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‘Confused’ Oakland Police Slam Mayor’s Handling of Occupy Protests, ‘Strike’

Oakland Police Confused Over Mayor Quans Handling of Occupy Protests

If protesting for weeks on end were not enough, Occupy Oakland is now organizing a general strike to “liberate Oakland and shut down the 1%” — and sadly, Mayor Jean Quan seems to be on board. The City of Oakland has advised all businesses to “leave the cash drawer empty and open after business hours” and has even given all city employees off — except the police that is.

The understandably confounded Oakland Police Officers Association posted the following open letter to Quan on their site, questioning why the city plans to beef up its police presence at strike-related events while giving other city workers an opportunity to participate in the strikes themselves.

“Is it the City’s intention to have City employees on both sides of a skirmish line?” the letter said.

On Tuesday, October 25th, we were ordered by Mayor Quan to clear out the encampments at Frank Ogawa Plaza and to keep protesters out of the Plaza. We performed the job that the Mayor’s Administration asked us to do, being fully aware that past protests in Oakland have resulted in rioting, violence and destruction of property.

Then, on Wednesday, October 26th, the Mayor allowed protesters back in – to camp out at the very place they were evacuated from the day before.

To add to the confusion, the Administration issued a memo on Friday, October 28th to all City workers in support of the “Stop Work” strike scheduled for Wednesday, giving all employees, except for police officers, permission to take the day off.

That’s hundreds of City workers encouraged to take off work to participate in the protest against “the establishment.” But aren’t the Mayor and her Administration part of the establishment they are paying City employees to protest? Is it the City’s intention to have City employees on both sides of a skirmish line?

It is all very confusing to us.

According to the AP, city offices are set to remain open during the strike and Quan’s office has urged businesses not to close.

Protesters say they are heading to the port – one of the country’s largest – to block “the flow of capital.”

To make matters worse, in a memo written on Friday, City Administrator Deanna Santana said workers can use vacation or other paid time off to participate in the strike.

Below is a CNNMoney report from inside Occupy Oakland:

Quan said in a statement Tuesday that she hoped Wednesday’s strike would be peaceful and that she was working with interim Police Chief Howard Jordan to ensure that the protesters issues are “front and center.”

“The pro-99 percent activists – whose cause I support – will have the freedom to get their message across without the conflict that marred last week’s events,” Quan said. “Although getting the balance right is never an easy task, in Oakland we are committed to honoring free speech and protecting public safety.”

Police are understandably upset, given that they were asked to clear the protesters’ encampment a mere week ago, only to have Quan allow the protesters to reclaim the camp a day later.

Meanwhile, last Tuesday’s raid along with the riot-standoff that evening cost the city $1 million, said Sgt. Dom Arotzarena, president of the Oakland police union.

Arotzarena said that the officers, who also view themselves as part of the “99%,” are now confused about Quan‘s stance heading into Wednesday’s strike.

“What was last Tuesday all about? The mayor is painting us as the bad guys in all of this,” he told The Associated Press. “We get one order one day and then she flip-flops the next day. We’re going to be seen as the establishment, and it’s not fair to the police, it’s not fair to anyone.

“We’re set to fail on this.”

The mayor, a self-proclaimed civil rights activist in San Francisco’s progressive movement, has only been in office for less than a year, and already struggles to formulate a coherent response to the Occupy which she says she and the city “supports.”

“It was sort of remarkable that she was able to alienate both sides,” said University of San Francisco political scientist Corey Cook of Quan’s relationship with protesters and police. “She has no friends at this point.”

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

Comments (180)

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  • CottonMPG
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:14pm

    I agree with Redbone007, businesses are being targeted and they are the ones who need to do something. A liberal Mayor who is inconsiderate of his own police officers…not too surprising really. If the city loses a lot of their businesses they‘ll be sorry for the stance they’ve taken.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:49pm

      Got a question, this just occured to me, could some of the progressive puppet masters in CA be working with the government there to force a crisis? Say a “secession from the union” scenario that would give Obama the excuse to bring the top down?

