Crime

Man Shot Dead Near Occupy Oakland Camp

One man has been shot dead near the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza.

The shooting took place just before 5 p.m. local time near the BART station and multiple other shots were fired.

KTVU reports:

A KTVU cameraman witnessed the man collapse in front of the Tully’s Coffee Shop at 14th Street and Broadway shortly before 5 p.m. KTVU reporter Janine de La Vega was in the area preparing to go live on the air when she said she heard several shots.

Emergency responders tried to resuscitate the victim, who was described as a black male, as he was being lifted into an ambulance.

The victim died shortly after, authorities said.

 

According to KTVU word has spread that members of the media may also be injured in an incident unrelated to the shooting.

Occupy Oakland protesters told the media that the shooting had nothing to do with the encampment and didn’t involve any activists. Proteers surrounded the scene of the shooting and made  a human chain to keep photographers from filming the victim.

Barucha Peller, who is part of the Occupy Oakland encampment, said some of the first people to help the victim were medics from the camp.

She said the shooting happened next to the camp, not in it. “The only direct Occupy Oakland involvement was in order to provide emergency first-aid services,” she said.

The BART station reopened roughly half an hour after the shooting.

Please check back for updates.

Comments (172)

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  • heyjim55
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:35pm

    This could have been drug related or just another scewed up protester , but it is something that most of us are expecting to start happening by design. There is nothing the organizers won’t do to advance their agenda. A little history here during world war 1 communists joined the Czar’s military not to fight Germany but to organize defeat, the point is they will do anything even kill one of their own and use it against the establishment the ends justifies the means.

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:59pm

      This is Oakland folks, there’s shootings there every day.

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    • Restored One
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:04pm

      An couple hours or so ago the Mayor was being interviewed before this news broke and did not even know that the city council had ordered that the lights and water in the park area be shut off. While I was out running errands the local news were saying that it was pitch black out there when the shooting took place. I am sure that it will be blamed somehow on the City regardless if it was a protestor or other malicious activity. The encampments need to be shut down NOW.

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    • imahappy123
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:23pm

      I read on Gather.com that this man was an apparent suicide…..

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:36pm

      it continues to grow. About time hads of city, state and federal law enforcement close these crime spots down. Rico act used to stop abortion protesters, rico act should be used here

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    • brickmoon
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:00pm

      It just keeps getting better — SFGate.com says that, after the shooting, a KGO-TV cameraman was hit on the back of the head by someone who didn’t want him filming there — may have suffered a concussion.

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    • YoungBloodNews
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:24pm

      As I said before on here, this is getting WAAAAYYYY out of control. It will get worse. I think its in Portland where the mayor will force them out on Sunday. They are resolved to resist. PLEASE, friends, if you dont know how to protect yourself and family. Now is the time to learn.

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    • StuckInKali
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:52pm

      @MTNCLIMBERJIM, Yes, shootings are a common occurrence in Oakland. New crews getting attacked and thumped on the head by 12 thugs was not a common event in Oakland. Maybe it is now.

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    • jzs
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:23am

      Oakland has one of the highest crime rates in the United States. Since this is your 24/7 anti-OWS station, of course they’ll try to link any crime committed “near” OWS protesters to the movement, just as they did with New York (a city many readers seemed to assume was normally crime free before OWS).

      Fortunately readers can rest easy that, regardless of the causes of violent crime in the past, they are now free to assume that all crime in Oakland, or New York, was caused by OWS protesters. Perhaps all the crime in the United States is now caused by the OWS movement.

      Fortunately most of the protesters are non-violent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U7mOscsmos

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:40am

      I think it’s about time we started using our brains. All the Occupy encampments around the country should have a strudy but temporary fence/wall built around the Camps to keep the OWS crowd in. Then we just sit back and let them eat each other into oblivion! Problem solved!

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:41am

      UPDATE .. it was over a “bag of weed”

      http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/11/10/exclusive-video-breaking-shooting-update-fatal-at-occupyoakland-second-occupy-shooting-today/?utm_source=like&utm_campaign=ingboo

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:01am

      @jzs
      Hey JeZuS… I’m watching you. In the words of “your” great leader Andy Stern… “We took names, we know where you live, we know how you voted… if the power of persuasion doesn‘t work we’ll use the persuasion of power”…
      http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2009/11/andy-stern-seiu-president-white-house.html
      You’re such a loser JZS. So transparent and pathetic… Crawl back down into your Mommies basement and suck your thunb….

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

      @jzs
      You said…”Fortunately _most_ of the protesters are non-violent”.
      I say…”Fortunately _all_ of the Tea Party people are non-violent”.

