Police arrest 85 protesters in Oakland
US: Riot police in California have arrested at least 85 “Occupy
Oakland” protesters while clearing out their camp site in front of
Oakland’s City Hall.
Before arresting anti-corporate protesters, California riot police
began clearing a plaza in front of Oakland’s City Hall, where the
demonstrators had been camping out for the past two weeks, The
Associated Press reported.
Some 500 police officers tried to close down streets leading to the
Oakland site and to dismantle the camp.
Nearly 150 tents had been set up on the location during the past two
weeks, as protests inspired by anti-Wall Street protests spread across
the country.
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests over poverty, high unemployment
and economic inequality spread from a single camp in New York City on
September 17 to hundreds of cities across the US.
According to a recent poll, 32 percent of the American respondents
support the ‘Occupy’ movement.
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