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    • coindexter
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:14am

      the union police are part of the 99%…this one big set up. this is quan’s goal,,,chaos with police backing.

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    • jzs
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:17am

      SNOWLEAPORD, and think you’re probably right. This is most likely a plot to force a crisis, legitimizing use of deadly force and the imposition of Marshall Law, following which the government will use this as an excuse to take over the entire nation by force and throw all of us Blazers in the FEMA clink.

      That is a seriously plausible scenario. If I were you, I’d be really, really afraid.

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    • Restored One
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:20am

      I listened to her this morning and was sickened. She is encouraging this strike. The news here in the No. Bay says that there are going to be 254 teachers participating by taking sick/vacation time which there contract allows them. NOT all at the same time. But rest assured they will have “Subs” to make sure that there is adult supervision in the classes. wTf? So basically the City of Cokeland is paying the Teachers to strike while paying for Subs to be babysitters for 254 classes. These people are so flippin lame. They complain about all of the cuts to education and public security, yet it is ok to run up MILLIONS so that they can march, camp, protest, stirke and cause civil disobediance. OMG.

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    • mils
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:31am

      I’d be leaving oakland…oh what the heck…I left years ago..smart move.

      I believe she is opening the door to a downfall…
      A truly troubled city with troubled government..playing into obama’s hands

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    • bmwrider
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:46am

      Oakland Pd: Murdering innocent people and shooting veterans in the head.

      Anything that the people of Oakland decide to do to the police department should be considered self defense.

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    • getalong
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:46am

      Oakland has one of the highest unemployment rates and defaulted mortgages in the country.

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:51am

      Plausable.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:52am

      @jzs
      You are not a Blazer… you are a flamer. Quit pretending and let your freak flag fly. Everyone here knows you are a progressive, socialist, commie, Jesus hating, ultra liberal, egomaniac who sits home alone planning your next attact on Tea Party people. Look in the mirror and see the Hate in your eyes.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:59am

      @jzs
      If you want to see yourself, just read BMWrider’s posts. You two are the same person inside. You are not JeZuS and he most likely doesn’t own a BMW. Unless BMW rider stands for BiMaleWoosie Rider. Either way… I don’t see any difference between you two.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:00am

      We know exactly what this Mayor is in support of!

      “Local” supporters:

      Communist Party USA

      The American Nazi Party

      Revolutionary Communist Party

      Black Panthers

      Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan

      CAIR

      Some big names in the political world have also lent support to the cause:

      President Barack Obama

      Vice President Joe Biden

      Nancy Pelosi

      International Leaders and Governments:

      Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei

      Hugo Chavez

      Revolutionary Guards of Iran

      The Govt of North Korea

      Communist Party of China

      Hezbollah

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:10am

      @The10thAmendment
      Yep, the list from the other Blaze post. You got that exactly right.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:10am

      Hard to tell, but at this point it looks like typical Progressive dithering. Quan has no clue what the “correct response should be”, so she caves in to whomever came across as a strong personality to her last.

      The police association is trying to play both sides of the fence, too, so I wouldn’t be too supportive of them. They identify with the 99%, too. They’re mad, because they’re being set up to look like the “bad guys” – not to us, but to the occupationists.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:22am

      @Jaycen
      There is no 99%. Get it? That’s a farce, a made up number, a ruse, a false equation, a lie. Think about it… when have you ever seen anything at 99%? Except Gold or Silver?

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    • MHP
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:31am

      Oakland Police need to resort to depolicing, that means no response to any calls.

      Let the residents kill each other.

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    • dafrog
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:28am

      People don’t realize what is going on. it’s all part of the plan to declare martial law. When martial law is declared, the elections can be “postponed” until whenever. The people are about to lose our country! We will soon be part of the world government with no rights whatsoever! Is it a conspiracy?? You bet it is and it was put in the works years ago. You will be told what you can eat, what you can buy and where you can and cannot live! There is going to be a grab for maximum power starting with martial law! Keep your powder dry!!

