Well, it's just an everyday occurrence around here
November 10, 2011 8:37 PM   Subscribe

Occupy Oakland protesters held a General Assembly meeting last night to debate whether to kick out the Black Bloc for their encampment. The resolution failed to meet the 90% threshold required for adoption. This followed a news conference held by 5 members of Oakland City Council which was swarmed by protesters who shouted down the council members. Today, a man was shot to death near the Occupy Oakland camp.

Protesters denied that there was any connection with the camp, but attacked a news cameraman trying to film the aftermath of the incident. Another report from the news crew, which happened to be present at the scene to document the one-month 'birthday' of the occupation. A third report. A local blogger attempted to film the scene but described being attacked as well (video). The celebration has been cancelled.

Coincidentally, a man fatally shot himself at Occupy Vermont camp; protesters said he was a veteran and that he seemed to be 'troubled.' Burlington city officials were reviewing the camp's status. Guns are prohibited from the city plaza by a local ordinance.

I originally posted this on the existing thread but that's over a week old, and right after posting it struck me that it might sink amid the day's other news so I flagged it and made an FPP instead.
posted by anigbrowl (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had a whole lot of OWS threads, it's okay to keep new stuff in one that's a few days old and still active. -- cortex



 
This FPP is high on inflammatory insinuation, but there's no evidence that the shooting death had any connection with the occupation. There is gun crime in Oakland.
posted by wwwwwhatt at 8:51 PM on November 10, 2011


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