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Posts Tagged ‘building takeover’

Arrests, tear gas as Occupy Oakland protesters attempt to seize a building

By Byrhonda Lyons | January 28, 2012 | 10

On Saturday afternoon, Occupy Oakland protesters gathered in Frank Ogawa Plaza with a goal: To occupy a building and convert it into a social center to be used for the planned Oakland Rise Up Festival this weekend. But what began as a march with several hundred people quickly turned into yet another turf battle between protesters and the Oakland Police Department.

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