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    • spikebu
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:30am

      @The Monk…take bmwrider, hyphenate it between the m and w. The w is now silent. Voila!

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    • wzanesdad
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:49am

      Wow…..this oshould be good. I’m gmma get a beer and pull up in fromt of the tv and watch the **** f;y baby!!!!!

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    • spikebu
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:53am

      @ Snow…It’s not just in CA. City officials all over the country are endorsing these mindless robots. I just don’t believe in coincidence. 11/9/11 the Federal Govt is going to test it’s EAS (no, I’m not saying anything is going to happen then, except the test). The “protestors” in Oakland not only want to escalate, they’ve been given a green light and funding by the local govt. in order to do it! My question (disregarding jzs snarkasm) is, if we are in a National State of Emergency, do you think we will be having a Presidential Election?

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:09am

      Exactly MONK. I transferred it here because these people flap their gums as though people are going to buy their junk. Not everyone reads every article so it’s good to spread the truth exposing a clown like this Mayor makes the proclamation of support for these occupy golem.

      The more, and the louder we expose the heart of this “movement” (bowel movement) whenever we have a chance, the more Patriots will hone in their sensibilities are rise up against their perversions.

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:44am

      Quan is running the O.P.D. like Washington ran Vietnam. Take ground and then give it right back to the enemy. Political maneuvering and flip-flopping plays havok with the morale of brave men & women who answer the call to serve.

      And have no doubt about it: OCCUPY movement IS an ENEMY to our Constitution, to Liberty, to Capitalism, and to the American way of life. At their heart lies a chaotic hatred for the Rule of Law, Authority, and Self-Responsibility.

      As a citizen of California, it is sobering to think that I live on the “front lines” of what may turn out to be a desperate struggle for the survival of our nation.

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:07am

      jzs “If I were you I would really be afraid”

      Play that troll song somewhere else… we have already called you on your lies and fear mongering troll dance and will continue to do so… run on back to camp and shine a light in some dudes face while he rapes another girl in her tent and try another troll dance here and we will let the new comers know again what a troll you are. You are troll stamped no matter what kind of garbage you post. “If I were you” dah if you were any one of us you would have a job and not a tent. I know its a “scary thought”. Stand Strong America

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    • loriann12
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:44am

      @jzs

      I think that‘s like the 3rd time we’ve agreed on something. Except I’ve been saying it for almost 3 years. Obama needs martial law in order to declare no elections, so he can stay in office and fundamentally transform our government into something no American will recognize.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:45am

      The cops should just refuse to show up at the riot, I mean protest site. They should just go patrol the rest of the city. Once the looters, aka protesters destroy the area, they can just point at the idiot mayor. I would no longer follow her orders, they are being set up for sure.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:48am

      JZS- I bet you are just the token gestapo informer here to collect “the list” of people who are a danger to evil commie empire that is trying to form in this country

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:19am

      I am so ready for the violence to start…there is absolutly nothing on TV to watch and this would fill the void. Just think…hours of watching head cracking, dead occupiers lying in the gutters…blood flowing….awsome.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:57am

      We need the A-team…..

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    • rangerp
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:42am

      she is not confused, she is a democrat, she is in bed with those protesting.

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    • LastAmerican
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:19am

      Hey snow, California seceding would be a good thing.

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    • motonutt
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:13am

      These dumbass’s in Oakland are getting what they deserve. They voted for socialist marxists and now they are getting what they paid for so to speak. That place is just the overflow sespool from across the bay. It‘s kind of like when your septic tank overflows and sewege runs all over your’s and your neihbors’s yard. Let it burn. that’s all.

