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| Police raid Occupy Oakland campsite |
| 2011-11-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] US police have dismantled the encampment of Occupy protesters in Oakland and begun making arrests after the city became the scene of violent festivities Police tossed in the clink at least 32 of protesters, who resisted the police raid, inside the camp. Police have put up a fence around the plaza to prevent others from joining the protesters inside the camp, Rooters reported. Over the weekend, police distributed formal eviction notices to protesters, warning them to leave their campsite or risk arrest and confiscation of their belongings. Earlier, an unknown email warned the Occupy Oakland protesters that the police would move in to remove their tents. The raid came one day after police forcibly cleared hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland, arresting more than 50 people. Elsewhere, police fired tear gas to disperse Occupy demonstrators in Denver and Salt Lake City. Riot police broke up the encampments and tossed in the clink several protesters. The Occupy movement emerged after a group of demonstrators gathered in New York's financial district on September 17 to protest against the unjust distribution of wealth in the country and the excessive influence of major corporations on US policies. Despite the police crackdown and the mass arrests, the Occupy movement, which grew out of the Occupy Wall Street movement, has now spread to major US cities as well as to Australia, Britannia, Germany, Italia, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, and other countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |