Video from Rowdy & Defiant Tools of Violence Protest at Oakland City Hall on May 22, 2012

by No Stop & Frisk at Demos!

Tue, Jul 30, 2013 1:53PM

The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee meeting on May 22, 2012, was held in the main council chamber due to the size of the crowd that turned out to protest the Tools of Violence proposal at the time. Tonight, it's up for a vote again and may very well pass. Here's the full video of the epic 2-hour debate the first time local activists stood up to the council's plans.

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I’m not a nihilist, but I wish they would burn every fucking thing down except for the houses. So that people would begin to understand that we don’t need this system.
- Bella Eiko, speaking to the Oakland City Council, during a vote called to ban “tools of violence” at political demonstrations, 2012

June 11, 2012, La Funa march to City Council member Patricia Kernighan's house
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/30/18714392.php

Oakland is for burning? Beyond a critique of gentrification
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/18/18724046.php

2013 Ordinance Prohibiting the Possession of the Tools of Violence And Vandalism During a Demo
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/30/18740632.php

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