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    • IntheKnowOG
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:11am

      When do we build a wall around the western and northwestern parts of CA and use it as a prison? Is it me or are some of the post apocolyptic movies from the 70‘s and 80’s starting to seem more accurate?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:15am

      Look…it‘s clear what’s going on because we’ve seen other reports…….democrat officials are calling democrat city officials and telling them to “lay off” the OWS protesters or else. This was reported in New York. Clearly what happened in Oakland was Quan acted as she should have in clearling the protest site…it got ugly when the protesters returned for a confrontation..and higher democrat officials made a call to Quan telling her to back off the protests. Now Quan is stuck trying to balance party interests with public safety…as a result the police don‘t know what’s going on. The madness and moral bankruptcy of liberalism.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:39am

      Are those Nazis going to take over the city and “FIRE” the ELECTED Mayor like they did in Quartzite, Arizona?

      Don’t put anything past these NAZIs, the Nazi police in Ecuador tried to stage a coup over their pensions being cut in austerity!

      The public is BROKE (in terms of fake fiat paper money) but rich in labor potential! Labor is true wealth!

      We can no longer afford public services like police and fire, and I don’t want to go further into debt with the Fed printing money to pay these entitled public servants and putting it on our tab!

      They’re only retaining these Nazis on our public debt tab so they can crack our heads and disarm us in the economic breakdown!

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    • drphil69
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:17pm

      @Snowleopard – the rest of the country would be better off if CA did secede, and took their amazing debt with them! But yes, they want the crisis as an excuse for more BIG government control. The problem with their plan is they needed to outlaw private gun ownership before implementation, so that we would be “sheeple.” Fortunately, there aren’t enough jack-booted thugs to take out the 80 million gun owners.

      BE PREPARED.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:26pm

      @motonutt

      The problem is, WE THE PEOPLE do not seem to be trying to take our country back. There are 2 ways to do this: (1) by force, in which case we will most likely lose, and (2) by making demands of our elected officials along with running ourselves for ALL offices. It will take time this way, but at least it’s much more likely. These communist/marxists progressives didn’t get in positions of power overnight. They’ve been seeping into office slowly over the years and now feel they have enough of our power positions that they can transform this nation into something the majority of us want nothing to do with. We had all better be doing everything we can to rectify this situation and we had better start today if we’re not already involved, because there may not be a tomorrow to begin.

      WOLVERINES!

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  • Quagaar Warrior
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:10pm

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    You get what you vote for, Morons!!!
    I hope the Bay area falls into utter chaos because of thier, “progressive, tolerant & enlightened”, political views.
    If I were a Bay area cop, I’d move my family to a real American city and let the liberal reprobates destroy themselves!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:25pm

      I am sure the idiot mayor will get a job offer from the whitehouse. they took a lot of libs from seattle let them take oaklands mayor too

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:12am

      I was just thinking these people are about to canablize each other. The Mayor’s administration, the police, the occupation front, and the citizens are going to descend on each other. It’s going to be gruesome.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:06pm

    Quan… is she a Chinese Socialist?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:59pm

      Anyone remember the last scene from the movie “Chinatown”? “It’s Chinatown.” Well, now the movie is…. “Oaklandtown”. That’s what Quan is saying to the local Police…. “It’s Oaklandtown, just go home and let it be”. Quan should be sued by the Police or the Police should just escort the OWS directly to her office. She should have no complaints about that. After all, she/it supports the OWS. Let them have as much access to her office as the public Parks. Time to wake up Quan!

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    • Restored One
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:22am

      @Monk, maybe they will camp in front of her house like they do in front of CEOs.

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  • JJStryder
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:02pm

    Oakland has had a conga line of incompetent liberal mayors. Maybe the city will wake up, have a recall election and remove this looney leftist mayor. Otherwise, they get what they deserve.

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    • TheBurningTruth
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:10pm

      Wake up? No, they won’t. Remember when the Oakland school system tried to qualify for “second language” funding by claiming that “black-speak” was Ebonics instead of trash english? Oakland got the student/teacher ratio down to 17, but of course the teachers were teaching socialism instead of reading, writing and math and the kids were dropping out to join drug gangs. The state of CA had to step in and take over the schools, and that’s really saying something when the state of CA is the better option!

