Occupy Oakland Sets Up Tents Despite City Officials Saying They Won’t Tolerate New Camps
- Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:46pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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One thousand “Occupy” demonstrators walked through downtown Oakland Saturday. Despite public officials saying that overnight protest camps will no longer be permitted, KTVU reports that a handful of protesters have begun to set up tents. A mass day of action was planned for Saturday on the group’s website, as NBC Bay Area reports that the group planned on establishing a new encampment. Occupy Oakland had a large scale forceable eviction earlier this month, the first of its kind. The eviction brought heavy criticism to the city’s mayor and police department,while galvanizing encampments nationwide. ABC 7 reports on Occupy Oakland march through Downtown Oakland Saturday:
The San Jose Mercury News reports that Saturday’s protest remained peaceful throughout the afternoon until demonstrators knocked down a chain-link fence surrounding a vacant city-owned lot which the group had targeted, claiming it as the new site for Occupy Oakland. Oakland Tribune video shows protesters knocking down fences around their targeted camp:
“‘More tents! More tents!’ one protest organizer shouted over a sound system which was rolled onto the dirt lot at about 6 p.m., asking people to solicit tent and blanket donations via phone and tweets. “
Saturday’s defiant campaign comes after Police removed the main Occupy Oakland encampment once again last Monday. The new camp established Saturday is five blocks away from where Occupy Oakland was evicted during a pre-dawn police raid early last week.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that police had set up a perimeter around the new site Saturday. But hundreds of demonstrators who had just concluded a march through downtown got past officers with ease and without confrontation.
Police spokeswoman Johnna Watson told KTVU that there have been no arrests or citations, but the city‘s position remains that the protesters can’t stay overnight.
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Comments (113)
Living In NYC
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:29amIs there an empty prison in the middle of SF Bay…let them pitch their tents there!
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:11amExcellent idea, instead of Alcatraz it could be named Albatross de Democrat Isle.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:01amThere’s a FEMA Camp with enough space for the OWS protestors, and YOU TOO, you Nazi bootlicking sheep calling for your fellow countrymen to be imprisoned for their political views.
You were the one who told the Nazis where the Jews were hiding, and helped them round up Jews like Soros.
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:12amBrilliant!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:47amHAHAHA Surround the place with sharks while you’re at it, please?
Report Post »TheE
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:49pmSharks with lasers on their heads!
Report Post »melissa3080
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:29pmWhy not leave them alone…completely alone. No cops, no security, and no help from the city. Let them set up camp. They will destroy each other in no time. The city needs to stop trying to police them. Let them be raped, beaten, and molested. After they’ve had enough most will leave. Whoever decides to stay will have to deal with the 1% if they decide to get crazy.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:35pmI hear pepper spray keeps them away.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:28amI wonder just how long any protester that gets arrested has to stay in jail. Maybe it is time to relocate them to a nice tent city, Arizona style for a minimum of three months at a time. Let them sit in a nice tent and work for balogna sandwiches and water. There would be a lot more chance that they would start following the law.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:33amI should have looked a bit further down the post, I see several people had the same idea.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:24amYe who pushes last wins.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »Reboot Washington
carl_in_ohio
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:06amlet them set up tents.
what will they do then?
let them police themselves.
let chaos rule.
watch as the wealth flees the area.
businesses will close. public bathrooms will break. businesses will stop public use of bathrooms – or allow them to continue until they are broken.
what happens when taxpayers finally say enough?
Report Post »how will they support themselves?
On The Bayou
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:20amCarl sounds like your describing the majority of the Inner City Democratic Districts that already exist in this country. Amazing.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:02amNo joke, let them Detroit, Baltimore, DC, and Chicago themselves only, all they want. We should support their freedoms and see to it that Cuba or Mexico allow their failed Euro experiment to try it again, elsewhere, since they no longer teach actual history. We can then have real green zones in the blackened, lifeless, miserable liberal hot spots of today.
Report Post »Ortho
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:02pm@Carl
Report Post »I totally agree. Ignore them. They do not exist. Let them destroy their own space and for those who support them, good luck with that when your business dries up. We should not spend tax payer $ dealing with them. If the cameras go away , so will they.
carl_in_ohio
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:59amthis needs to end.
if this continues, the police will refuse to act.
not out of fear — but out of concern that no one will support them in defending public safety.
Why do something that the leadership will not defend them? back them up?
the end result will be chaos.
occupy = chaos.
nothing good will come of this.
property will be lost. businesses will flee, close, or just move.
this will make dead zones.
inner city decay will grow.
maybe tax payers need to stop paying taxes.
