A teepee and a table set up by Occupy Oakland activists remained at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Tuesday even though city officials say they've revoked activists' permit for the items.
Sitting at the table, which is next to the teepee, a protester who said his name is Drew said, "People will be here as long as they want to be here."
Drew said "this is my house" and said he's been at the plaza most of the time since Occupy Oakland protesters set up an encampment there in October.
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan announced Wednesday that former San Jose Deputy Police Chief Thomas Frazier will lead an independent investigation into the tactics that police used in dealing with Occupy Oakland protests in October and November.
Quan said, "I've been waiting for this for quite a while" and promised that the investigation will be "a public and transparent process."
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A convicted felon is facing accessory charges in the shooting death of a man near the former Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall.Thirty-one-year-old Issac McDaniels is expected in Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday to enter a plea to charges of assault and being an accessory to the killing of 25-year-old Kayode Ola Foster.
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Heady with their successful attempts to block trucks and curb business at busy ports up and down the West Coast, some Occupy Wall Street protesters plan to continue their blockades and keep staging similar protests despite requests to stop because they're hurting wage earners.Thousands of demonstrators forced shipping terminals in Oakland, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Longview, Wash., to halt parts of their operations Monday.
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Thousands of protesters who have gathered at the Port of Oakland are holding a general assembly meeting Monday night to decide whether to extend the port blockade through the early morning.
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Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin said a large protest at the port this morning caused “sporadic disruptions” and delays but that all terminals are open and traffic is flowing in and out of the port.
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Hundreds of Wall Street protesters blocked gates at some of the West Coast's busiest ports on Monday, causing the partial shutdown of several in a day of demonstrations they hope will cut into the profits of the corporations that run the docks.
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Protesters have blocked at least two entrances to the Port of Oakland this morning as part of a planned all-day West Coast port blockade.As of 9 a.m., hundreds of protesters had blocked off the entrance to Berths 30-32, and Alameda County sheriff’s deputies were keeping an eye on hundreds more who had gathered at the entrance to Berths 55-56.Dozens of trucks were lined up outside both entrances as drivers waited to get into the port.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to shut down ports up and down the West Coast on Monday in a bid to gum up the engines of global commerce.
Protest groups in cities such as Oakland; Los Angeles; San Diego; Portland, Ore.; Tacoma, Wash.; Seattle; Anchorage; and Vancouver plan to blockade their local ports.
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Oakland police have cleared the third and last anti-Wall Street protest encampment in the city.Officers went to a small camp of about 10 to 15 tents at Snow Park shortly after midnight Monday and asked protesters to leave. All packed up and left peacefully, and police reported no arrests.
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