Riot police end another occupation
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November 15, 2011, Tuesday
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Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out an anti-Wall Street encampment in Oakland, California, just before dawn yesterday in the latest tensions in some United States cities over Occupy demonstrators who have camped out for almost two months.
Protesters appeared to put up little resistance, and officers led some away from the downtown plaza in handcuffs.
Some demonstrators gathered near the barricades and vowed to return. "I don't see how they're going to disperse us," said Ohad Meyer, 30. "There are thousands of people who are going to come back."
The action came a day after police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland, Oregon, arresting more than 50 people.
Officials across the US have been urging an end to similar gatherings after four deaths in different cities, including two by gunfire.
Oakland officials insisted on an end to their city's encampment after a man was shot and killed last Thursday near the camp. Police issued an order on Sunday night telling demonstrators they couldn't camp in the plaza.
Mayor Jean Quan had allowed protesters to reclaim the site after facing criticism after a raid on October 25, when police entered the camp with tear gas and bean bag projectiles.
Friends confirmed on Sunday that an Iraq War veteran who was injured in the October 25 raid, Scott Olsen, has been released from the hospital. Olsen, who suffered a skull fracture, became a rallying point for protesters nationwide. Dottie Guy of Iraq Veterans Against the War said Olsen can now read and write but still has trouble talking.
The Oakland camp grew substantially after the October25 raid. Protesters said that there was no connection between last week's shooting and the camp. But police on Sunday night identified the slain man as 25-year-old Kayode Ola Foster of Oakland, saying his family confirmed he had been staying at the plaza. Investigators suspect that the shooting resulted from a fight between two groups of men.
Protesters appeared to put up little resistance, and officers led some away from the downtown plaza in handcuffs.
Some demonstrators gathered near the barricades and vowed to return. "I don't see how they're going to disperse us," said Ohad Meyer, 30. "There are thousands of people who are going to come back."
The action came a day after police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland, Oregon, arresting more than 50 people.
Officials across the US have been urging an end to similar gatherings after four deaths in different cities, including two by gunfire.
Oakland officials insisted on an end to their city's encampment after a man was shot and killed last Thursday near the camp. Police issued an order on Sunday night telling demonstrators they couldn't camp in the plaza.
Mayor Jean Quan had allowed protesters to reclaim the site after facing criticism after a raid on October 25, when police entered the camp with tear gas and bean bag projectiles.
Friends confirmed on Sunday that an Iraq War veteran who was injured in the October 25 raid, Scott Olsen, has been released from the hospital. Olsen, who suffered a skull fracture, became a rallying point for protesters nationwide. Dottie Guy of Iraq Veterans Against the War said Olsen can now read and write but still has trouble talking.
The Oakland camp grew substantially after the October25 raid. Protesters said that there was no connection between last week's shooting and the camp. But police on Sunday night identified the slain man as 25-year-old Kayode Ola Foster of Oakland, saying his family confirmed he had been staying at the plaza. Investigators suspect that the shooting resulted from a fight between two groups of men.
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