Report Post »no taxes — no food stamps, no public housing, no services
who will the Occupy movement handle that? they can’t.
AmericanStrega
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:07pmYour point on paying taxes? My feelings exactly! If us working folk could band together across this nation, and refuse to pay taxes, add to that a large proportion of the REAL small businesses refusing to pay corporate taxes, S.S. taxes, payroll taxes included, then maybe, just maybe, the jack-smacker “higher-ups” in government would get a wake-up call. Stop, or shorten, the flow of tax money and see what happens. They cannot arrest all of us. Also, If a movement could start with a majority of Truckers across this country to just park their trucks for 24 to 48 hours in protest to regulations and higher fuel and operating costs, that would smack these idiots right in the kisser (POW, right in the kisser). All us working Americans hold the key to stop this b.s. All we have to do is band together to stop the stupidity. I know, I know. This will never happen. But, a girl can dream….
Report Post »Red Max
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:48amSo easy for them to tear down something they neither built or paid for. This is really starting to get old.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:27amand no arrest. it’s okay to tear down public and private property. these are members of Obamas army.
Report Post »oldschoolgreen
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:43amNow they are in a neighborhood. NIMBY syndrome will kick in hard. There are two or three schools in the area, lots of upscale condos and apts. This will be interesting. Heard a local today say they supported them when they were down town, but now that they are in his neighborhood he is not so sure.
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:32amTime to send in a few M1A2 Abrams and soldiers armed with automatics for attitude adjusters.
Report Post »kcinco
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:18pmThe radicals are waiting for local or state governments to call in the national guard or military. It would increase the chaos and the impression that the protesters are being abused. Radicals want more chaos. Do you recall when obama made the statement that he wanted a citizen militia as well trained and funded as our military? Why? You don’t want a marxist like obama and his supporters around the country to call in the troops; it will be the beginning of martial law. I believe local police and governments should continue to drive them away by rejecting permit applications, putting them in jail, etc. Their idiocy is beginning to show and tolerance for whatever they stand for is waning. I hope they get tired and go home to mommy and daddy’s basement.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:11amHow can they be throwing all that cash at that capitalist pig omar the tent maker ,a tent of any size is expensive and anywhere from $150 on up not counting how much one person would have to spend on food and water a day say anywhere from $10 to $20 a day.For poor people who have no job or are complaining about tuition going up they can go out and take time off work or school to protest for long periods of time HOW is this POSSIBLE WITHOUT CASH ?
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:28amThey are NOT the real 99%. The real 99 have to go to work every day to support their families and themselves. The real 99% do not have the luxury of not working. They don’t have the luxury of playing pretend camp and slumber parties and protesting aimlessly. I am sick and tired of these privileged OWS claiming they are the 99.
Report Post »chamo99
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:30am@rosspoldark – Well said! I couldn’t agree with you more.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:59amThe Democrats have known this for at least 60 years (I’d say closer to 100). They know the average American is too busy working to support their families to pay close attention to politics, that’s why they got hold of the main stream media. They only want the public to know what they want them to know. That’s the only reason my parents WERE Democrats. My dad (79) admitted he was unsure of the difference between Conservative and Liberal, but when you talk to him, he’s conservative. He just fell for the propaganda that Dems are for the little working man and Repubs are for the rich (no matter the color).
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:36am@loriann12.. Don’t be fooled so easily or believe what you WANT to believe.. Ask your father his thoughts on FDR . That will tell you what you need to know about your fathers politics..
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:08amI am sick of it.. and its not going to go away until the troops are sent in.. All I can say is its coming.. and it ain’t gonna be pretty! God help us!
Report Post »robh
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:51amI feel sorry for them, it’s raining and really getting cold in the bay area. (That was irony.)
Report Post »common tater
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:37amIts often difficult to print sarcasm and have your intent remain intact.
Report Post »Good job Robh.
robh
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:37amPrint?
…remain intact?
This forum isn’t about you (or me). Get over yourself and shove off.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:49amWhat we see is a total lack of leadership, this looks like a job for vigilantes to take the trash off our streets. These are Not Peaceful protests, they are rioters…
Report Post »SanDiegoCountyCitizen
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:18amSow what you reap.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:06amYou have to sow it to reap it??
