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#J28 Move-In Day Violence: Oakland Police Violate Own Policies

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photo by Glenn Halog   January 29, 2011 – Oakland, CA – Yesterday, the Oakland Police deployed hundreds of officers in riot gear so as to prevent Occupy Oakland from putting a building, vacant for 6 years with no plans for use, from being occupied and “re-purposed” as a community center. The Occupy Oakland GA passed a proposal calling for the space to be turned into a social center, convergence center and headquarters of the Occupy Oakland movement. The police actions tonight cost the city of Oakland hundreds of thousands … Continued

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March to Civic Auditorium Met By Police, Regrouping at OG then 19th Telegraph–On the move–See livestream

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A spirited march to the long-closed civic auditorium by Lake Merritt was met by riot police who derailed the first move-in attempt. Move-in assembly after regrouping at Oscar Grant Plaza for dinner and rest break as of 5:30 pm march is on the move in downtown Oakland.Link: Empty Auditorium reveals cities 1% spending priorities

http://occupyoakland.org/2011/11/neighborhood-reclamation-proposal-occupy-the-oakland-municipal-auditorium/

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Stung by Bad PR, City Officials Adopting New Tactics to Suppress Occupy Oakland

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By Susie Cagle Reposted from Alternet (http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/153871/stung_by_bad_pr,_city_officials_adopting_new_tactics_to_suppress_occupy_oakland/?page=entire) “The government can always articulate rationales for why they’re prosecuting one person and not another.” January 24, 2012  | Photo Credit: Clay@SU Oakland officials have shifted tactics since conducting a series of violent assaults on Occupy Oakland in October and November in the glare of the national media. Oakland officials have taken a new tack in their suppression of the Occupy movement, one that seems addressed to the city’s public relations problems. Gone are the mass arrests, “less-lethal” weaponry and tear gas, replaced … Continued

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OAKLAND’S DIRTY WAR: An Analysis of Repression at the Plaza

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Excerpt from Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette Day 107 PDF: ogpg107 …[I]n Oakland more than anywhere else, friendly weather and sustained militancy have given rise to a different [law enforcement] approach, one similarly premised on chipping away at the movement through attrition and fatigue but doing so in a far more repressive manner. One key ingredient to this peculiar constellation of forces is the empty vessel perched atop the city government: Mayor Jean Quan. Quan was discredited long ago and from all sides, hated by the left for unleashing the near … Continued

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Misc excerpts & link from Federal monitor of OPD

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http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/78593838 misc debris from the OPD compliance with Federal order. OPD stops, arrests, injures and kills must be entered in dbase. Task 5.6 requires that an on-duty supervisor respond to take a complaint received from a jailinmate taken into custody by OPD, who wishes to make a complaint of Class I misconductcontemporaneous with the arrest of the inmate. To assess Task 5.6 during this reporting period,we reviewed all complaints that appeared to have originated from North County Jail, Santa RitaJail, or Juvenile Hall, and were approved between July 1, and … Continued

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Oakland Commune Video

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The Oakland Commune from brandon jourdan on Vimeo. On October 10th 2011, hundreds of people in downtown Oakland occupied Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of city hall. They built a self-organized tent city and began to meet some of the community’s most urgent needs. They renamed the plaza Oscar Grant Plaza in honor of a young African-American man who was shot and killed by BART Police in 2009. Although the action was partially inspired by Occupy Wall Street and austerity protests throughout the world, Occupy Oakland’s particular character resulted from … Continued

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Judge Strips Power from Oakland Police Decisions must now go through court monitors, as department steps closer to federal takeover

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Re-Posted From Bay Citizen By Shoshana Walter on January 24, 2012 – 9:00 p.m. PST 1 Comment A federal judge has granted significant decision-making powers to the monitors charged with overseeing court-ordered reforms at the Oakland Police Department, a move that brings the department one step closer to a federal takeover. In an order issued late Tuesday, Judge Thelton Henderson wrote that he was in “disbelief” that the department had yet to finish the reforms, adding that the department remains “woefully behind its peers around the state and nation,” and … Continued

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Occupy Oakland Weekend of Action Detailed Schedule

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OAKLAND RISE UP FESTIVAL! SATURDAY JAN 28: Move-in Day • 12-1pm : Rally at Oscar Grant Plaza – speakers and music – lunch will be served at the plaza • 1pm: March to the space led by OO sound truck – featuring Brass Liberation Orchestra • 2-5 pm: Move in time! – help set up OO’s new occupied social center – arts and crafts time – music outside from the OO sound truck + presentation on UXA • 5-7 pm Orientation & Dinner seved – 5-6 pm Building Orientation, points … Continued

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Occupy Responds to ILWU & EGT Tentative Agreement for Longview

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For Immediate Release — January 23, 2012 Occupations will continue to mobilize until the agreement is finalized by ILWU membership Portland, OR – The West Coast Occupy Movement is acknowledging a temporary agreement has been reached between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union  and grain company EGT. ILWU Local 21 in Longview, WA has been locked in on ongoing labor dispute with the Bunge-backed grain conglomerate. The company, majority-owned by international grain conglomerate Bunge, recently sat down at the table with the ILWU on the heels of an international mobilization … Continued

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Unpacking Homelessness on Move-In Day

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By Jaime Omar Yassin Re-Posted from Hyphenated Republic January 21, 2012 On December 28, in the midst of Occupy Oakland’s continuing battle against the city and OPD at Oscar Grant Plaza, another kind of Occupation battle was taking place in Sacramento, largely out of sight of both activists and media. Homeless campers were experiencing another raid, as police cleared out their encampment. Despite the fact that Sacramento’s shelters are at full capacity already, the city nevertheless used anti-camping ordinances to clear the camp and scatter homeless people to the city’s … Continued

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