Posted on 11/03/2011 5:46:13 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A day of demonstrations in Oakland that began as a significant step toward expanding the political and economic influence of the Occupy Wall Street movement, ended with police in riot gear arresting dozens of protesters who had marched through downtown to break into a vacant building, shattering windows, spraying graffiti and setting fires along the way.
"We go from having a peaceful movement to now just chaos," said protester Monique Agnew, 40.
The far-flung movement of protesters challenging the world's economic systems and distribution of wealth has gained momentum in recent weeks, capturing the world's attention by shutting down one of the nation's busiest shipping ports toward the end of a daylong "general strike" that prompted solidarity rallies across the U.S.
About 3,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth-busiest harbor, in a nearly five-hour protest Wednesday, swarming the area and blocking exits and streets with illegally parked vehicles and hastily-erected, chain-link fences.
Port officials said they were forced to cease maritime operations, citing concerns for workers' safety. They said in a statement they hope to resume operations Thursday "and that Port workers will be allowed to get to their jobs without incident. Continued missed shifts represent economic hardship for maritime workers, truckers, and their families, as well as lost jobs and lost tax revenue for our region."
Supporters in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and elsewhere staged smaller-scale demonstrations; each group saying its protest was a show of support for the Oakland movement, which became a rallying point when an Iraq War veteran was seriously injured in a clash with police last week.
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That’s the whole point isn’t it? Cause a lot of trouble, call out the military. Only it’s not growing the way it would in a foreign country because Americans aren’t quite as soft in the head as the other countries.
Soon it will gain the attention of a property owners twelve gauge.
I don’t take this phenomenon lightly. It’s gearing up as the election approaches and may very well increase if it is not dealt with properly.
I’m seeing mob tactics on Facebook now. Stamp out Homophobia on Facebook!
Stamp Out? Homophobia?
What will this nation become when our government sides with the tyrannical mob?
Marxists always look to Europe for their model of revolution. The problem is that we aren’t Europe by a long shot.
For instance, Europe doesn’t really have flyover country and we aren’t all unionized.
Break out the water cannons and to quote The Thing from Fantastic Four: “IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME”
Those who belived that civilization would recreate itself if we leave these neanderthals together long enough were wrong. The only thing evolving at these camps is new strains of VD. They are a dead end on the evolutionary charts.
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“Peaceful movement” if you don’t count the rape, theft, threats of violence, clashes with police and all that.
Our government already sides with them. This is a pro-establishment mob.
“What will this nation become when our government sides with the tyrannical mob?”
WHEN? They already have.
This is total BS.
Bloomberg and everyone else who let these losers stay should be help personally accountable for the damage and loss of business suffered by the taxpayers. If I was a resident of any of those cities, I would file suit.
I will bet you a majority of the scum protesters have never worked a day in their miserable lives or paid a penny of taxes.
‘held responsible’
Seriously, these nihilists need to be summarily dispatched.
The whole point of escalating to violence,
and getting the local LEOs to [over]react,
is to justify federal LE action.
Greece.
It already has.
NOT !!
Correct. Anyone who has any sympathy towards these idiots should look at Germany in the late '20s and '30s.
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