Oakland Police Shoot, Protesters Flee at protest

Oakland Police Shoot, Protesters Flee at protest on April 7, 2003. Police chase after retreating protesters and continue to fire at them. Footage filmed from within the crowd. For more information, see:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0407-07.htm
or
Oakland Police Open Fire On Protesters, Longshoremen - http://www.newsfrombabylon.com/story/2003/oakland-police-open-fire-protesters...

Almost three years after the bloody police riot at the Port of Oakland that left nine ILWU longshore workers and dozens of anti-war demonstrators injured and scores of protesters and one ILWU business agent arrested, the City of Oakland finally settled the lawsuits against the police. The settlement included not only monetary damages for the injuries and constitutional rights trampled, but new, more restrictive policies on the Oakland Police Department's (OPD) use of force in protest situations.
http://www.labournet.net/docks2/0603/oakland1.htm

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• police
• brutality
• misconduct
• oakland
• california
• antiwar
• protest

[Giff911]

Thats right, troops are overseas fighting for your right to sit there and bitch about the fact that they're over there. Get over yourself, and big woop, tear gas and rubber bullets, too bad they can't use live rounds for this stupid goofy ass shit! :)

[SvenNetpimp]

Giff911 - exactly how does killing Iraqis protect our right to protest here in America ?? Christ, you're brainwashed

[skatecky3]

you stupid hippies deserved it it shows you wouldn't survive a war much less police shooting tear gas and rubber bullets at you if the us is invaded by an opposing army then you would proble be killed instantly because you would be protesting the invasion and end up getting shoot.

[SvenNetpimp]

So you think anti-war protesters should move into more extreme forms of resistance?

[SvenNetpimp]

New York Times - March 20, 2006

OAKLAND, California - A clash between the police and antiwar protesters here nearly three years ago will cost the City of Oakland more than $2 million, including dozens of payouts to people injured when officers fired wooden dowels, bean bags and rubber pellets.

The Oakland City Council is scheduled Tuesday to approve the final payments related to the incident, which was the most violent of many protests nationwide in the early weeks of the Iraq war.

[firewarrior343]

Ok kiddies, heres the deal, The first amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The police have no right to stop them unless they pose a threat to themselves or others. I saw nothing that would warrent such an action by the police.

[double5son10]

Fuck your mother in the ass you Nazi

[34driver]

No Giff, these people are actually with the terrorists. They love Bin Laden, they think he's a hero. They hate our soldiers, and call the taliban freedom fighters. They are traitors, and should be treated as such.

[Spleenage]

read the description dumbass

[bentkarma83]

lol tedz u are so right shyt u think theyd care if sum1 gets hurt so naive we need to march in order to say something tht is infecting our lives but police dunt let u say shyt ther is no freedom of speech its just brutality for so called laws of the U.S..

[bsfl1]

tear gas

[teds444]

Welcome to Hitler's Germany!

Er, sorry, Welcome to Bush's USA.

The land of free speech.

(Typical American overkill!)

[spaceliner62]

let's fuck with the cops and see what they do to us