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Victor Martinez library raided and boarded up at midnight on day one
personal commentary, not by Biblioteca Popular:
Just before midnight dozens of police officers blocked off side streets and raided the library. City workers are boarding the building up now. Fuckers! City officials must love blight and a lack of public resources. Oakland's priorities are upside down when out of town police suck away over 40% of Oakland's budget every year and a community library operated by volunteers at no cost to city taxpayers is not allowed to exist.
Just before midnight dozens of police officers blocked off side streets and raided the library. City workers are boarding the building up now. Fuckers! City officials must love blight and a lack of public resources. Oakland's priorities are upside down when out of town police suck away over 40% of Oakland's budget every year and a community library operated by volunteers at no cost to city taxpayers is not allowed to exist.
here are tweets from Biblioteca Popular coming fast and furious as raid happens:
Biblioteca Popular @BibliotecaPopul
Library being raided. Please go. #peopleslibrary
11:39 PM - 13 Aug 12
Biblioteca Popular @BibliotecaPopul
nothing was ever more heinous than giving books away from an abandoned building. #peopleslibrary being shut down by a hundred cops
11:41 PM - 13 Aug 12
Biblioteca Popular @BibliotecaPopul
Peoples library being boarded up in the middle of the night, via dozens of cops
11:44 PM - 13 Aug 12
Biblioteca Popular @BibliotecaPopul
Library being raided. Please go. #peopleslibrary
11:39 PM - 13 Aug 12
Biblioteca Popular @BibliotecaPopul
nothing was ever more heinous than giving books away from an abandoned building. #peopleslibrary being shut down by a hundred cops
11:41 PM - 13 Aug 12
Biblioteca Popular @BibliotecaPopul
Peoples library being boarded up in the middle of the night, via dozens of cops
11:44 PM - 13 Aug 12
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https://twitter.com/BibliotecaPopul
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Oakland library branches closed today due to budget cuts
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 12:38PM
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