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Oakland Port Shutdown Chronology
A chronology of events at the time the information was relayed from picketers by cell phones at the Oakland Ports
7:05am- Police have arrived and are wearing gas masks facing a non-violent legal moving pickett line at the Oakland Ports
7:16am- First order to disperse was given to one group; most given the order disperse started to walk away
7:30am- People in this group started dispersing west after dispersal notice given. Police tell them that "it's legal for them to be there as long as they're moving"
7:40am- exploding noises heard about 100ft away by group dispersing. People are saying it's tear gas. Police are advancing towards the dispersing pickett
8:02am- group is being rushed by motorcycles at high speeds; order to disperse given again after they left the last site they were told to disperse from; police are shooting something (people say that they're shooting wooden/rubber bullets and concussion grenades); people running; location: around middle harbor road; groups are being divided; people who were driving down the street are getting out of their cars and running; "it's mayhem"; police telling people that they have 2 minutes to disperse as they are dispersing and being shot at with concussion grenades and tear gas.
8:08am- picketers at another site in the Oakland ports called and said that they recieved notice that the ILWU sent their workers home for the day.
8:10am- attempted to reach group running from police; no answer
8:24am- attempted to reach group running from police; no answer
8:27am- Group running from police calls; things have settled down a little bit; they're being pushed towards the North by the police; location: they can see the Bay Bridge and Marin; they're walking along side chicken wire fences and can see a lot of trucks; the police had been shooting rubber bullets (at least one person was knicked in the shoulder by a bullet in this group); police are shooting concussion grenades as they push the crowd that is walking; a woman driving her car was dragged out of her car and hand-cuffed with zip-ties @ around 8:12am; her car was confiscated; other than that, this group didn't hear of any particular arrests
8:40am- At least one person from the group had been hit in the hand by the rubber bullets; the group was currently at 7th and Maritime; one cop car is ahead of group dispersing directing traffic; at some point they asked to see the organizers of the group; the group responded that they had no leaders; a couple hundred people at this point could be seen down the street marching in a tightly-knit group
8:50- At least three members of one group had been arrested on the train tracks as they ran from concussion grenades and tear gas earlier.
9:20am- Person who had been hit in the hand by the wooden bullet seems to have a broken hand; he is to be brought to Alta Vista hospital
9:40am- Report from protestor at the scene that the protest had been completely non-violent and that she was very suprised that one of the gates had been targeted with tear gas, concussion grenades and rubber/ wooden bullets even as the group dispersed when the police asked them to disperse. Many non-violent picketers remain at the docks.
7:16am- First order to disperse was given to one group; most given the order disperse started to walk away
7:30am- People in this group started dispersing west after dispersal notice given. Police tell them that "it's legal for them to be there as long as they're moving"
7:40am- exploding noises heard about 100ft away by group dispersing. People are saying it's tear gas. Police are advancing towards the dispersing pickett
8:02am- group is being rushed by motorcycles at high speeds; order to disperse given again after they left the last site they were told to disperse from; police are shooting something (people say that they're shooting wooden/rubber bullets and concussion grenades); people running; location: around middle harbor road; groups are being divided; people who were driving down the street are getting out of their cars and running; "it's mayhem"; police telling people that they have 2 minutes to disperse as they are dispersing and being shot at with concussion grenades and tear gas.
8:08am- picketers at another site in the Oakland ports called and said that they recieved notice that the ILWU sent their workers home for the day.
8:10am- attempted to reach group running from police; no answer
8:24am- attempted to reach group running from police; no answer
8:27am- Group running from police calls; things have settled down a little bit; they're being pushed towards the North by the police; location: they can see the Bay Bridge and Marin; they're walking along side chicken wire fences and can see a lot of trucks; the police had been shooting rubber bullets (at least one person was knicked in the shoulder by a bullet in this group); police are shooting concussion grenades as they push the crowd that is walking; a woman driving her car was dragged out of her car and hand-cuffed with zip-ties @ around 8:12am; her car was confiscated; other than that, this group didn't hear of any particular arrests
8:40am- At least one person from the group had been hit in the hand by the rubber bullets; the group was currently at 7th and Maritime; one cop car is ahead of group dispersing directing traffic; at some point they asked to see the organizers of the group; the group responded that they had no leaders; a couple hundred people at this point could be seen down the street marching in a tightly-knit group
8:50- At least three members of one group had been arrested on the train tracks as they ran from concussion grenades and tear gas earlier.
9:20am- Person who had been hit in the hand by the wooden bullet seems to have a broken hand; he is to be brought to Alta Vista hospital
9:40am- Report from protestor at the scene that the protest had been completely non-violent and that she was very suprised that one of the gates had been targeted with tear gas, concussion grenades and rubber/ wooden bullets even as the group dispersed when the police asked them to disperse. Many non-violent picketers remain at the docks.
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I can attest that the picket along Mid Harbor road was very peaceful, small and quiet from 7:30 to 9. As trucks started rolling by us at about 8:45 many smiled, waved and honked in support.
We saw crowds running from the cops down the way along Maritime or Union(?)
I rode over to find the retreating group of protesters. Saw the singers in white--tried to park to join them. Then motorcycle cops began throwing flash grenades--making loud sounds and terrorizing picketers. There brigade of bikes were blocking traffic too.
Was yelled at by an angry cop "you better get out of here if you don't want to get involved in all this!"
We saw crowds running from the cops down the way along Maritime or Union(?)
I rode over to find the retreating group of protesters. Saw the singers in white--tried to park to join them. Then motorcycle cops began throwing flash grenades--making loud sounds and terrorizing picketers. There brigade of bikes were blocking traffic too.
Was yelled at by an angry cop "you better get out of here if you don't want to get involved in all this!"
10:07am- report from people on the scene that two people from their a cluster group were missing; at least three members of the group had welts all over their backs from rubber bullets; these picketers were supposedly "dazed"; one picketer - nicknamed "Huggy Bear" for liberally giving hugs to friends and acquaintences- was asked if he wanted a hug; he reportedly said "I don't want to hug anyone"; a close friend calls such an emotional reaction by Huggy Bear "severe"
three members of our affinity group arrested at approx. 8:30 am.
those on the scene report that the police continued to fire rubber and wooden bullets, and flash grenades. then, they began to rush protesters who were standing peacefully on the railroad tracks.
one woman was seen being run over by an officer on a motorcycle.
our buddies were last seen face down on the ground being handcuffed.
the whereabouts of the arrested protesters are currently unknown and we have not yet made contact with them.
those on the scene report that the police continued to fire rubber and wooden bullets, and flash grenades. then, they began to rush protesters who were standing peacefully on the railroad tracks.
one woman was seen being run over by an officer on a motorcycle.
our buddies were last seen face down on the ground being handcuffed.
the whereabouts of the arrested protesters are currently unknown and we have not yet made contact with them.
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