#OccupyOakland protestors were prepared to be met with violence from agents of the state on Jan 28, 2012.
In Oakland,
Lee Romney reports from the LATimes:
More than three-fourths of the 360 protesters taken to jails were cited for failing to disperse or “remaining at the scene of a riot,” jail records showed. They have since been released.
Of those arraigned Tuesday, four were charged with felonies, including assault on an officer.
At the request of prosecutors, the judge ordered them to stay away from the City Hall plaza where the movement has carried out most of its protests, as well as from the convention center that activists attempted to occupy Saturday.
They will enter pleas Thursday.
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