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  • Occupy Oakland arrestee faces deportation (Francisco "Pancho" Ramos Stierle,'astrophysics' student?)

    11/15/2011 12:55:43 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 1+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | 11/15/11 | Demian Bulwa
    OAKLAND -- Occupy Oakland protesters are planning a rally today in support of a veteran East Bay activist who faces possible deportation after being arrested during Monday's police sweep of the movement's encampment outside City Hall. Records show that 36-year-old Francisco "Pancho" Ramos Stierle of Oakland is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin because of a federal immigration hold. ... Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for the jail, said his agency had no control over federal immigration holds. "We don't make that decision," he said. Federal immigration officials did not immediately respond to...
  • Occupy arrestee Kayvan Sabehgi badly hurt (armed forces veteran)

    11/04/2011 7:36:00 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies
    SFGate.com ^ | 11/4/11 | Erin Allday
    OAKLAND -- An armed forces veteran was in the intensive care unit of Highland Hospital after suffering serious injuries that he said were caused by a confrontation with police during this week's Occupy Oakland protests. Kayvan Sabehgi was among the 103 people arrested early Thursday after a day of peaceful protests turned violent. He was arrested for remaining at the scene of a riot and resisting arrest, police said. Sabehgi told members of Iraq Veterans Against the War that he was beaten by police with nightsticks on his hands, shoulders, ribs and back. He suffered internal injuries, including a lacerated...