http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Oakland) en-us Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:17:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-july-9-2012?start=2845 The Oakland City Council has voted unanimously to end a contract with Goldman Sachs that locked it into a financial deal that was supposed to reduce costs of its bonds amid rising interest rates, but instead generated big profits for the bank. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:17:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-july-9-2012 United States, Bashar al-Assad, Kofi Annan, Syrian Civil War, Politics of the United States, Syria, Kofi Annan peace plan for Syria, War Crime, Heat wave, Oakland City Council The Oakland City Council has voted unanimously to end a contract with Goldman Sachs that locked it into a financial deal called an high interest rate swap. The city signed on with the bank in 1998 on the premise it would reduce costs of its bonds amid rising interest rates. But after the 2008 financial meltdown, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero. As a result, Goldman's rate dropped to 0.15 percent — even as it continued to require Oakland to pay a rate of almost 6 percent. The city council is calling on the city to refuse to do business with Goldman Sachs unless it ends the deal without requiring a $15 million payout. The vote comes after a long campaign by city workers, unions, the Occupy movement and local clergy members. "It's really been through direct action and public pressure that we've been able to build for this," says Alysabeth Alexander, political action chair for SEIU Local 1021, who helped organize the Oakland community and present testimony to the council members. "This is actually the second swap that SEIU 1021 has taken on and we're going to continue to do this with our community partners and take on Wall Street. It's not right that, in this fiscal crisis, that they're profiting off of our local governments." We end today's show looking at the breakthrough vote in Oakland, California, that could have implications for cities struggling with budget deficits around the country. Last Tuesday, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to end a contract with Goldman Sachs that locked it into a financial deal called a high interest rate swap. Oakland signed the deal with Goldman Sachs in 1998 on the premise it would reduce the costs of its bonds as interest rates were expected to rise. But after the 2008 financial meltdown, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero. As a result, Goldman's rate dropped to 0.15 percent, even as it continued to require Oakland to pay a rate of almost 6 percent. Since then, the city has paid more than $4 million annually in bonds, $26 million more than it originally owed. The resolution passed Tuesday calls on Oakland to refuse to do business with Goldman Sachs unless it ends the deal without requiring a $15 million payout. The vote comes after a long campaign by city workers, unions, the Occupy movement and local clergy. This is one of the group members testifying Tuesday before the city council. REV. DANIEL BUFORD: My name is Reverend Daniel Buford, and I'm a minister from the Allen Temple Baptist Church located in East Oakland. And I'm from a community that is of the opinion and the belief that cities should be too big to fail, and not banks. I think the city should be bailed out, and not banks. I think with respect to the agenda item that has been moved and your concern about legalities, you should be concerned about the legality of doing business with a corporation that is being investigated by the FBI, that is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is the subject of at least four different class action suits filed in United States against banks, including Barclays, over the issue of Libor fixing. Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate, which Joe Keffer and Reverend Kuhwald referred to before, right now, as we're having this meeting here in the United States, the banks that have conspired to create the Libor rate are in turmoil. Check the international headlines right now about what's going on in Britain with Barclays and 15 other banks, including Goldman Sachs, that they're including in their investigations for criminal activities. The problem is, is that the flaw in the system is that banks can estimate their own Libor rates. You, as the city of Oakland, we, as the city of Oakland, have bought into a synthetic rate that was concocted by Libor people who were betting on your failure. So then, how can you honor a contract with people that were betting on your failure and made money off of your failure on the international market? That's Reverend Daniel Buford testifying Tuesday before the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to end its interest rate swap contract with Goldman Sachs. For more, we're going to University of California, Berkeley, J-School, the journalism school, to speak with Alysabeth Alexander, political action chair for SEIU—that's the Service Employees International Union—Local 1021. She helped organize the Oakland community and present testimony to the council members. Talk about the significance of this vote. Thank you so much. This is very significant because, in the past, we've been