Shop windows, Christmas tree vandalized during Oakland protest

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Source: Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND -- Several dozen people marched through downtown Oakland Thursday night to protest recent police killings.

Demonstrators reportedly smashed store windows, vandalized the Christmas tree at Jack London Square and set a metal trash bin on fire. But protesters didn't block freeway traffic or get into a tense standoff with police, as they had in a series of tumultuous protests earlier this month in Oakland and Berkeley after grand juries declined to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouro, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.

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[DallasNE]

1. Oakland Also Has An Anarchist Cell

That is active and likes to blend in with other protesters. At least we saw that with the Occupy protests. These actions are similar to what the anarchists pulled back then.

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3. Nothing says

We want a peaceful March like breaking store front glass.

Can someone explain to me what the anarchists want and and what they would do if they got what they want.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Maybe the police department opted to provide provocateurs to create ill will for the protesters. n/t