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After the October 25th raid on Frank Ogawa Plaza / Oscar Grant Park, and before the November 2nd General Strike, a campaign by all the powers that be in Oakland had started to discredit anyone and anything associated with Occupy Oakland. And so, to no one’s particular surprise, in the emails poured over by KTVU reporters was found a note that might as well have caused the spontaneous combustion of the chief’s pants
When Jordan received an update that crime was actually down 19 percent in the last week of October, he wrote an email to one of Mayor Jean Quan’s advisers. “Not sure how you want to share this good news,” he wrote. “It may be counter to our statement that the Occupy movement is negatively impacting crime in Oakland.”
Emphasis mine.
This is why I never take any public statement from any police force at face value. I want to believe public officials, but there’s just too much consistent evidence that they lie about everything.
The New York Times today looked at 40 years of the American riot-control officer. In 1968, it was a simple uniform shirt. In 2011, it was Kevlar tactical body armor.
Photo by Hugh Sykes in Cairo, CS gas canister labelled “Made in USA”
“In the real world, the fate of human beings is decided every day not by the courts, but out of court, in the streets, in the workplace, by whoever has the wealth and power. The redistribution of that wealth and power is necessary if the Bill of Rights, if any rights, are to have meaning”
—Howard Zinn
LOL!
It’s a very police state Thanksgiving!
This violence was necessary because Occupy Oakland had the nerve to order port-O-potties for their free Thanksgiving meal. Can’t be having that, now can we?
They’re sitting and they’re brown? That gives Pike an idea! Offer them a “vegetable” to go dress up their turkey.
“Oh word? A whole turkey? NICE. That actually looks pretty grubbin’, lady. Just wait ‘til you see what we have to bring to the potluck. Oh you just wait! Its a little maize salad with peppers, carrots and those little twirly pasta thingers you get at the salad bar sometimes. Its gonna blow your mind! Anyway, thanks for putting on this party. Its really cool! I think we’re gonna get along jut fine! We’re totally cool with letting you settle on some of our land and take part in our disease-free and war-free lifestyle. I really have a good feeling aboutthisAUUAUUAHAGAGGAGGGAGGHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
![[uploaded by this fellow on Reddit]](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/subversivesoapbox/13230628120/1/tumblr_lv54phm33Q1qbb2xg)
[uploaded by this fellow on Reddit]
I see how the tents could be a health hazard but seriously a garden? I don’t see how a garden is hurting anyone. The city could of used the money they spent destroying a harmless garden to do something for something much more useful like say save their failing public school district. If oakland wants the occupiers to cooperate with them they have to make an effort to work with them too.