      Get a clue loser before you open your weak mind and start typing.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:27am

      @jzs
      What should we do with the protesters that “are violent”? Treat them the same as the non-violent protesters? Treat them as criminals? Put them in jail? Let them run free? Give them McD’s Happy Meals for free? Buy tents and sleeping bags for them? Cancel their expensive college loans that the colleges set the rate at? Punish the banks for lending them the money to attend over-priced colleges? You do know that the only way to get a loan for college now is through the Federal Government? Banks CAN NOT gives loans for college any more. Obama signed an Executive Order on that one. Did you know that a$$ wipe? Poor JZS doesn’t know a thing. Just spews cr@p and gets off on it.

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    • brickmoon
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:06am

      From KATU.com: “Recent incidents at the Occupy Portland camps include attacks on media crews in the park, a rising crime rate, litter, drug use and issues with sewage and other sanitary conditions.”

      But, since Oakland is already rife with crime, there’s no way a similar situation can…what?

      If a graph shows an apparent 0.8 degree average increase in global temps over the past 100 years,
      it’s an emergency — we have to do something drastic, immediately; but if numerous cameras expose violence, vile behavior, crime and disease at these camps, it’s either described as a normal consequence of having such a large gathering (like any given Lutheran picnic), rationalized as an “understandable” reaction, downplayed as an aberration, or the work of “fringe elements.”

      Regarding the Berkeley incident, if a bunch of students try to mass against a group of police who are attempting to dismantle tents that are on private property, i.e. belonging to the Regents of the University of California, the young academics should be intelligent enough to expect that they may be subject to being prodded with something other than soft cushions.

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    • jzs
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:25am

      The Monk says,
      - “You’re such a loser JZS. So transparent and pathetic… Crawl back down into your Mommies basement and suck your thunb….”
      - Get a clue loser before you open your weak mind and start typing.
      - Did you know that a$$ wipe? Poor JZS doesn’t know a thing. Just spews cr@p and gets off on it.

      So you’re not actually a monk in the traditional sense, as one who “in effect leaves the world to learn how to better serve the Lord.” There is no Godliness in your post, although perhaps you’re a biker monk. You indeed are a new and better breed of monk. You treasure and hold close your seventh grade insults (to give you the benefit of the doubt), and feel that with them you have expressed truly what is in your in your heart, your being, and that which dwells within your soul during your moments of solitude, monk-like solitude.

      So Monk, I say to you this. If as you ponder, as you meditate, as you seek out the ultimate truth, as you receive the spiritual guidance of those gifts upon Earth that enhance emotional experience while sharpening the mind; if you can let go the anger, the insults, references to people I’ve never heard of, and give a response befitting your stature as a monk, then I shall respond to any argument you deign to present to me. I too am a Monk.

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    • PKama
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:19am

      I think that drug dealers are now drawn to these protests to supply the needs of the drug users of the OWS Oakland and all over the country. These protests are full of junkies so someone’s gotta supply them with their drugs of choice. Just like the Tea Party they say..LMAO

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    • jkjk
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:24am

      Loser drug addict hippie trash! I bet the tea party get’s blamed, or Bush.

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  • armymp
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:34pm

    I wonder how long it will take the families of the victims to sue the police department for not providing adequate protection.

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    • MommyNeedsMoreCoffee
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:49pm

      “Proteers” Take a shot.

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    • chazman
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:52pm

      … OBAMMY and his Ilk are responsible for all of this! Punk community organizer …

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    • truckinwife
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:50pm

      @mommyneedsmorecoffee maybe you need to stop being the grammar police as well, damn trolls and spammers anyways #fail

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:37am

      @MommyNeedsMoreCoffee
      I’m watching you and will take the shot when you least expect it. You’ve only been here for 2 weeks poser. You are going down….

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:34pm

    They really do eat their own don’t they.We can expect it to go postal real soon the wait is almost over and that is the good thing .

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  • SMiTTY_CO
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:32pm

    This should come as no surprise. It was a matter of time before the chaos kicked in.
    Oakland is a wasteland!

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:23am

      How are we supposed to tell the difference between now and before? Isn’t chaos the SOP in Oakland?

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  • Elena2010
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:31pm

    This is NOT democracy. It IS anarchy.

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  • sundaisy91
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:30pm

    The one thing i want to ask some of the protesters (especially the young, clueless ones) is it worth it? Are the rapes, od’s, drug use, TB (now reported at one occupy), shootings, destruction of businesse and livelihoods and property—are they worth it? Do you still want to stay and promote your “cause” even though you can’t say exactly what that cause is? Is your student loan debt, that YOU chose to take, worth someone losing their life for? Tell me, is it really worth it?

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    • staggerlee32
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:48pm

      Ask them if it was worth it after they collapse our Constitution and after a civil war and then are slaves to a dictator. I don’t think they know what communism really is. The ones in charge do but the “usefull idiots” are being taught it’s a great way of life. How many millions have been slaughtered under communist dictatorships?

