Occupy Protesters Disavow Oakland Violence

Occupy Wall Street protesters had just half a day to celebrate what they saw as their biggest victory so far, a daylong gathering in California that drew thousands of people and led to the peaceful shutdown of the United States’ fifth-busiest port. Then, after midnight, the vandalism began.

After a small group of what city leaders called “provocateurs” clashed with riot police, set fires and shattered windows in Oakland early Thursday, demonstrators across the country condemned the violence and wondered whether it would destroy their cause.

“They don’t speak for the majority of people who were here yesterday,” said Hadas Alterman, a college student who was gathering trash at a tent camp near Oakland City Hall.


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