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OCCUPY OAKLAND
POSTED BY EIZ ON THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY, 2012, 7:14 AM
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    “Occupy Oakland has got to stop using Oakland as its playground,”  Mayor Jean Quan, who has
    come under criticism for the city's handling of the Occupy movement, said at a late evening press
    conference. “Once again, a violent splinter group of the Occupy ...


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OCCUPY OAKLAND
POSTED BY EIZ ON THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY, 2012, 7:14 AM




                                                              Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty
                                                              ImagesOccupy Oakland protesters knock
                                                              down fences to escape from the police
                                                              after they were surrounded on a vacant lot
                                                              in Oakland, Jan. 28, 2012.


                                                              OAKLAND, Calif. – Riot police fought
                                                              running skirmishes with anti-Wall Street
                                                              protesters on Saturday, firing tear gas and
                                                              bean bag projectiles and arresting more
                                                              than 200 people in clashes that injured
                                                              three officers and at least one
                                                              demonstrator.


    Three police officers and one protester were injured during the clashes, the city said, without
    detailing their conditions. Internet broadcasts by activists showed several demonstrators being
    treated by paramedics or loaded into ambulances.


    The scuffles erupted in the afternoon as activists from the Occupy movement sought to take over a
    shuttered downtown convention center, sparking cat-and-mouse battles that lasted well into the
    night in a city that has seen tensions between police and protesters boil over repeatedly.


    “Occupy Oakland has got to stop using Oakland as its playground,”  Mayor Jean Quan, who has
    come under criticism for the city’s handling of the Occupy movement, said at a late evening press
    conference.


    “Once again, a violent splinter group of the Occupy movement is engaging in violent actions
    against Oakland,”  she said, speaking as officers in riot gear were still lined up against
    demonstrators in downtown intersections.


    Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers attempt to surround Occupy Oakland protesters
    during a march in Oakland on Jan. 28, 2012.


    Occupy Oakland organizers had earlier vowed to take over the apparently empty downtown
    convention center to establish a headquarters, hoping to revitalize a movement against economic
    inequality that lost momentum after police cleared protest camps from cities across the country
    late last year.