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How I Got Arrested at Occupy Oakland
East Bay Express
Feb 01Our own John C. Osborn offers a first-person account of being taken into custody by police during the latest Occupy Oakland protest. by John C. Osborn As I sat on a wooden chair in the lobby of the Oakland YMCA on Broadway, my wrists wrapped with tight... »
Occupy, Oakland, Police Play Blame Game
NBC Bay Area Local
Jan 30Now that police and protesters have left the streets, the city of Oakland is busy picking up after the mess left on Saturday, when thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters clashed on and off with hundreds of police, who arrested at least 400 of the agita... »
Occupy Impacting Oakland Crime: Police Chief
NBC Bay Area Local
Jan 30There were five homicides reported in Oakland over the weekend and the city in part is blaming the occupy protests for preventing the police department from preventing crime. While the city is not blaming the protest for the loss of life, some official... »
Occupy Oakland’s planned march ends in chaos
KTVU Oakland, San Francisco
Jan 30For weeks the protests had waned, with only a smattering of people taking to Oakland's streets for occasional weekend marches that bore little resemblance to the headline-grabbing Occupy demonstrations of last fall. Then came Saturday, which started pe... »
2 Dead Bodies Found in Car Near Lake Merritt
NBC Bay Area Local
Jan 28Oakland police found two dead bodies in a vehicle near Lake Merritt Friday after a concerned employer noticed one of the victims didn't show up to work, according to the Oakland Police Department. A man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene in wh... »
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After Oakland Street Battle, Occupy Movement Split Over Confrontational Tactics
HuffPost San Francisco
Feb 01By Laird Harrison OAKLAND, Calif., Feb 1 (Reuters) - When anti-Wall Street protesters set out to take over Oakland's shuttered convention center on Saturday, they... »
WATCH: Arrested Mother Jones Reporter Talks To Current TV
HuffPost San Francisco
Jan 31On Monday, San Francisco's own Mother Jones reporter Gavin Aronsen appeared on Current TV with Cenk Uygur to discuss his recent arrest at Saturday's Occupy... »
Six Reporters Arrested During Occupy Oakland Mass Arrest
SFist
Jan 30Mother Jones' Gavin Aronsen wrote a first-hand account of being apprehended at the Occupy Oakland mass arrest on Saturday, along with at least five other credentialed journalists and 400 protesters. Aronsen says this was in direct violation of Oakland ... »
15-year-old arrested for killing his parents in Oakland
Examiner Oakland Edition
Jan 29A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for killing his parents, the Oakland Police Department reported tonight, but a motive for the killings has not been released.Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of Athol... »
Oakland May Lose Control Of Its Troubled Police Force In Mere Weeks
HuffPost San Francisco
Jan 27Nearly a decade after the city of Oakland was first threatened with losing control of its police force, Judge Thelton Henderson has severely curtailed the... »