Oakland Violence

Eleven Occupy Oakland Protesters Ordered To Stay Away From Frank Ogawa Plaza

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Eleven people who were arrested during the weekend's turbulent Occupy Oakland protests were ordered Tuesday to stay away from the p...

Judge Rules Against Police In Occupy Oakland Case

AP | Posted 04.01.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A federal judge in California has ruled that an Oakland police officer who covered his nameplate during a November Occupy protest s...

TRAGEDY: ANOTHER Child Killed In Oakland

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.01.2012

On Friday night, a 5-year-old boy was shot and killed in Oakland, the third child killed by gunshot wounds in the city since August. According to ...

Occupy Oakland Protesters Ambush Mayor Jean Quan During Community Forum

| Posted 02.15.2012

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Erin Sherbert You can take Occupy protesters out of the streets, but you cannot ...

PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Police Raid Occupy Oakland Camp

AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 01.14.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. — Police clad in riot gear and armed with tear gas cleared out Oakland's anti-Wall Street encampment early Monday, the latest la...

Iraq War Veteran Hurt In Occupy Oakland Protests Leaves Hospital

AP | Posted 01.13.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Friends say that Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran who suffered a serious head injury during a police raid on the Occupy Oakland en...

RAW VIDEO: Man Shot Outside Occupy Oakland Camp

Carly Schwartz | Posted 01.10.2012

A man was shot outside the Occupy encampment by Oakland City Hall Thursday evening, witnesses said. He did not survive. Sources on the scene said f...

Oakland Mayor Makes Fresh Pleas To Occupy Protesters

AP | By TERRY COLLINS | Posted 01.09.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mayor Jean Quan has renewed her appeal to Occupy Oakland representatives to meet with city officials and discuss the future of the ...

Oakland Mayor Under Fire Over Occupy Protests

AP | By TERENCE CHEA and TERRY COLLINS | Posted 01.03.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Mayor Jean Quan made history in January when she became the first Asian American woman to lead a major U.S. city. Less than...

SLIDESHOW: Occupy Oakland Protest

AP | JASON DEAREN and LISA LEFF | Posted 01.03.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Occupy Wall Street supporters who staged rallies that shut down the nation's fifth-busiest port during a day of protests condemned ...

Occupy Protests Get Ugly

AP | TERENCE CHEA, LISA LEFF and TERRY COLLINS | Posted 01.03.2012

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A protest that shut down the Port of Oakland to show the broadening reach of the Occupy Wall Street movement ended in violence...

'We're About To Build Our City Back'

AP | Posted 12.27.2011

By Terry Collins, Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- At least one tent was back up in front of Oakland's City Hall a day after anti-Wall Stre...

It's Time For a New Approach to Violence

Jakada Imani | Posted 10.04.2011

Jakada Imani

It is rare that young people who witness violence in our cities are counseled. Too often the coping mechanisms that youth learn in the streets only fuel the cycle of violence.