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[embedded video: Code Pink & Occupy Shut Down BofA!]
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Code Pink & Occupy activists got together to shut down the BofA at 300 Lakeside in Oakland CA on International Women’s Day. They sang, gave out flyers, and encouraged people to move their money to credit unions.
Audio is a little off, but that sometimes happens in downloads of live internet broadcasts. If you would like to see the action in its entirety, you can see it here….
Updated 12/23/11 10:24pm
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Yay! @OaklandElle is free! yfrog.com/h6jb4gtj #OO #OccupyOakland #OWS #p21—
Spencer: For Hire (@OakFoSho) December 24, 2011
Pic of BPD cop who threatened to shoot videographer point blank:
BPD's "Li'l Sgt. Napoleon Complex": watch him in action below (around 1:50 mark)
Original Post (12/22/11)
It’s still going on right now, watch it live on OakFoSho’s ustream.
Reports from independent journalists and eyewitnesses describe mishandling of Occupy Berkeley raid by Berkeley Police Department:
Occupy Berkeley raided by police; officer threatens to shoot videographer
In this graphic Youtube clip (courtesy of OccupyNewsandMedia), one officer threatens to shoot an activist for not backing up in a timely fashion and another officer can be seen hitting an activist in the face with a baton.
The threat takes place at about 1:50 mark in the following clip:
After police arrest, use batons on protesters, Occupy Berkeley encampment remains
@OaklandElle is a medic at #OO and has stood in solidarity with #OSF and #OBerkeley, she tweets:
#BPD ofc. C.W. Flores, #49; grabbed, yanked, & shoved me; hit another protester in face. #OccupyBerkeley #Anonymous http://t.co/1onrVfn3—
Elle of Oakland (@OaklandElle) December 23, 2011
Dustin Morillas uses his baton to hit women, #medics. Internet, please expose this coward #BPD #OccupyBerkeley #OO #OSF http://t.co/FhBpCtcA—
Elle of Oakland (@OaklandElle) December 23, 2011
Another shot of #DustinMorillas, who struck me as I tried to go help my partner & a journo knocked to ground by #BPD http://t.co/Ujk2U8oe—
Elle of Oakland (@OaklandElle) December 23, 2011
The raid has reportedly left many homeless and tentless, the city’s shelters are full, and temperatures are expected to plunge into the 30′s tonight.
Sprinklers in the park had not been in regular use during the occupation. Now they are on and flooding the park, which is on its way to becoming another lake, in the fashion of Oakland’s Ogawa-Grant Plaza.
It’s still going on right now, watch it live on OakFoSho’s ustream.
[They arrested @OaklandElle for standing on the sidewalk, 10:43pm]
What’s going down now in Berkeley is a continuation of the abuse of authority that we’ve seen globally, which is why it’s important not only to continue to bear witness, but to webcast it as it happens: HOW TO LIVESTREAM FROM CELL PHONE
They think they can get away with it, but that’s not how justice plays out. @punkboyinsf‘s graphic sums it up:
Enough Bullshit. twitpic.com/7wymp0—
J'Tao (@punkboyinsf) December 23, 2011
Occupy Congress January 17th, 2012
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