Violent Occupy Oakland protest results in 300 arrests

Law & Order | 207881 hits | Jan 29 3:08 pm | Posted by: Hyack

About 300 people were arrested in Oakland during a chaotic day of Occupy protests that saw demonstrators break into City Hall and burn an American flag, as police earlier fired tear gas and bean bags to disperse hundreds of people.

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by Smacle
Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:36 am
They show up brandishing homemade riot shields... Cool war paint on the front of them too.
by RUEZ
Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:51 am
Ya, give peace a chance. Except when we're breaking into buildings, then just look away.
by jeff744
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:39 am
And this is why broad political movements tend to fall flat on their ass, eventually somebody goes to an extreme and you either kick them out or lose the moderates.
by OnTheIce
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:39 am
That's what happens when you get a few hundred attention whores in one location. Sad.
by Bruce_E_T
Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:15 am
"jeff744" said
And this is why broad political movements tend to fall flat on their ass, eventually somebody goes to an extreme and you either kick them out or lose the moderates.

You have to wonder where the moderate, peaceful mindset is on this situation. Personally if I attended a demonstration that turned out like this one I would not be back next time. This is like those crazy G-8/G-20 conferences where the demonstrations are the story rather than the content.

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