesters from state violence.
The march continued all the way to the UC Berkeley campus, even though pigs from at least 3 different departments made attempts to disperse the group. Banks and other symbols of capitalism were attacked, gentrifiers were harassed and the pigs gained many new enemies as students and neighbors alike were treated like prisoners, not being allowed to move freely through their streets.
Here are various tweets and tweetpics taken by participants as the march progressed.
Little girl holding up a sign chanting “Stop don’t shoot! Rest in peace Michael Brown!” #FTP #Ferguson #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/EiQYozTD2l
— Minister Flashes (@Federal_flashes) August 16, 2014
More than 100 gathered in Oakland for beginning of #FTP March in solidarity with #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/YKJp1qxeXD
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Marching for #Ferguson in #Oakland pic.twitter.com/Pz27nGSnEM
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
#Solidarity w/#Ferguson #MikeBrown MT @VivianHo Cops blocking #FTP protesters from freeway in #Oakland. Getting tense pic.twitter.com/YRe1QvXWeY
— Ergoat (@Ergoat) August 16, 2014
Folks joking in off the streets. #MikeBrown #FTP #Oakland #BikeBloc pic.twitter.com/Www8uom2Ea
— Minister Flashes (@Federal_flashes) August 16, 2014
#FTP march just got gassed pic.twitter.com/SgGGY3vMrD
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Tweets on #Oakland #FTP saying tear gas, more ppl on scene saying pepperspray #ACAB #Ferguson (live at http://t.co/HkoXEszyrj)
— Ergoat (@Ergoat) August 16, 2014
People chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” in Oakland at #FTP march. pic.twitter.com/xtkEiJ7pfh
— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) August 16, 2014
Sign asks, “Serve and Protect or target and murder” #oakland #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/SA61a2WQXU
— Urvi Nagrani (@theurv) August 16, 2014
Oakland pigs try to arrest innocent bystander. Protesters PEPPER SPRAY THE COPS and free their comrade. #Ferguson
— (@SFTovarishch) August 16, 2014
Most of us are back at 14th & Broadway, where they attacked and gassed us in October 2011. #Fergusonoakland #ferguson pic.twitter.com/hoYLusw1Qj
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
Oakland cops gathering at 14th & Broadway after hundreds took over the intersection for 15 minutes. pic.twitter.com/BSJMmaDdqb
— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) August 16, 2014
Holding intersection at 14 & Broadway. Lots of “hands up, don’t shoot!” #FTP #SolidarityWithFerguson #FuckThePolice
— [OAKLAND]ASM (@OLAASM) August 16, 2014
As darkness descends in #Oakland the police move closer against protesters, armed with crowd suppression weaponry. pic.twitter.com/6k6efs9LMS
— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) August 16, 2014
Chaos at Telegraph+Broadway,cops blocking peaceful march,creating tension #Oakland #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/boySLdZkLh
— Alpha-q-up-man (@Alphaqupman) August 16, 2014
Shit is getting heated in #Oakland solidarity much.The cops are acting like dicks as usual #Fergusonoakland #ferguson #NoJusticeNoPeace #FTP
— Casper Ows (@Ows_Casper) August 16, 2014
Windows of kono, a business that is threatening the freedom of first Fridays, Oakland’s monthly art fest, just smashed.
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
#OAKLANDprotests: @SRobertsKRON4: police form skirmish line to keep protesters moving WATCH: http://t.co/dvPrUBPX0A pic.twitter.com/tHEV8HSLhy
— Mario Sevilla (@mariosevilla) August 16, 2014
.@KPnews of @KTVU is calling the #Oakland solidarity march with #Ferguson an “Occupy” march. Nuance is not the strong suit of TV news here.
— Joshua Daniels (@HarryElephante) August 16, 2014
CHP outside in full gear. Including shotguns. #Oakland #FTP http://t.co/qVdJtCQ7QQ
— Jimi Devine (@JimiDevine) August 16, 2014
“Rest in Power, #MikeBrown” <3 #Oakland #FuckThePolice #FTP pic.twitter.com/Ro1C0WiS2c
— [OAKLAND]ASM (@OLAASM) August 16, 2014
Police just attempted another kettle and we passed through once again 400strong. #Ferguson #oakland
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
Oakland has invaded Berkeley and is in a standoff with #bpd #ferguson pic.twitter.com/Yk8iKOL2AY
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
Standoff at Parker and Telegraph in Berkeley. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/f2xKwMz7hY
— Katy Murphy (@katymurphy) August 16, 2014
1 arrest in #Berkeley 10:20pm in march for #MikeBrown #Ferguson that came from downtown #Oakland police formed line at Blake and Telegraph
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
March took a side street. Very loose at the moment. #Berkeley #Oakland #Ferguson
— Pink Edge (@PinkXEdge) August 16, 2014
Anti-police march from Oakland traveled thru People’s Park, N on Telegraph Ave. now E Durant Ave near @UCBerkeley @CHPoakland also present
— Henry K. Lee (@henryklee) August 16, 2014
Back on tele cops caught off guard 2 blocks from cal #Berkeley #Oakland #Ferguson
— Pink Edge (@PinkXEdge) August 16, 2014
11:40 PM people chanting fuck the police in Berkeley marching down telegraph towards university
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
Crowd marching AT police in #Berkeley chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” getting kettled by cops at university and telegraph police have guns
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
“Hands up, don’t shoot” chant at Durant and Bowditch pic.twitter.com/qHJa7aIeDH
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
@OccupyOakland people yelling Marshall Law at cops; person gets hit with baton #Berkeley cops pushing crowd pic.twitter.com/pXmf28ffnZ
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
@OccupyOakland Oakland Police out here in #Berkeley at Telegraph and University people surrounded by police not being allowed out
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 16, 2014
OPD says a protester pepper sprayed them this evening during #Ferguson solidarity march. I choked on it, didn’t see. http://t.co/zRP4pG9vQr
— Dave Id (@DaveId) August 16, 2014
Lt. Frankel just declared this an unlawful assembly; ordered everyone to leave in 2 min
— Kimberly Veklerov (@KVeklerov) August 16, 2014
Wow oakland #ftp made it downtown berkeley pic.twitter.com/FTerKFKEBe
— bill luoma (@bluoma) August 16, 2014
Moment of night+ #Oakland #FTP circling back to Telegraph, black UCB students joined us in intersection chanting, singing #FUCKTHEPOLICE!
— Ergoat (@Ergoat) August 16, 2014
Bike ran over by police, got pepper sprayed, tackled by police, kettled, and had guns cocked at me, but I’m still alive unlike #MikeBrown
— Minister Flashes (@Federal_flashes) August 16, 2014
Oakland rally protesting police brutality was mostly peaceful except for some tense moments http://t.co/sGZmqGrYns pic.twitter.com/qv4dvhGZii
— SFGate.com (@SFGate) August 16, 2014
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