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Arrest totals as high as 400 in Occupy Oakland January 28th protest; city exhibits damage to City Hall

Susan Mernit Sun, 29 Jan at 2:41pm
Photo by Ken Katz, used by permission

Photo by Ken Katz, used by permission

January 29, 1:30 PM--During last night's Occupy Oakland actions, a group of protesters broke into City Hall and occupied the building. While inside the space, they vandalized it, knocking over the original architect's model of  City Hall. In addition, they reportedly destroyed childrens' artwork placed in the lobby as part of an exhibit on recycling.

n a morning tour for "accredited press" of the damaged City Hall, Mayor Jean Quan pointed out a room with a smashed door that was actually used for classes for low-income, first-time homeowners.

The City is reporting that 400 arrests were made. Quan said that the among first 20 people arrested, only three were from Oakland.  According to the city, prosecutors will seek stay-away orders for some of the demonstrators and will seek some monetary damages from others.

An arrest list will be released later today.

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About Susan Mernit
Susan Mernit is the co-founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, a popular speaker and facilitator, and a consultant to media, non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland with a rescue dog named Cazzie, a little dog named Violet, a fat grey cat named Gracie, a very cool housemate, and a yard in serious need of soil remediation. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist who's found home in Oakland.
Deborah Acosta commented on Sun, 29 Jan at 7:02pm:

We should find out where these "protestors" live -- and send a bill to their cities to pay for the damage!

 

R. Gary Branchaud commented on Sun, 29 Jan at 7:03pm:

The small-minded individuals who do damage to [the public's] property have NOthing to do with an 'occupy' movement.  What we have here are spoiled brats from out of town.

I PROPOSE THAT THE CITIES FROM WHICH ALL THOSE ARRESTED (NOT OF OAKLAND CITIZENSHIP) BE REQUIRED TO CHIP IN AND OFFSET THE DAMAGES TO OUR CITY BY THEIR CITIZENS WHO CAME HERE AND DAMAGED OUR FAIR CITY. 

We tally up the total damages...divide by number of individuals arrested...deduct % of Oakland citizens invoved...and send a bill to each of the cities these brats came from on a % basis.

Occupy THEIR asses!  These people are ONE PERCENT of the "NINETY NINE percent" they claim to represent. .

Anyone who wears a mask and burns a flag is a coward.  The founding fathers of our country faced certain DEATH if the American independence movment failed. They didn't wear a mask.  They signed in BOLD writing their names on their Declairation of their intent. 

The twerps who are breaking things here aren't even willing to spend some time in jail for their actions.  Only Cowards who know what they are doing is wrong hide behind a mask.  They are no better than the KKK or any other shame-based movement of destructive behaviour. 

This has activity has nothing to do with hitting the correct target.  What did city hall do??

We 99% want the investors who lost our homes and retirement funds by gambling our money brought to justice...ALL of them.  This isn't about punishing a fine city like Oakland.

Go home, grow up &...we'll be sending you a bill.  Tips are accepted.

Fernando commented on Tue, 31 Jan at 8:52pm:

Hi, R. Gary, I think you normally do jail time, pay fines, do community service for vandalism, breaking/entering, burglary, whatever else they've done. You're proposing that we make their parents pay the bills. Which is probably how they've gotten this far in life. It seems like a bad idea.

bigrandall commented on Wed, 1 Feb at 10:32pm:

Now that was just stupid.  That doesn't represent what Occupy's original intent was.

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