Occupy Oakland Protester Injured While Blocking Road

Twitter ^ | Nov 2, 2011 | KRON4 New

[furquhart]

All over #OccupyOakland right now, not fully confirmed.

Apparently attempting to block the road - angry driver hit the protestors.

[healy61]

Accuracy in Media corrects the article to state it was a “goat-milk milk shake.” s/

[NormsRevenge]

KGO-TV San Francisco, CA

Thousands take to streets for ‘Occupy’ strike
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8415827

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Protesters struck by car

Two protesters were injured Wednesday evening after being struck by a car at the intersection of 11th Street and Broadway. The driver of the car reportedly had become frustrated by the protesters marching in the street and had tried to drive through the crowd. The first person sustained multiple injuries from the initial hit and the second person’s leg was injured after the car backed into him.

At least one of the victims was transported from the scene by ambulance.

Police were at the scene imnterviewing the driver, passenger and witnesses.

[mamelukesabre]

not sure why you say that.

[Viking2002]

'Any road rage points given?'

No, but he drew an inside straight out of the idiot deck.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[The Cajun]

You plays in the street, you eventually gets run over.

1 + 1 is always equal to 2..........Again.

Nuff said.

[PzLdr]

Something doesn’t add up. There are claims that: [1] Driver deliberately struck victims. [2] Driver and passenger switched places in car. Yet [3] Cops let driver go.

[kevao]

Well, they got their Kent State Moment alright.

No, for that they needed an authority figure -- cop, guardsman -- to injure or kill someone. If this was just some joe-six-pack-citizen, who by their own definition is one of the "99%", then they got squat.

[justlurking]

Please update the title to “Protestor injured”, per the news reports.

[The Cajun]

Sure it wasn’t aces and eights..........Just asking.

[eyedigress]

I don’t remember, do you walk down the road facing traffic or on the same side of the flow. It seems that has changed over the years. Maybe they didn’t get message.

[kcvl]

At least 15 percent of Oakland teachers took today off to participate in the Occupy Oakland general strike, the school district said. A little more than 300 teachers missed work to join the strike, said Troy Flint, a district spokesman. The district won’t know exactly how many didn’t come to work until later today, Flint said....

Gretchen Bailey, a kindergarten teacher at Global Family School in Oakland for 15 years, said she took the day off without pay to protest both local budget cuts and the national goals of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

“I think we need new tax laws,” she said. “We all need to share more of the burden.”

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/latest-updates-on-occupy-oakland-protest/

[mamelukesabre]

seems to me people here are forgetting that running over a pedestrian is actually against the law.

[eyedigress]

The reason for shutdown has presented itself. That’s all the courts need.

[narses]

https://twitter.com/#!/chrisfilippi/status/131924098581409792/photo/1/large

[montag813]

Bring it! The left against the right! Winner take all.

"They've got the guns but...we've got the numbers. Gonna win, yeah we're takin' over...C'MON!"

Sorry, Jim...GUNS WIN!

[mamelukesabre]

that’s what I was thinking. If it was deliberate, they would not have let the guy go.

[Baynative]

Interesting. If he's one of the people being paid by ACORN, his family will be entitled to death benefits ...maybe even some BIG bucks by way of wrongful death litigation. What kind of training was he given? Did his 'manager' explain the hazards of standing in traffic? Was his training documented?

Oooh, oooh - what about drug tests?

[jespasinthru]

A serious injury, and they let the driver go? That part of the story doesn’t sound credible.

[denydenydeny]

...a silver Mercedes...irritated at pedestrians blocking the street

It's their Bonfire of the Vanities moment.

[Awgie]

It's obvious this is leading to violence and chaos. This is only fatality #1. Now come the revenge killings.