Tear gas canisters, flash-bang grenades, and rubber bullets were fired into peaceful Occupy Oakland crowds at 7:45PM PT tonight. The protesters were attempting to reclaim Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (City Hall), which hundreds of police in riot gear had cleared out earlier today in a surprise 5am raid.
( Cut for graphic imagery of injuries )YOU GUISE, THIS SHIT WAS GOING DOWN 4 MILES FROM MY LIVING ROOM.
12:34AM UPDATE:
• CNN still not reporting anything official on Occupy Oakland.
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HD footage of the tear gas and flash-bang grenades being fired via KTVU.
• Protesters on the ground reporting up to
ten rounds of tear gas.
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Photographic evidence to refute OPD's bullshit claims that they didn't use rubber bullets.