Occupy Oakland Protesters Arrested For Possessing Homemade Bomb…
How progressive.
OAKLAND — A clash between police and protesters Saturday night ended with six protesters arrested, windows broken in a Starbucks coffee shop and a handful of police cars, and Occupy Oakland organizers promising more action opposed to police violence.
A crowd estimated at between 200 and 300 people began marching around 8 p.m. at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, which has served as a rallying point and occasional camping ground for Occupy protesters.
Occupy organizers said it was mostly a peaceful crowd with a small number of agitators causing trouble, while Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Officer Johnna Watson said it was “mainly the more hard-core agitators” and “the most hostile, aggressive crowd, not like we’ve seen with the Occupy group.”
A flier promoting the march had named the event, “March Against Repression: (Expletive) OPD.” As protesters made their way through downtown Oakland, some allegedly broke police squad car windows as well as those of a Starbucks coffee shop. Watson said the tires of a news van were slashed and that several glass bottles were thrown at police officers. [...]
Protesters were arrested on suspicion of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and possession of explosives. Police said one person had a device that was the equivalent of a quarter stick of dynamite — not an M-80 firecracker, Watson said, but a 6-inch-long explosive.
Posted by ZIP on Monday, January 9, 2012, at 9:01 am | 
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Isn’t this terrorism?
Is that homemade bomb a Bill Ayers’ contribution?
No story here, typical day in Jokeland….
What’s the definition of Progressive-disconnect?
“The rising importance of police conflict
and government crackdowns on citizens trying to exercise their First Amendment rights is becoming a much higher priority for people inside the Occupy movement,” Reiner said.
“For people like me, who originally joined to focus on national broad financial issues, media and politicians being controlled by corporate money, now this direct oppression by extreme policing is becoming a higher priority.”
Oh, okay.
Thus the incremental escalation of Barry’s OWS Jihadis continues.
By Election Day, we will all be used to their violence and won’t be surprised when they attack polling places to shut them down.
All it will take is a bomb threat for them to succeed.
@Rufus
if they can keep them active for that long and if some enterprising person doesn’t rise to become leader of this mob.
I want to clarify my previous remark as I was still half asleep.
Of course it’s not terrorism, they aren’t right wing voters.
Must be white vets returning from the ME.
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@ Bunker…
The OWS Rioters are part of Barry’s re-election campaign.
They are being funded and supported by Soros, the Unions and the Media.
They are not going to go away.
They already have “leaders” who are underground, well connected, and in constant communication.
There is no such thing as “coincidence” when it comes to Barry, the Dems, and their OWS Riot Squad.
I t was probably one of those miniature nuclear ones. You know how nice those nuclear ones are.
when the violence continues and amps. how are they going to spin this that it’s the tea party’s violence?
or don’t they care?
“…while Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Officer Johnna Watson said it was “mainly the more hard-core agitators” and “the most hostile, aggressive crowd, not like we’ve seen with the Occupy group.””
Isn’t that a rather contrary statement to what has been happening in Oakland? “Not like we’ve seen with the occupy group” – that is a bit disingenuous, no? It seems the hostile, aggressive crowd is part and parcel of the occupy crowd – they don’t just seem to pop up on their own otherwise, do they?
@ThomNJ
setting up the idea that they are “plants” (possible tea party backed) ????
((just started reading the Illuminati by Burkett. written over 20 yrs ago and eerily prophetic. the only thing missing is the influence of islam in our gvt))
The device is intended for use strictly in defense. –Lawyer for the Defense
Evidently the un-employment rate among these vermin is much higher than bammy’s made up numbers………..if they have time for this sutpidity all the time they sure as hell don’t work anywhere…
They are just “poor” unemployed college kids. Trying to change status quo, and slightly misunderstood!
Just like the Libyan fighters were doctors, lawyer, and businessmen, (smart power, combined with McLame and miss Lindsey), and we were only going to be there for day’s not weeks. Mean while, the MB is smiling and has taken over.
The same in Egypt, Tunisia,Africa, etc.
What’s a few bombs among “freedom fighters”?
I think the Tea Party needs their own Army (fully armed), and their own Soro’s like media wing! Every other commie,d-Rat, muzzie, group has one!
I once represented a fellow on federal charges for selling what amounted to very large home-made firecrackers. The BATF was down on him like he was a terrorist. I’m sure the BATF will be all over this.
In one sense, these imbeciles can do no wrong.
Even the violence and lunacy of the OWS gives Obama an oppressed group (99% of the population, no less) for whom to throw over every/all legal constraint in order to save from the evils of capitalism.
He must form deeper, stronger, more thorough-going and vigorous regulation of Banking, Health, Energy, Automotive… and on, and so on,
He must unilaterally move toward dis-armament consistent to a global governance. He must deconstruct the current economy to align for the Socialism underway on the road to an oppressive form of gov’t.. Communism
A Fabian Socialist’s dream.
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the SDS in Austin, Tx. fall of 1971 were attaching parcels of Mexican weed to helium balloons with notes attached:
it wasn’t new/original then.. it isn’t now
Frankly, SDS and La Raza were a heck of a lot better at it
And TIME makes big front news aboout these jerks? SCREW TIME MAGAZINE THEY DESERVE TO GO BANKRUPT
http://news.yahoo.com/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested-021848401.html
I wonder if this was their leader? Maybe he fled to Wisconsin?
If this had involved the TEA PARTY it would be front page news in all the birdcage linners and parrots toilets and the talking dummieheads would be on it for weeks
“Protesters were arrested on suspicion of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and possession of [mostly peaceful] explosives. ” <==correction added
They are fun for the whole family, everybody should have one.
obama and the demonicrats love terrorists/ bill ayers, fidel castro, the muslim brotherhood, the x president of honduras , hugo chavez hamas and the list goes on for every dictator leftist nut ball you can think of were or are embraced by the rats and the slimeball old media.