Long before Lil' Bobby Hutton, a 16 year old member of the Black Panther Party was gunned down by OPD (1968) to the still unnamed black man gunned down by OPD two weeks ago, Oakland's police department has a long-standing reputation of shooting, planting evidence, harassing and otherwise terrorizing the community.
More recently, OPD raided Occupy Oakland in the early morning while protestors were asleep. That same night ,October 25th under the watchful eyes of OPD, Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq War veteran suffered a head wound for peacefully protesting in downtown Oakland. OPD claims not to have tear gas, rubber bullets nor concussion grenades due to federal orders currently against the department. The other 17 law enforcement agencies called in for back up are forbidden under a consent decree to bring in such weaponry as well. (OPD has been "monitored" by the feds since 2003.)
This footage is from a anti-police brutality community speak out held near the Occupy Oakland camp on October 29, 2011.
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Is this video supposed to be a mockery of the Occupy movement? Because that's what it is - all ideas in this video are so ignorant and embarrassing! A prayer for the Native Americans? Racism keeps capitalism going? Bunch of fucking idiots. Just off the top of my head, Japan is a successful capitalist country and 98.5% of its citizens are Japanese. Sucks to suck.
retownsend 1 week ago
i would love to believe the Gandhian ows rhetoric that the police are not the enemy, that the 0.01% of the power structure is the enemy,but this is just not true.they are the footsoldiers of the tyrants,they dont care about protecting or serving the public,they dont give a shit about you people
do you think generals murder villages?do you think that mafia dons crack kneecaps?no, ofcourse not,they have people they pay to do that shit for them,thus is the relationship of the police to the elite
killinthemachines 1 week ago
I too once trusted the police in the bay area. They have shown time and time again that they are enabling the 1 % .
kyolesley81 1 week ago
Too much focus on Back Pride and not enough on the real issues going on. In case you people didn't know, our president is BLACK so please tell me again how america is run by white racists? This vid is a prime example of reversed racism. Please people, we need to all band together as a PEOPLE black and white TOGETHER against this oppressive police force and the government.
smokedoggxxl 3 months ago
THIS IS WRONG. THIS IS SO WRONG. WHAT INJUSTICE. ITS WAR
darktard 4 months ago