Yeah, the two recent shootings in Vermont and Oakland, have nothing to do with the OWS protest.
Earlier, police distributed eviction notices to campers at Occupy Oakland. The move comes one day after a man – whose name has not been released by police – was shot and killed after an apparent fight near the Occupy Oakland tent city. The mayor and other city leaders are stepping up calls for the camp to disband.
Oakland: 7:45 p.m. Shooting suspect had been living in camp, police say
One of the men being sought in connection with Thursday’s shooting death near Frank Ogawa Plaza was a frequent resident of the camp, Oakland police said in a newly issued news release. Occupiers have said the shooting was unrelated to the camp. Here’s the full text of the OPD release:
"On Nov. 10, 2011, at 4:57 p.m., the Oakland Police Department responded to the 1400 block of Broadway on a report of a shooting. When officers arrived on scene, they located a male adult African American victim believed to be in his 20s, who was suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Oakland Police Department Major Crimes Section Investigators were called to the scene. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending the notification of next of kin.
Oakland Police Department Major Crimes Section investigators report that witnesses state the suspect was a frequent resident at the Frank Ogawa Plaza for the past several days. He is described as a male African-American, 20-25 years old, 5’9," 150 lbs, with short hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt. A second suspect is described as a male African American, in his 20s to 30s, 5’9" to 5’11," 250 lbs, long dreadlocks with red tips, possibly with a tattoo on the back of his neck. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
The Oakland Police Department and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Major Crimes, Section 1, Team 3, at 510-238-3529."
Oakland: 8:30 p.m. Campers destroy eviction notices
Every last one of the 200 eviction notices handed out earlier have been destroyed by angry campers.
Here is the full text of the notice:
"Persons staying overnight in Frank Ogawa Plaza
Date: November 11, 2011
Notice of violations and demand to cease violations. This notice supersedes all previous notices.
The City of Oakland and its police department support and protect the right of all individuals to engage in free speech and their right to assemble. However, this encampment is a violation of the law.
You do not have permission to lodge overnight in Frank Ogawa Plaza. You must remove all tents, sleeping bags, tarps, cooking facilities and equipment and any other lodging material from the Plaza immediately. Your continued use of the Plaza for overnight lodging will subject you to arrest.
Your activities are injurious to health, obstruct the free use of property, interfering with the comfortable enjoyment of the Plaza, and unlawfully obstruct the free passage or use of a public park or square.
(California Penal Code sections 370 and 647(e) and Civil Code section 3479.) You must allow all persons, including Oakland Police officers and other emergency personnel, access to all areas of the Plaza at all times.
You are making fires in a public park in violation of OMC 12.64.160. You must remove all barbecues and stoves.
Your continued violation of these laws will subject you to administrative penalties, civil penalties, citation, and immediate arrest. Your continued violation of the law will subject your tents, stoves, sleeping bags, tarps, and any other belongings left in the plaza to immediate removal from the plaza by the city of Oakland."
Also Friday, a group has sent a message on Twitter that they want to make it a “Night of 1,000 masks” and is urging people to show up at 9 p.m. at the camp. One person has been spotted with a mask.
insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_19315179
Looks like this will end badly.
So how does one seperate political/religious when OWS is political and not religious? Pro-LIfe, No Abortion, Promoting religious freedom isn’t on the OWS agenda??? In fact it sounds about as anti-religious as one could possible get. And I haven’t seen any footage to indicate otherwise.