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:01pm

      80 million at last count although no one really knows how many more actually died during the Stalin terror purges or the Mao 5 year plans. It’s likely closer to 100 million (and still counting since Communism still exists). Who knows how many hundreds of thousands in S America and Africa have been slaughtered in the Communism.

      Communism has killed more people in the 20th century than WWI and WWII combined….something to think about

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    • Leader1776
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:53am

      @sundaisy91
      Wrong questions. Most at OWS are unaware of the true facts of life. They know only what they are spoon-fed. Your logic does not match theirs.

      The difference between OWS and the other organized revolutions in very recent history is the US protesters have much ‘stuff’. Either they’re rich kids, endowment kids, or are on significant gov dole. They feign hardship, but few of them are really destitute. Some have too much to loose if things get dicey; others are too weenie-like because of their life style. If push came to shove, many tails would move between the legs. We have not seen any opposition from the leftist mayors, yet. However, great theater.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:29pm

    This is only the beginning! Two victims of shootings and tuberculosis.. God help us!

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:04pm

      Oddly enough I think God is hearing and IS helping us…think about it.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:06am

      When does the Hepititis Outbreak start. With all the feces in the encampents if is enevitable

      OMG

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  • Thatsitivehadenough
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:28pm

    Isn’t it comforting to know that the police, local govt, local govt unions have all sided against the USA so much that no one can control anyone anymore? Great, really great.

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  • garyM
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:26pm

    Several photographers were punched by a handful of individuals when they arrived at the scene of the shooting.

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  • Oneirishman
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:24pm

    Oh man, now they have to change the chant to ” We are the 98%” and try to learn a whole new slogan. That‘s 4 more yr’s and 70k more in college debt. Then they have to start this whole nonviolent, wholesome, all inclusive, occupation again. Can’t they just go back to “Change You Can Believe In”

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:24pm

    They will turn on each other sooner rather than later. Because they can’t get their message out, because they have no idea what the message is. LOL

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:09pm

      And the message they do have will be utterly despised by the vast majority of Americans/Freedom loving peoples worldwide.

      99% my arse…more like .01%…hell a DUI charge has more substance (.08%) than this sorry charade.

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    • be heard
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:52am

      Cold, tired poorly feed. It’s like a science experiment. Let them stay in their test tubes, observe and take notes. They don‘t have a clear message because they can’t agree on one and soon they will turn on each other. They will implode.

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  • brickmoon
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:18pm

    According to KTVU, the shooting victim is dead, and FWIW, Occupy Oakland members say it’s not related to their protest.

    https://twitter.com/#!/ktvu

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:23pm

      Nothing bad or violent ever is! It’s always someone else. Someone else my butt.

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    • garyM
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:29pm

      bull crap! I told you, they are handling it internally!

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    • brickmoon
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:31pm

      They keep misspelling “infernally.”

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  • Shasta
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:17pm

    The bad news is some of these punks are armed too. I still say, bring it on.

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  • batteredtaxpayer
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:16pm

    This whole fiasco has been planned from February 2010. They are looking for confrontation that they can blame on somebody. They will try to disrupt the election process and will again mess with voters at the polls. stay tunes for the next “planned” event. Its time for these protests to be over. The tea party never prolonged their protests nor had the crimes,hooliganism,disease and incoherent messages.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:22pm

      No. The TEA Party patriots got their permits, had their peaceful events, cleaned up afterwards and went home.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:14pm

    The media is now wondering How will they pin this on Sarah Palin?

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    • Salamander
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:09pm

      Easy, you blindfold the child, hand them a pin with a tail on it, turn them around three times, and then laugh at them as they try to stick the tail on the ass! Of course, Sarah Palin had nothing to do with it, which is all the more reason for THEM to use her as the poster child for this foolishness!

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  • jordy2010
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:13pm

    thanks for censoring my posts, admins

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  • cstcomputers
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:13pm

    They can themselves in I guess just fine. Nice I don’t have to get my hands dirty.

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  • jordy2010
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:12pm

    The only thing I like about that story is that the dirtbags punched lots of media photographers…..bwahahahahaha

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:10pm

    so, how many people shot at, assaulted, molested , raped, killed. overdosed, and arrested at these rallies ( riots ) ??????????????

    how many of the same acts happened at tea party rallies ??? oh thats right NONE

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  • garyM
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:10pm

    I guess the White House will call Oakland and tell the police to 10-22, the protesters will handle the shooting from within, wasn’t that how they told the press they were handling the rapes on the park in NY!

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  • one.dakine.howlie
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:08pm

    Two shootings at two different occupy sites in less than 24 hours. I would say that that’s not coincidental. Someone’s trying to get these people to step up to a new level of violence. Things need to start escalating if Obama wants to suspend elections. Get ready because here we go…

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    • mensaman62
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:36pm

      Sadly ONE. I think you are right…next election will not happen.

