Watched 3 livestreams from Oakland last night. All said the same, heard no order to disperse before

[xiamiam]

being kettled, tear gassed..then many ran into and out of the back of the ymca..over 250 arrested. I watched as bus after bus hauled PEACEFUL protestors away...seniors, medics, journalists, regular Americans who were marching on a sunny day in Oakland. I watched a guy be arrested for standing at the intersection who wasn't even a part of the protest later in the evening. Hundreds of police in riot gear. Bicycles of the protestors confiscated and chained to the posts. The entire picture is very disturbing and I woke up thinking about the dark luminous silhouettes of the police. One citizen journalist guessed the costs for last night at one million dollars and said there would just not be enough space in the jail for those arrested. None of this makes any sense. None of it.

[Warpy]

1. Sure it does

It's the very tiny power elite protecting itself from the people.

They really think that if they abuse enough of us, the rest of us will be too frightened to object. They always think this.

And they're always wrong.

[stillwaiting]

2. It doesn't make sense for a free and democratic country.

It makes perfect sense in a neo-fascist country where the elite want to destroy a growing movement of the people.

They'll use THEIR police forces to do it.

They are purposefully sowing fear and uncertainty to try and prevent more people from joining the protests.

In that respect, it makes perfect sense what's happening.

Newmerica!

[JackRiddler]

3. Thank you for this report xiam.

Reposted:
http://rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32630&start=2430#p445448

[wiggs]

4. one of the streamers ASKED if she could leave because she feared for her safety

and the policeman said no.

This was before most of the arrests. This was after being asked to disperse, apparently.

For some reason the way it turned out was the way the police wanted it to turn out.