      No, Oakland will “get what’s coming to it” but they’ll blame you and me for it. That’s what Progressive Liberals do.

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  • plastinoid
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:01pm

    Let Oakland burn! If you are a police officer….the next time the Occupiers want to storm the mayors office…….let them do it. Take a coffee/donut break.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:07pm

      I thought the MAYOR also takes an Oath to uphold the rule of law. Time for these traitors in office to be removed for not upholding the law.

      TEA!

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  • korbin
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:01pm

    How does it feel to be abused??? I have no sympathy for police. I totally disagree with the Occupiers and think most are leaches, but police have been given more and more power and the hero status especially since 9-11. I don’t disagree that they should be supported by the mayor I do like the fact that they get a little taste of their own medicine and hopefully some of them will notch down on the little di c k syndrom.

     
    • Dougral Supports Israel
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:15pm

      For the most part the cops in this country are quite decent. Sure there are the guys on the power trip but they are tempered by the law. Compare the cops here with many other nations and see how good we have it here.

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    • korbin
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:21pm

      Might be your experience not mine. I generalized yes however I live in a desert community know many past and present cops. I have seen a bunch to help make my opinion. No one can tell me there isn’t something inherently wrong with them and the overreaching power they so love to exploit. I have two tickets to prove they lie. 1 for no seat belt. wrong had it on. period he lied. No chance of fighting it. 2. Speeding wrong again, I was doing less than 40 in a 55 the car he hit w radar was in front of me again no way to fight. Those are two small examples the others are way more intrusive/abusive. I will never change my mind/opinion, I have seen first hand. I have never been in trouble w the law either. I have a CCW, was a DOD contractor and worked and paid taxes my entire life, so this is coming from a fairly logical law abiding citizen. thanks for your response.

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    • DADA
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:21am

      I don’t agree with how you describe police. I believe that for the most part they do the best job they can do. I believe people in general are basically good with a few bad apples. Some (probably very few) abuse their power. The problem in Oakland is not the police it is the moron mentality of the mayor. She is supporting a mob and thinks it is going to be a peaceful assembly. Oakland has a history of these things turning very bad. The intention of these leaders in this movement is to provoke a response. They are using the protesters as the useful idiots they are. The police should deploy at distance and observe. When the mob gets out of hand (which they will) they should oblige and give the response that is being provoked. Once they contain the law breakers they should go after the leadership of the mob that planned this lawlessness that is about to embark.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:31am

      Korbin? Korbin Dallas?

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    • dafrog
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:40am

      When the police used tear gas last weak and the vet was hit in the head, they had just been assaulted with bottles and rocks. Do you expect them to just stand there and be targets? I doubt it! And I doubt you would either!

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:46am

      Some police are good look at sheriff chuck wright down in spartanburg SC he is telling people to get a cocealed carry and start packin good story the blaze should put it on here.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:54pm

    I never thought I’d find myself saying this, but perhaps its time for a sick-out! Let Oakland learn the hard way what happens when radicals have free run of their city! Let he mayor do it herself! Sink or swim!

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:10pm

      they call it the blue flu when cops do that

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    • Bluzie
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:00am

      That‘ll through it on Jerry’s shoulders and since he was once mayor of Oakland he can call in the Ca. National Guard when the cops get the blue-flu. I wouldn’t blame them one bit if they did.

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    • DADA
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:24am

      That is a very likely scenario. Cops don’t like being dicked around and hung out to dry.

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    • DADA
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:26am

      That is a likely scenario. Cops don’t like to be dicked around or hung out to dry.

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  • phillipwgirard
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:54pm

    it’s about time the cops start stepping up and complain, as one post said, they may have to pick sides eventually, then watch out people.

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    • R0bespierre
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:01pm

      It’s looking increasingly like the police – a unionized, working class organization – is going to pick the anticapitalist side. The upper crust will have few options then.

