The Associated Press reports that police in riot gear cleared anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday morning from the plaza in front of Oakland’s City Hall where they have been camped out for about two weeks, prompting city leaders to advise downtown businesses to delay opening and city employees to come in late.
Television news footage showed numerous people in plastic handcuffs being led away from the site by police around 5 a.m. The protesters did not appear to be resisting, although an officer did fire a non-lethal projectile from a shotgun at a protester who lobbed a bottle, authorities told the San Francisco Chronicle…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/oakland-police-in-riot-gear-clear-anti-wall-street-protesters-from-plaza-in-front-of-city-hall/2011/10/25/gIQABVNTFM_story.html
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