Rachelle's Reading List: Wednesday October 26th, 2011
1. Occupy Oakland. Hundreds of people marched through Oakland's downtown streets in protest against the evacuation of an anti-Wall Street camp. Things got violent when the police showed up with tear gas and flash bang grenades. The photos look like they are taken from another country.... [WaPo]
Clashes in Oakland [Reuters]
The NYT coverage of Oakland [NYT]
[Photo via BoingBoing]
Police gave repeated warnings to protesters to disperse from the entrance to Frank Ogawa Plaza at 14th Street and Broadway before firing several tear gas canisters into the crowd at about 7:45 p.m. Police had announced over a loudspeaker that those who refused to leave could be targeted by "chemical agents."
Protesters scattered in both directions on Broadway as the tear gas canisters and several flash-bang grenades went off. Regrouping, protesters tried to help one another and offered each other eye drops.
One wounded woman, who others said had been hit by one of the canisters, was carried away by two protesters. [SF GATE]
There are several YouTube videos out there. I thought this was one of the more stable ones:
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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LIBERTT
October 26, 2011
6:57pm
The best thing for the police to do is ignore intervention commands, support protestors and join the fight to manifest liberty in the United States of America!