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Audacious Black Lives Matter Shutdown of Oakland Police Headquarters, 12/15/14: photos
In an unprecedented civil disobedience action on December 15, a multi-racial group of activists calling for an end to the "war on black people" successfully shut down Oakland police headquarters. The doors of the building were physically locked down preventing police egress to or from the building and a "Black Lives Matter" flag was hung from a flagpole for hours, while others used lockboxes to block traffic on Broadway. Protest signs and banners demanded justice for Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Alex Nieto, and others murdered by police locally and nationwide. As word of the action spread, around 200 supporters gathered, chanted, and blocked side streets in solidarity. Twenty-five protesters were arrested.
[Photo: Blackout Collective fists raised at OPD headquarters on Broadway at 7th Street. Photo by Julia Carrie Wong, all rights reserved.]
Typically, during publicly-announced protests and marches, Oakland police create a line on Broadway at or near 7th Street, or across surrounding streets, to prevent demonstrators from protesting directly on their doorstep. This time, however, activists used the element of surprise by springing into action unannounced at 7:30am on a Monday morning, catching OPD off guard and enabling the first-ever shutdown of the fortress-like building.
The plan was to hold OPD headquarters for 4 hours and 28 minutes, the time Mike Brown's body was allowed to lay in the street after he was shot down by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Read Julia Carrie Wong’s report on the #shutdownOPD action, featuring interviews with participants Brooke Anderson and Cat Brooks:
How We Protest Now: Flagpole Sittin'
http://sf.ratter.com/how-we-protest-now-flagpole-sittin-1671284893/
Blackout Collective Shuts Down Black Friday BART Trains to San Francisco: photos (Nov 28)
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/11/28/18764764.php
Blackout Collective
https://twitter.com/blackoutcollect
#Asians4BlackLives
http://asians4blacklives.tumblr.com
Bay Area Solidarity Action Team
https://baysolidarity.wordpress.com
All photos by Julia Carrie Wong. Photos copyrighted Julia Carrie Wong republished here with permission. http://www.juliacarriewong.com
Typically, during publicly-announced protests and marches, Oakland police create a line on Broadway at or near 7th Street, or across surrounding streets, to prevent demonstrators from protesting directly on their doorstep. This time, however, activists used the element of surprise by springing into action unannounced at 7:30am on a Monday morning, catching OPD off guard and enabling the first-ever shutdown of the fortress-like building.
The plan was to hold OPD headquarters for 4 hours and 28 minutes, the time Mike Brown's body was allowed to lay in the street after he was shot down by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Read Julia Carrie Wong’s report on the #shutdownOPD action, featuring interviews with participants Brooke Anderson and Cat Brooks:
How We Protest Now: Flagpole Sittin'
http://sf.ratter.com/how-we-protest-now-flagpole-sittin-1671284893/
Blackout Collective Shuts Down Black Friday BART Trains to San Francisco: photos (Nov 28)
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/11/28/18764764.php
Blackout Collective
https://twitter.com/blackoutcollect
#Asians4BlackLives
http://asians4blacklives.tumblr.com
Bay Area Solidarity Action Team
https://baysolidarity.wordpress.com
All photos by Julia Carrie Wong. Photos copyrighted Julia Carrie Wong republished here with permission. http://www.juliacarriewong.com
For more information:
https://www.indybay.org/police/
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