looking at budget cuts in the city of Oakland, just like we have throughout the entire country, where it's, you know, workers being asked to give up more or the public being asked to accept fewer services. And this is the first time that a city is actually standing up and demanding that Wall Street actually do the right thing and get them out of this really toxic contract. And, you know, the libraries and schools and roads and all kinds of important services have been cut in the city of Oakland, and yet Goldman Sachs has continued to profit off of the city of Oakland. And this is— I want to play— —the city council has stood up and said no. —a part of an SEIU video explaining interest rate swaps. SEIU VIDEO: States sell IOUs, called bonds, to people and businesses, with the promise to pay them back with interest over a certain period of time. States use that money to pay for important services, like roads, police and schools. Now, the interest rates that states pay on bonds can vary. Usually, when the economy is bad, interest rates go up. The prospect of rising interest made state and local governments a little nervous. So Wall Street banks made them an offer they couldn't refuse. If the governments agreed to pay the banks a flat fee, just a little higher than the current interest rate, the banks would take over interest payments. Then came the bank-fueled economic collapse. You might have expected bond interest rates to skyrocket, but the Fed stepped in and cut them to all-time lows. Lower interest rates should have helped states and cities keep providing critical services during the crisis, but they couldn't take advantage of the discount rates, because they were locked into their contract with the big banks. Now the banks are making huge profits on the tens, sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars in fees they're collecting and paying almost nothing on the state's bonds. For California alone, the bogus bank deals are costing taxpayers more than $130 million a year. Now, some of these bank deals are secret, so we don't know how many of our tax dollars are being sucked up, but the estimate is around $28 billion nationwide. That's a video explaining interest rate swaps in 90 seconds or less, made by the Service Employees International Union, saying these interest rate deals are part of the reason states and cities are running out of money, some of them cutting services to pay off banks, as, Alysabeth Alexander, you pointed out. I want to ask you about some of the figures involved. Oakland pays about $5 million each year to Goldman Sachs under the rate swap arrangement. Goldman Sachs has made $26 million in profits from the swap deal so far. In March, Oakland's assistant city administrator, Scott Johnson, wrote a memo to the mayor that, quote, "staff had previously inquired of Goldman, most recently in June 2010, on the market value to terminate the SWAP investment instrument. Given the City's budget/fiscal situation, terminating the SWAP was cost prohibitive since the market value of the SWAP investment was approximately $17 million at that time," unquote. Your response, Alysabeth? So, well, we believe that Goldman understands that these are bad deals. And we know that because they're actually approaching governments all over California and saying, "You want to get out of these deals? They're costing you too much money? This is how much you can pay in order to get out of those deals." So they're actually proactively going out, and many banks who have similar deals with cities and counties and school districts are actually approaching the governments and saying, you know, "We know these are bad deals, and they're costing you a lot of money. And this is how you can get out of them." So, and Goldman is saying they want $15 million out of this—for the city of—or, Goldman is saying they want $15 million to get out of the—out of the swap. And these swaps are being renegotiated all over the country, and cities and counties and school districts are choosing to get out of them, because they know that they're bad deals. And if we had the original term of the agreement, the original agreement would have been a variable swap, we would be—we wouldn't be in this situation. And Goldman came to the city of Oakland and said, "Let's do this swap—it's a side deal—because you're going to save money." And they came to us with the promise of saving money, and it hasn't saved us money. So the terms of which we were offered it were fraudulent, or at least now no longer hold up. Rolling Stone_'s on">Matt Taibbi has reported on how interest rate swaps are extremely lucrative for banks. When he was on Democracy Now!, Matt described how JPMorgan bribed city officials in Jefferson County, Alabama, to get exclusive rights to finance its new sewer system. The project was supposed to cost $250 million, but the county ended up owing $5 billion in debt after it turned to Wall Street to refinance. An interest rate swap was one of the tools JPMorgan used. Matt Taibbi told Juan González and I how it worked. It sounds very, very complicated. Imagine that you have a variable-rate mortgage, so you're paying a mortgage that—where the payment rises or falls every month along with interest rates. Well, that's risky. So you might want to get some certainty in your rates. You'll go to your