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:09amIt should say, you reap what you sow. To sow is to plant, to reap is to enjoy what you sowed.. Whatever we got it!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:56amSo we can clearly see that the Oakland police leadership and the cities leadership have caved in yet again to the protesters and the administration of Mr Obama; they need to stand their ground and end the encampment after one warning to vacate the area…then clean house, those who vacate peacefully in compliance with the order fine, let them go, those who resist or fight the police arrest.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:10amIt’s gotta be 0bama thugs sending word down the chain or this momentum would have died and cops could do their jobs. Prez-gov-mayors-cops-etc on goes the chain of no command
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:34amYou don’t understand. It’s turning into a martyr mentality. They are practically begging the authorities to do something, anything that cries ‘police brutality’. It‘s getting to the point when some whacko will get himself killed for the ’sake of the greater good’. There’s already been 3 deaths, numerous rapes, etc. I see martyrdom looming on the horizon.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:36amMight help if the Mayor could decide.
Report Post »carl_in_ohio
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:02amthe police are not caving in.
they are limited by poor civil leadership of the mayor.
if they act — the judges will come after them. the mayor is weak. no true leadership exists.
Report Post »the result is just destruction.
more loss of jobs, wealth.
Eleutheria
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:37amWhat the Oakland law enforcement community is currently doing is the equivalent of me telling my 3 year old son to cease an undesired activity or else I’ll make him stand in the corner, but never following through.
Oakland deserves everything bad that happens to it at the hands of the OWIES as does New York and any other municipality that doesn’t uphold its statutes.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:31amAgree. Inconsistant discipline solves no problems.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:35am“…..hundreds of demonstrators who had just concluded a march through downtown got past officers with ease and without confrontation.”
That’s a good thing.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:38amYou cannot blame the police force here for allowing them to ease in. The “DEMOCRATIC” Mayor in the early stages of these marches sided with the demostrators if we all remember. The Oakland Police force should be watching this from their living rooms. The Mayor should be down there speaking to these people.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:31amTime for the NATIONAL GUARD to pull their sorry asses out. Stick them in jail for a few weeks.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:57amPut up some tent cities like we have here in AZ. Arpaio has a sign outside Tent City three that reads “Vacancy.”
Report Post »lancevd
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:28amI hope law enforcement commits to more than the “catch and release” game these pukes are used to. Set up a holding facility (ala Sheriff Joe in AZ) down in the San Joquin, and detain them in tent cities until they can be “systematically” tried through the already over crowded courts. Humane detention, sans cable TV, workout facilities, movies, freedom of expression in hair styles and adorning living spaces……..At least life, more along the lines of our Armed Forces personnel living in Cr@pcanastan.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:46amJust thought of a good OWS T-Shirt,,,,GOT TENT?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:59am@Lance…why not once the tent cities are established, and they serve their times of confinement, have them put on chain work gangs like we have in AZ?
Report Post »piper60
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:50amsend them to camps in North Dakota——–without generators or stoves. Then we’ll see how long the continue to act like 2nd graders.
Report Post »getmeoutofcalifornia
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:42amOh, yeah! Send them to the re-education camps, the ones they have waiting for those who refuse to go along with the New World Order!
Report Post »TheBurningTruth
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:23amWhat they learned is that after a couple of days, the marxist mayor will reverse herself and give in on the camping issue. She’s proven that she has no moral compass or consistency. Always trying to please whoever is screaming the loudest.
Report Post »PapaJohannesPatriot
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:22amspray the area with liquid soap and lots of high pressure water.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:21amDestruction of Public Property is NOT a 1st amendment right. Otherwise I Would be Pooping on Bev Perdue’s desk.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:20amWhats worse? The Blaze with the big butt ‘woman’ story or the constant OWS stories?
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:26amyah that big AZZ story WHEW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Report Post »lancevd
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:31amPerhaps an id!ot that continues to read the articles, when it would be so much easier to just leave the site!
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:44amOff your meds?
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:46am:)Don’t worry,be happy!
2012 is right around the corner.All the big butts and OWS won’t stop a TRAIN at full speed….
YES WE CAIN! 2012!.
Report Post »Cynic-clinic
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:21amMagoo—Do you mean that the BIG BUTT woman wasn’t Maxine Waters?? Fooled me !
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:14amSEIU weekend camping
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:57pmbring out an Lrad and TURN IT ON HIGH
give them something real to complain about
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:52pmYep, here we go again,,,
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:58pmDammit!!! Where’s Barney Fife when you need him?
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:23amhe’s only got 1 bullet though!!!
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