richardhutnik said:
It is interesting I was able to find footage after the Super Bowl riots where the mob set cars on fire. Raze, if you can find any videos of Occupy Oakland setting fire to anything, please post it. I found not. What I did see, as far as the events go, is this: * Protesters stay in park, order to leave. * Protesters don't leave and police forcefully evict them. * Protesters regroup and march. Somewhere along the line, tear gas was used and the group was order to disperse. If there were any rocks or M80s throw, which no video has appeared yet to happen, it happened somewhere in here, likely after the going into the mark to forcefully evict. There is video evidence paint was possibly thrown. But someone find video of rocks being thrown. If the said rocks were thrown while on the street, it will be interesting to find out what Oakland streets readily have rocks on them. Anyhow, it looks like the mayor has been concerned and now has extended offers for them to return. Mixed messages whether they can stay in the park or not. |
Your from New York right? There are tons of rocks on the streets of NY. Can't see Oakland being any better. Rocks/derbies/paint cans it's all shit being thrown at police first.
Shoot, it's not like anyone is denying the protestors escalated it.
Things get even worse based on eye witness events... quoting a progressive paper here mind you.
Videos taken on-the-ground show protesters chanting “Who are you protecting?” to the police – straying from the Occupy cause while advancing the Grant cause. By the evening, tensions escalated further as demonstrators brought down a barricade fence – prompting the police to act defensive. Tear gas and baton rounds were used in attempt of separating the crowd. Questions remain whether rubber bullets were used; the Oakland Police Department denies it – however other police departments were involved on Tuesday. By the end of the night, more than 100 arrests had been made.
The most unsettling casualty of the riot was that of an Iraq War veteran, Scott Olsen. The veteran was struck by the police and left to the ground. (Though later the actually state what caused his injuries were the teargas canisters exploding. Which they do. So it wasn't even rubber bullets or bean bag guns or anything, it was the most mundane of them all, the tear gas canister..
http://www.claremontportside.com/?p=6091
So we've got reports of rocks and M80's thrown at the police, and other reporst of the barricades being brought down... none of which you've actually bothered to read because you wanted to rush to judgement against the police, which people ALWAYS do.