bank, and you'll say, "I'll agree to pay you a fee, if you take over my variable interest payments and give me fixed payments." So basically you're paying the bank a fee to assume your variable rate risk. And that's all it is. You're swapping rates. And so, what happened was Jefferson County had variable interest rates on some of the bond deals that it had done. It wanted fixed rates. It went to JPMorgan and paid them fees to get their fixed rates. So how does that blow up then? Well, what ended up—first of all, it costs you something, all these fees. Every time they went and did one of these swaps, it pushed their debt situation farther into the future. And so, they didn't just do it once or twice; they did it 23 times in Jefferson County. These politicians kept continually pushing the debt into the future. And every time they did that, they added more debt, because of course this costs something. So, by the end, it just ballooned to the point where it exploded. That's Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone. Alysabeth Alexander, continue, and also talk about how you organized to make this happen, the Oakland City Council passing this, and what Goldman Sachs has to do right now. So, we've been working with a large coalition of union members, of teachers, of community members, of clergy, and we have done action after action. We've gone to the Goldman Sachs shareholders' meeting and called out the CEO to renegotiate this swap. And it's really been through direct action and public pressure that we've been able to build—to build for this. And the next step, we're going to continue. We have actions planned coming up at Goldman Sachs headquarters in San Francisco. And we're not going to stop there. This is actually the second swap that SEIU 1021 has taken on, and we're going to continue to do this with our community partners and take on Wall Street. It's not right that, you know, in this fiscal crisis, that they're profiting off of our local governments. What has been Goldman Sachs's response? At a shareholder meeting last month here in New York City, the chair said ending such contracts would not be in shareholders' interests. Were you able to hear that, Alysabeth? Oh, I— I think we lost her. I heard you just then. What was the question? But, Alysabeth Alexander, thank you so much for being with us, because we have come to the end of the show, political action chair of the SEIU, the Service Employees International Union. http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-may-2-2012?start=94 On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Osama bin Laden and announced the signing of a long-term strategic partnership. Hundreds of thousands of people across the world marked May Day on Tuesday by filling the streets and demanding better working conditions, greater job security, and improved quality of life. Several major unions joined with immigrant rights activists and tens of thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City for a massive rally that marched to Wall Street. And in the city&rsquo;s Madison Square Park, hundreds of people attended a "Free University" hosted by Occupy Wall Street. Plus headlines, and more. Wed, 02 May 2012 11:22:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-may-2-2012 International Workers' Day, May Day, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, New York City, United States, Anti-corporate activism, Protest, Occupy Seattle, Occupy Oakland Labor and immigrant groups were joined by Occupy demonstrators nationwide on Tuesday in May Day rallies for economic injustice and humane immigration reform. In New York City, a long day of separate actions converged in a rally at Union Square and then a march down to Wall Street where the Occupy movement began last year. At least 40 people were arrested. In Los Angeles, thousands of people gathered for a march that snaked through the downtown streets. In the Bay Area, Occupy demonstrators canceled plans to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge and instead joined picket lines organized by labor groups. The protests turned confrontational in Oakland, with demonstrators vandalizing property and police firing tear gas. In San Francisco, the Occupy movement was blamed for a night of violence in which cars and small businesses were vandalized. And in Seattle, black-clad protesters allegedly used sticks to break downtown windows and ran through the streets disrupting traffic. May Day was also observed with large protests across South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-400-arrested-as-police-fire-tear-gas-flash-grenades?start=0 Police have arrested more than 400 Occupy Oakland protesters, as well as a number of journalists, in one of the largest mass arrests since the nationwide Occupy protests began last year. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:37:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-400-arrested-as-police-fire-tear-gas-flash-grenades Occupy Oakland, Mass arrest, Protest, Oakland, Tear gas, Stun grenade, Occupy movement, Jean Quan, Oakland Police Department, Henry J Kaiser Convention Center Police have arrested more than 400 Occupy Oakland protesters, as well as a number of journalists, in one of the largest mass arrests since the nationwide Occupy protests began last year. When protesters attempted to convert a vacant building into a community center on Saturday, witnesses say police used tear gas, bean bag projectiles and flash grenades. Several hours later, police said some of the protesters broke into City Hall. However, demonstrators claim they found the door to City Hall already ajar. We play a video report from Oakland filed by John Hamilton of KPFA. We get a response from Occupy Oakland member, Maria Lewis, to Oakland City Councilmember Ignacio De La Fuente's accusation that the Occupy Movement is engaging in "domestic terrorism." "They are more interested in protecting abandoned private property than they are the people. The idea that opening up a social center is terrorism, is very telling of the narrative of the police state," Lewis says. http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-the-battle-of-oak-street-at-occupy-oakland?start=0 Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds, and concussion grenades at Occupy Oakland demonstrators. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:17:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-the-battle-of-oak-street-at-occupy-oakland Occupy Oakland, Oakland, Tear gas, Protest, Bean-bag round, Occupy movement, Rubber bullet, Henry J Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland Police Department, Riot control Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds, and concussion grenades at Occupy Oakland demonstrators. http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-occupy-oakland-tries-to-shut-down-port?start=0 Scenes from Occupy Oakland's West Coast Port action on December 12, 2011. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:28:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-occupy-oakland-tries-to-shut-down-port Occupy movement, Occupy Oakland, Port of Oakland, Oakland, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Riot control, West Coast of the United States, Raw video, The Bay Citizen Scenes from Occupy Oakland's West Coast Port action on December 12, 2011. ---- Truck drivers gather around their rigs at the Port of Oakland during the Occupy movement's attempts to shut down West Coast ports in Oakland, California December 12, 2011. Anti-Wall Street demonstrators, confronted by police in riot gear, marched on several West Coast ports on Monday seeking to disrupt cargo traffic and re-energize their protest movement. http://news.linktv.org/videos/dozens-arrested-as-police-clear-occupy-camps-across-the-us?start=0 Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments and arrested around 100 people across the US in a series of actions during the weekend in Portland, Oakland, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Albany. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:16:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/dozens-arrested-as-police-clear-occupy-camps-across-the-us Occupy movement, Occupy Portland, Arrest, Protest camp, Chain-link fencing, Anti-corporate activism, Occupy Denver, OccupySLC, Occupy Albany, Occupy Oakland Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments across the US in a series of actions during the weekend. In Portland, Oregon, 50 arrests were made as the Occupy Portland camp was cleared, and a chain-link fence topped topped with barbed wire was erected to prevent demonstrators from re-entering the park, as hundreds marched in protest at the clearance. Authorities in Oakland, California, warned Occupy campers that a similar crackdown was coming, reflecting a hardening of attitudes since a man was shot dead close to the camp there in an incident thought to be unconnected to the protests. Authorities in Denver forced protestors to leave a downtown encampment, and arrested four in the process. In Salt Lake City, police arrested 19 people on Saturday when demonstrators refused to leave a city park. And in Albany, New York, police arrested 25 Occupy Albany protestors after they defied a curfew in a city-owned park. http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-thousands-march-as-general-strike-shuts-downs-port?start=0 In Oakland, thousands of protesters shut down the nation's fifth-largest port on Wednesday as part of a general strike called by the Occupy Oakland movement. It was the first general strike called in the city since 1946. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:26:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-thousands-march-as-general-strike-shuts-downs-port Occupy Oakland, Occupy movement, Oakland, General strike, Port of Oakland, Protest, Angela Davis, Scott Olsen, Police brutality, Tear gas In Oakland, thousands of protesters shut down the nation's fifth largest port on Wednesday as part of a general strike called by the Occupy Oakland movement. It was the first general strike called in the city since 1946. Much of the city was unaffected by the strike, however many business shut down and nearly 20 percent of the city's teachers did not report to work. While the strike was largely peaceful, tension escalated overnight. Police arrested at least three dozen people and repeatedly fired tear gas and other projectiles to break up late night protests. "As we demonstrate to the government of the city of Oakland that we do not assent to police violence, that we stand in defense of Scott Olsen and the memory of Oscar Grant, we do assent to community, to education, to free education, to health care, to free health care, to housing, to happiness, to justice, to creativity, to hope for the future," said longtime activist and academic Angela Davis. Democracy Now! correspondent John Hamilton filed this report from Oakland. http://news.linktv.org/videos/police-and-protesters-clash-on-oakland-streets?start=0 Police in riot gear fire stun grenades and tear gas at crowds of protesters during clashes which led to dozens of arrests. While some demonstrators seemed intent on provoking the police, others disowned their actions and called for peaceful protests. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:24:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/police-and-protesters-clash-on-oakland-streets Occupy Oakland, Oakland, Occupy movement, Tear gas, Oakland Police Department, Stun grenade, Protest, Anti-corporate activism, General strike, Downtown Oakland Police in riot gear fire stun grenades and tear gas at crowds of protesters during clashes which led to dozens of arrests on the city's streets. While some demonstrators seemed intent on provoking the police through acts of violence or vandalism, others disowned their actions and called instead for peaceful protests. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-110211?start=314 <p>Syria accepts Arab League's proposal to end crisis, independent human rights probe finds "systematic" torture in Bahrain, thousands of Pakistani villagers displaced by operations against al-Qaeda, and more.</p> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-110211 Protest, Civilian casualties, Israel, Iraq, Iraqi security forces, Syrian Civil War, Arab League, Bahrain Uprising, Occupy Oakland, Occupy movement Lets cross on over to Oakland. Our correspondent Colin Campbell is there, and joins us on the line to give an update from there. Colin why don't you tell us what is going on. Today is a day where Occupy Oakland says it will shut down the city is that what you're seeing? Campbell: Well there are hundreds of people here right now and they are all gathered around to listen to various speakers throughout the day. There are going to be a number of events throughout the day. Starting at nine o'clock in the morning there was the first rally that congregated most of the demonstrators here, right at Frank Ogawa plaza. There is going to be another one in a couple of hours and then another one in the evening. http://news.linktv.org/videos/workers-students-join-occupy-rally-in-oakland?start=0 As protestors marched in Oakland to protest against wealth inequality and police brutality, and in support of today's general strike, Associated Press talked to some of the participants. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:51:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/workers-students-join-occupy-rally-in-oakland Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy movement, General strike, Police brutality, Protest, Anti-corporate activism, Economic inequality, Downtown Oakland, Associated Press As protestors marched in Oakland to protest against wealth inequality and police brutality, and in support of today's general strike, Associated Press talked to some of the participants. ---- Anti-Wall Street protesters march through downtown streets in Oakland, California, November 2, 2011. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of downtown Oakland at the start of what they called a general strike to protest economic conditions and police brutality in the city http://news.linktv.org/videos/oakland-activists-step-up-occupy-protest-with-general-strike?start=0 Protesters in Oakland, California are planning to try to shut down the city's port -- the fifth-busiest shipping container port in the United States -- in what they are calling a general strike on Wednesday. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/oakland-activists-step-up-occupy-protest-with-general-strike Occupy Oakland, Occupy movement, Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, General strike, Container terminal, Protest camp, Scott Olsen, Anti-corporate activism, Port of Oakland Protesters in Oakland, California are planning to try and shut down the city's port -- the fifth-busiest shipping container port in the United States, in what they are calling a general strike on Wednesday. The protesters are part of the 'Occupy' movement sweeping the world in which people are rallying to stop, amongst other things, corporate greed. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Oakland. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-110111?start=216 Occupy protestors in the US city of Oakland are getting ready for a city-wide strike on Wednesday, Press TV reports. The strike comes in the wake of last week's brutal police crackdown on protestors, including the attack on two-time Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-110111 Occupy movement, Israel, Protest, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Occupy Oakland, 2011 Libyan Uprising, Yemen Uprising, Foreign relations of Israel, PKK, Syrian Civil War Occupy protestors in the US city of Oakland are getting ready for a city-wide strike on Wednesday to protest social injustices and police brutality. The organizers say they plan to shut down the system that only benefits the society's wealthiest one percent. The protestors have warned that they will march on big banks and corporations unless they too close for the day. The strike comes in the wake of the police's brutal crackdown on protestors last week. Two-time Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen was injured in the head after police fired a gas canister at him. Olsen remains in the hospital unable to speak due to damage to his brain. http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-protestors-march-for-injured-iraq-vet-retake-encampment?start=0 Thousands of people reclaimed the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall Wednesday. Many expressed outrage over the injury of Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Iraq War veteran whose skull was fractured by a projectile fired by police Tuesday night. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:04:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-protestors-march-for-injured-iraq-vet-retake-encampment Occupy Oakland, Scott Olsen, Oakland, Occupy movement, Tear gas, Oakland Police Department, Downtown Oakland, Oakland City Hall, Police, Protest Thousands of people reclaimed the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall Wednesday after police dispersed them twice on Tuesday -- first in a pre-dawn raid on the camp and 12 hours later at night when protesters attempted to retake the park -- using beanbag projectiles and tear gas. Many protesters expressed outrage over of the injury of Oakland protester Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Iraq War veteran whose skull was fractured by a projectile fired by police Tuesday night. He is hospitalized in critical condition and is reportedly under sedation by doctors monitoring his injury. Democracy Now! speaks to Jesse Palmer, an Occupy Oakland protester who helped move Olsen to safety, and to Aaron Hinde, a close friend of Scott Olsen and a fellow member of Iraq Veterans against War. One of Olsen's other friends, Adele Carpenter, told Reuters, "The irony is not lost on anyone here that this is someone who survived two tours in Iraq and is now seriously injured by the Oakland police force." Aaron Hinde talked about why Olsen joined the Occupy Oakland movement: "He was a very motivated and dedicated individual and he believed in the Occupy movement because it's very obvious what's happening in this country, especially as veterans, we've had our eyes opened by serving and going to war over seas." http://news.linktv.org/videos/oakland-policeman-throws-flash-grenade-into-crowd-trying-to-help-injured-protester?start=0 Scott Olsen, an Iraq veteran, is in a critical condition after apparently being hit in the head by a tear gas canister at last night's Occupy Oakland protests, as police face allegations they deliberately targeted demonstrators with non-lethal weapons. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:25:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/oakland-policeman-throws-flash-grenade-into-crowd-trying-to-help-injured-protester Occupy Oakland, Oakland, Stun grenade, Tear gas, Oakland Police Department, Protest, Veterans for Peace, Non-lethal weapon, Riot control, Police officer Scott Olsen, an Iraq veteran and member of Veterans for Peace, is in a critical condition after being injured during the Occupy Oakland protests last night. Friends say he has a fractured skull and that his wounds are consistent with being hit in the head by a canister-shaped projectile, fueling allegations that police officers were deliberately targetting protestors with "non-lethal" weapons such as tear gas and stun grenades. This video shows protesters running to Olsen's aid, before a policeman appears to lob a stun grenade into the group. http://news.linktv.org/videos/police-fire-tear-gas-flash-grenades-as-protesters-try-to-re-occupy-oakland-after-raid?start=0 Oakland police repeatedly fired tear gas and flash grenades Tuesday night as protesters attempted to retake the Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall, only 12 hours after police tore apart the camp and arrested more than 90 people in a pre-dawn raid. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:36:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/police-fire-tear-gas-flash-grenades-as-protesters-try-to-re-occupy-oakland-after-raid Occupy Oakland, Oakland, Occupy movement, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Tear gas, Stun grenade, Oakland Police Department, John Avalos, Police brutality Oakland police repeatedly fired tear gas and flash grenades Tuesday night as protesters attempted to retake the Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall, only 12 hours after police tore apart the camp and arrested more than 90 people in a pre-dawn raid. Observers said that at times, the downtown resembled a war zone last night. Some protesters are being held on $10,000 bail. Democracy Now! speak to Rachel Jackson of the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality and State Repression about how the police are handling Occupy Oakland. Also interviewed is John Avalos, San Francisco City Supervisor and a candidate for mayor of San Francisco. On Tuesday, Avalos introduced a resolution supporting the right of the Occupy San Francisco protest to continue its peaceful assembly in public spaces. http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-oakland-police-fire-tear-gas-injure-protestor?start=0 Police have clashed with hundreds of "occupy" demonstrators in the US city of Oakland, firing tear gas into the crowd. Earlier on Tuesday, 85 people were arrested, after they refused to take down their tents as part of the nationwide movement against corporate greed. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:53:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-oakland-police-fire-tear-gas-injure-protestor Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, Downtown Oakland, Tear gas, Stun grenade, Riot control, Criticism of capitalism, Oakland Police Department Police have clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in the US city of Oakland. It happened when hundreds marched to show their anger at police clearing an "Occupy Wall Street" camp. Officers shot several rounds of tear gas into the crowd, who were trying to reclaim their position within the city centre. Earlier on Tuesday, 85 people were arrested, after they refused to take down their tents as part of the nationwide movement against corporate greed. Videos courtesy: Ali Winston http://www.youtube.com/user/in4mant1 and http://www.youtube.com/user/ieee8023 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-occupy-oakland-protesters-clash-with-police?start=0 When more than 1,000 demonstrators marched on Oakland city hall yesterday afternoon, police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Pitched battles continued into the evening. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:31:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-occupy-oakland-protesters-clash-with-police Oakland, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, Protest camp, Protest, Stun grenade, Tear gas, Oakland Police Department, Downtown Oakland More than 1,000 demonstrators marched on Oakland city hall yesterday afternoon to voice anger over the clearance of the city's "occupy" protest camp the previous night. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades, as pitched battles continued into the evening. http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-occupy-oakland-raided-by-police?start=0 Oakland Police moved to clear the Occupy Oakland protest encampment at around 4am Tuesday morning, using stun grenades and tear gas, and arresting dozens of protestors. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:13:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-occupy-oakland-raided-by-police Occupy Wall Street, Downtown Oakland, Oakland, Protest camp, Oakland Police Department, Tear gas, Stun grenade, Protest, Occupy movement, Police officer Warning: Contains Strong Language. Oakland Police moved to clear the Occupy Oakland protest encampment at around 4am Tuesday morning, using stun grenades and tear gas, and arresting dozens of protestors. In this video, blogger Kevin Army is shoved to the ground as he tries to film a line of police officers. "Tonight, the citizens right to peacefully assemble was halted," he says on his blog. "The media was tear gassed, and then not allowed to cover the story." http://news.linktv.org/videos/danny-glover-interviewed-at-occupy-oakland-october-15-2011?start=0 Thousands marched through Downtown Oakland to Frank Ogawa Plaza, renamed Oscar Grant Plaza by protesters, on Saturday, where an encampment has been set up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Link TV spoke with activist and filmmaker Danny Glover to get his take on the growing Occupy movement. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:38:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/danny-glover-interviewed-at-occupy-oakland-october-15-2011 Downtown Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, Danny Glover, Oakland, Protest, Social movement, Global Financial Crisis, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Occupy movement Thousands marched through Downtown Oakland to Frank Ogawa Plaza, renamed Oscar Grant Plaza by protesters, on Saturday, where an encampment has been set up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Link TV spoke with activist and filmmaker Danny Glover to get his take on the growing Occupy movement. http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-october-15-2011?start=0 Thousands marched through Downtown Oakland to Frank Ogawa Plaza, renamed Oscar Grant Plaza by protesters, on Saturday, where an encampment has been set up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Link TV spoke with activist and filmmaker Danny Glover, Iraq Veterans Against the War, National Nurses United, and more. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:52:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/occupy-oakland-october-15-2011 Downtown Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, Danny Glover, Protest, Oakland, National Nurses United, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Global financial system, Global Financial Crisis, Wall Street Thousands marched through Downtown Oakland to Frank Ogawa Plaza, renamed Oscar Grant Plaza by protesters, on Saturday, where an encampment has been set up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Link TV spoke with activist and filmmaker Danny Glover, Iraq Veterans Against the War, National Nurses United, and more.