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:08pm

      you may very well be right ROBES

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:02am

      Robe-
      The upper crust can afford guys from “blackwater”, They would not need pathetic, union police to keep them safe. It isn’t the upper crust that is going to suffer, it is the little guy who won’t be able to buy food because the stores we all looted and destroyed. The so called middle class whose cars will be flipped over and burned. The truly rich are more than protected, thats what these 9.9% freaks don’t understand. They will ensure the middle class and below doesn’t have anything,

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  • KINGRUDDY
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:54pm

    Marshall Law.!!!!
    I can smell it in the air!!
    Wake Up America!!!

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  • redbone007
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:53pm

    business needs to leave. let see how they get by without businesses to support their lazy a…s…ssss

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:53pm

    The protester are going to block the port…I say pack them in an empty shipping container and send them half way to HAWAII then set them free inside the floating Box!!

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:53pm

    obummer said to let occupires have there way

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  • Depressed_American
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:53pm

    The Police need to NOT go to work. Let the Protesters have the run of the city, as the mayor of Oakland wishes. The Police need to STOP working, so they don’t get set up again by this crapy mayor……

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  • MomaGrisley2
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:51pm

    I will pray for the safety of the police force and wisdom for their uniformed leadership. In addition, I will pray for the mayor to receive common sense. God bless our uniformed heroes!

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  • Hankstwocents
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:51pm

    The mayor needs to resign, and go join the “protest”. What will the one thing be that makes them stop? They don’t know.

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    • M 4 Colt
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:44pm

      The people of that city need to recall the mayor, but OH NO they won’t do that because that city is made up of nothing but crazy left wing liberals who voted her into office in the first place. I tell you what if i were living in that **** hole i would already have my bags packed in my truck and be haft way to Arizona, a true red state that still allows their citizens to own guns and protect themselves from trash like this.

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  • tarbush
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:49pm

    Have the communists set up 5th column operatives all over the country? We are being overthrown from within.

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:47pm

    The time is coming when many police departments, and then eventually the military, will have to decide which side they are on.

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    • netmail
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:01pm

      That’s a fact for sure… and if a majority of cops in Oakland want to personally join in the protest then they can shed their uniforms and start burning their city to the ground with all the other freaks out there. Please don’t do that. Make the right choice….but DO make a firm choice one way or the other. We’re about up to “Let’s Roll” time either way.

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    • TheBurningTruth
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:07pm

      Not really. Just as with the 60s which a lot of us remember, these Progressive Liberal Marxists follow through their demands with violence and destruction. All the radicals of the 60s (you remember them, like Obama’s friends Bill Ayres and Bernadine Dhorn) did was to convince the real majority (not this fake 99%ers but about two thirds of everyone) that THEY were the target of the radicals. After all, MOST people in the US actually earned what they have and though they might resent others with more, they’re usually smart enough to know that there have a lot more to lose than to gain from a breakdown of society.

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    • R0bespierre
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:13pm

      The military is interesting, isn’t it? I mean it’s a fairly conservative institution, but it’s largely working-class and often ignored by its governments after serving their country. I suspect the stability of the US government depends strongly on its treatment of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans over the coming years.

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    • netmail
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:04am

      Burningtruth…I do hope you‘re right and I do remember the 60’s well. In fact, I was in the Navy in the Bay Area from 69-73. There was a rapid and strange evolution of society that occurred during that time and I must say it was interesting to see it up close and personal. Gratefully, it didn’t overwhelm our general culture then (as you said); just challenged it. Actually, I think a lot of them (radicals) simply joined the system and did their dirty work quietly within. My take is that there is no longer two thirds of the American people who are now actually working for what they have. (fair pay for real work). I think it’s more like 50/50 currently and trending down to be much worse in the near future. Man, I hope Im wrong.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:46pm

    It must be something in the water in the City by the Bay! Leeches? Amebas?

    Even when I lived in N California, I knew there was something strange about that place!

