Occupy Oakland protesters face the police (25 images)

Occupy Oakland protesters take down a link fence surrounding Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California on October 26, 2011. The city erected the fence to keep demonstrators from camping in the plaza after clearing out their encampment. Police moved in on the Occupy Oakland encampment overnight on Oct. 25, forcefully dispersing protesters with tear gas and allegedly, rubber bullets.

Demonstrators move away from tear gas on Broadway as police block the way to City Hall where the Occupy Oakland encampment was dismantled and protesters dispersed, in Oakland, California on October 25, 2011. UPI/Elijah Nouvelage

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Protesters face off police blocking the way to City Hall where the Occupy Oakland encampment was dismantled and protesters dispersed, in Oakland, California late October 25, 2011. Police used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. UPI/Elijah Nouvelage

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Occupy Oakland protesters share a group hug and another does a headstand in the new encampment in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California on October 27, 2011. Two days after being forcibly removed and the park fenced off, tents are springing up again. UPI/Terry Schmitt

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Occupy Oakland protester Shamus Collins shows off the rubber bullet and the bruise it produced after being shot by police as he went to the aid of injured Iraqi war veteran Scott Olsen 10/25, at a new encampment in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California on October 27, 2011. Olsen suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the Occupy Oakland protests. UPI/Terry Schmitt

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