Occupy protesters arrested after clashes with Oakland police More than 200 people were arrested in Oakland, California, after the worst clash for months between Occupy Wall Street protesters and riot police. Police fired tear gas and non-lethal flash grenades and waded into the 1,000-strong crowd with batons to try to quell the demonstrators. At least three police officers and a demonstrator were injured. The clash brings the Occupy movement back into the public eye after their camps were cleared by police from city centres late last year. Protesters have been turning up to disrupt Republican primary campaign events but these have been relatively low-key. The Oakland police were accused of over-reaction when they razed an Occupy camp last year. The renewed violence came after Occupy protesters on Saturday attempted to take over a disused convention centre to create a headquarters for the movement in Oakland and draw attention to the plight of the homeless. Read more

Occupy protesters arrested after clashes with Oakland police

More than 200 people were arrested in Oakland, California, after the worst clash for months between Occupy Wall Street protesters and riot police.

Police fired tear gas and non-lethal flash grenades and waded into the 1,000-strong crowd with batons to try to quell the demonstrators. At least three police officers and a demonstrator were injured. The clash brings the Occupy movement back into the public eye after their camps were cleared by police from city centres late last year. Protesters have been turning up to disrupt Republican primary campaign events but these have been relatively low-key.

The Oakland police were accused of over-reaction when they razed an Occupy camp last year. The renewed violence came after Occupy protesters on Saturday attempted to take over a disused convention centre to create a headquarters for the movement in Oakland and draw attention to the plight of the homeless.

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