      Please God bless our country.

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    • izzy1127
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:40pm

      The President has no power or authority to suspend elections. They are held by the states, not at the federal level. Constitution would have to be amended and that isn’t going to happen.

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    • the wireworker
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:55pm

      i’m not very hopeful that we will have a 2012 election, this is their last stand and they are pulling all the punches. bottom up top down philosophy, barack hussein obama will sign an executive order and declare martial law. man i hope i am wrong but the signs are all there.

      rapes “fixing them internally”
      masterbation in public
      murders
      tuberculosis
      defecating on police property
      destruction of private property
      cult like chants
      anti-semitism
      anti-capitalism
      not to mention the politicians who support these freaks
      etc.etc.etc.

      i don’t have anything in common with these occupiers

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    • mcmxl22
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:08am

      @izzy1127
      It will happen. The constitution will not be amended, it will be thrown out like a lot of it already has.

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  • TheBurningTruth
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:03pm

    Remember, it‘s President Marxist’s, Pigloski and Harry Reid’s buddies out there committing shootings, rapes and assaults. Strangely though, I haven’t heard them offering their solidarity lately. Hopefully this will all be brought up in the public eye next election season. Know who you’re voting for!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:20pm

      Not if the MSM has anything to say (or not say) about it.

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  • copatriots
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:03pm

    These people are sub-human. It was only a matter of time until these “events” devolved to shooting sprees. The continued escalation of violence is sad and sickening in these cities as the government continues to applaud the movement. Well done, Libs. America is becoming the cesspool you wanted.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:59pm

    First Burlington, now Oakland; is this the beginning of a pre planned series of events, designed to ratchet up the pressure initiated by Van Jones, the Unions and the administration?

    One event could be truly random, two possible; if a third one happens, then expect the admin to use this as one more attempt and opportunity to blame the tea party, and conservatives as well; along with some kind of emergency response to “aid the peaceful protesters” while setting up the next move of the game.

    The “useful idiots” time of sacrifice on behalf of the administration may be at hand.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Yes .. sounds like all H is about to break loose .. we knew it was coming ..

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    • Marnin
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:19pm

      This was inevitable and planned, and should come as no surprise to anyone. The violence is escalating, 2 shootings today alone. As long as the local governments choose to remain complicit in the blatant breaking of the law, it will get worse and worse. Bottom up. Local governments will then ask for Federal help as it gets too far out of hand. Top down.

      Inside/Out.

      Anyone who has been paying attention, doing their homework, listening to Glenn and doing their own research should not even be remotely surprised by this.

      Anyone who thinks this is spontaneous and not planned is in a dreamland. Get all these aimless partying kids together 24/7 with no monitoring and the far left guiding them and it is step by step Cloward and Pivin in action.

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:35pm

      Bottom up — top down — inside out!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:43pm

      @marnin — not suprised and have been expecting it; somehow I think this weekend is going to have another set of “Friday Suprises” from the administration. God above, if the nightmare coming is even half as bad as I figure it to be, we will be blessed by the Almighty alone in surviving as a nation.

      This weekend, or monday will be a turning point. Watch for the spark that sets it off, it will be one small event, most will pay it no mind, and that will be the trigger.

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    • MARCH4HIM
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:21pm

      This weekends Veterans Day activities ,How many will be occupied…?
      I’m sure the OWS people would love to highjack a Parade .
      I dont know what would happen if that would take place…?
      The cold weather will stop them from getting to crazy in the northern states.
      But places like Oakland,I would bet they will go all winter,

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  • Marnin
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:57pm

    This is what Democracy looks like!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:05pm

      Marnin — the thing I am concerned greatly about is that since the admin has not been able to provoke the tea party, conservatives and most other citizens into causing a violent scene they can exploit, this and other shootings I expect to soon occur, have been arranged to “make an event happen.”

      Given the history of Obama, his goals and the utter disregard he has for anything save his own agenda to destroy the nation, nothing can be put past him or his allies.

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    • HTuttle
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:06pm

      Beat me to it.

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    • HTuttle
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:07pm

      And I agree totally with SNOWLEOPARD. Obama is capable of doing anything. Especially if he believes he will lose the election.

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:16pm

      The Media will pin this on Sarah Palin and the tea party.Just like we were told how we were terrible bigots for burning down the Mosque in Georgia that was burnt down by a Muslim.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:26pm

      Snowleopard, you are right. The administration was and is hoping that the TEA Party and other patriots will get involved and fight back. Then they can call the National Guard and invoke marshal law. However, if that does not happen, then just the violence that OWS invokes upon itself will have to be enough. It will probably happen, either way.

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    • booger71
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:26pm

      Martial will be declared sometime before summer, then Barry will suspend the elections.

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