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5 adults, 1 juvenile reportedly arrested. ‘March’ organized by Occupy Oakland, one of the most violent factions of Occupy.

Via NBC:

At least two officers were injured as demonstrations over police killings turned violent in California overnight, with protesters smashing windows and hurling rocks at cops, according to authorities. Berkeley Police said officers used smoke and tear gas after crowds refused to disperse. What started out as a peaceful protest devolved into chaos when “splinter groups broke off and began hurling bricks, pipe, smoke grenades, and other missiles at officers,” according to Berkeley Police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats.

She said “numerous officers” were struck and that one officer who was struck with a large sandbag was treated for a dislocated shoulder at a local hospital. Protesters vandalized cars, smashing windows and looting businesses, according to Coats, who said a Trader Joe’s, a Radio Shack and a Wells Fargo Bank were vandalized along with “numerous” police cars.

The local police department was reinforced by more than a hundred officers from other local police departments, highway patrol and the county sheriff’s office. Coats was not immediately able to say how many injuries and arrests had taken place given the situation was ongoing.

KCBS reporter Mark Seelig described it as a “mob scene.” He said employees at Trader Joes shut themselves inside the store in an effort to escape the violence.
The march was was organized by Occupy Oakland and other groups, to protest recent grand jury decisions in Ferguson and New York.

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