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 Scott Olsen away after he was hit in the head by a police projectile during the clashes on Tuesday night. A spokesperson for Highland hospital in east Oakland confirmed Scott Olsen, 24, suffered a fractured skull and brain swelling.
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
24-year-old Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen critically injured at Occupy Oakland raid
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Occupy Wall Street Protesters Suppressed by Stun Grenade in Oakland
Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen critically injured after being hit by police projectile (Pictures & videos)