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There were instances of property destruction (but not assaulting residents?) at actions organized as OO, but not at Oscar Grant Park, where the evictions happen
by moxie 13y ago
There were instances of property destruction (but not assaulting residents?) at actions organized as OO, but not at Oscar Grant Park, where the evictions happened. It's not as if the evictions were a situation where police were "responding" to property destruction.
Occupations across the country and the world met similar evictions through the use of force, although the use of tear gas specifically has been rare in the US.
If there was any qualitative difference in the police response, I think it has more to do with the character of OPD than the character of OO. The same thing happened at the port of oakland occupation in 2003 (where there was zero property destruction), which was equally brutal: https://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0407-07.htm https://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0407-07.htm