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  • netmail
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:44pm

    Police…quit listening to that crazy woman. Listen to the citizens and business owners who need and want and deserve your help and protection. Figure out how to kick her ass out and take your city back….if you still can. She’s anti-American for crying out loud.

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:44am

      I believe that we will see that many who have taken an oath to serve will remember their spoken vows and realize how serious the progressives are to take America to her knees. I believe rather than turning on the citizens they will turn their backs on the unions and will follow what they know in their hearts to be right. Sure some will continue to be puppets but many will join us and understand the urgent and profound necessity of the conservatives that are prepared and willing to defend our Republic For Which It Stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisable, With Liberty And Justice For All.

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  • R0bespierre
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:44pm

    When the police realize their place among the proletariat, they will turn on their former bourgeois masters and the Revolution’s momentum will be irreversible.

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    • OhioRifleman
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:00pm

      The power of delusion is strong in this one…

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    • Duck and cover
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:10pm

      You are a delusional idiot. I would say I am young, strong, well prepared, and very adaptable to most any scenario. I sure as hell don’t want a revolution. This will take place in our streets and towns, our families! Do you know what always fills a vacuum of power? Evil. Do you really want to risk martial law/draconian masters? Lawlessness? How bout if things go to **** and they come for your women? Have you ever read any history? You live in a fantasy land. You want more? Grow some motivation and WORK FOR IT!!! Nothing can stop you if you refuse to take no for an answer.

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    • R0bespierre
      Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:12pm

      @OHIORIFLEMAN

      Is it so inconceivable? After all, the police are a heavily unionized, working-class organization. What do they think when their leaders take away their pensions and bargaining rights? The police refused to arrest protesters in Madison, WI, and now in Oakland they might turn on the political establishment as well. A general strike among police forces would create a real crisis that would force concessions.

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    • DADA
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:29am

      Don’t think police will support you comrade. Police take an oath and they take that oath seriously. They would never turn against the citizens, those that actually pay taxes that support their salary.

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    • TurboCat
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:01am

      Ah-ha! The Monk was right about YOU! Outing yourself with a bit of prompting, eh?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Why the screenname “Robespierre”? Wouldn’t Marx or Engels be more your style? “Mao” maybe? “Stalin’s“ a little ”brusque” for you I’m sure.

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  • Beckett
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:43pm

    Appeasement does not always work. Sometimes the crocodile eats you first.

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  • Matrix22
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:43pm

    At this point, if I were a business there, I’d happily pack up and move my “capital” out!

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  • thepatriotdave
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:42pm

    There isn’t any confusion. The OWS crowd is a royal pain in the rear and should be sent home like dirty unwanted run-aways.

    North Carolina for Herman Cain… http://ning.it/uOUweX

    1. Herman Cain is NOT a politician. (I have gotten a lot of grief for this comment, but I feel as if I’m on solid ground here because politicians have have gotten this country into the mess we are in, and it’s about time for us to hire a “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” type of candidate. You know, a regular common sense citizen that still owns his own soul and NOT beholden to anyone)

    2. Herman Cain is probably the ONLY candidate that can beat Obama. (Two major factors play into my reason for making such a bold statement. One… do NOT believe for a second that beating Obama is going to be easy, and I don’t care who tells you so, they are either dead-wrong or lying to you. Just the expected historical level of cheating that is expected by the Obama Election Thug Machine may be enough for Obama to beat any candidate we put forth. Secondly and more importantly… Herman is the ONLY candidate that can strip away 30% or more of the minority vote from Obama)

    There are some very good reasons other than just these two, but for me, these two are all I need.

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:41pm

    The mayor was likely co-opted by Obama’s buddies. Van Jones is from Oakland as is Valerie Jarrett. Oakland is near San Francisco which is Nancy Pelosi’s territory. She was probably told to be on board “or else”. The cops are being sacrificed for “the cause”.

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  • gr8photoman
    Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:40pm

    Incompetency. The cream of it always rises to the top. Kinda like algae.

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