Super Bowl: Scenes from Oakland Police State

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Mon, Jan 27, 2003 3:35AM

International Blvd is closed. Police have set up ad hoc detention centers on the streets. Jack London Square is heavily patrolled and key roads are blocked off, including southbound San Pablo. Here are some pictures from around Jack London Square. Police were at the stage where they were unloading riot gear, including shields and gas masks.

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Mon, Jan 27, 2003 3:35AM

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Mon, Jan 27, 2003 5:08AM

Riots are now being reported on International Blvd between 35th Ave. and 90th Ave. There are thousands of people out on the street. Police cars have been trashed and many other cars are on fire. A Mc Donalds near 65th and International has been set on fire and is burning down. Nearby there is a barricade of burning dumpsters in the street and a battle is going on between thousands of angry Oakland residents and the police. The police are using massive amounts of tear gas and rubber bullets. A KRON 4 news van has had its windows smashed after reporting police driving directly into a crowd nearby. According to an IMC reporter on the scene, the crowd has now moved towards Seminary and International and the battle is intensifying.

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