The Protests in Oakland

The cops will trot out these bare casts of rioting the protests on the side of these armored vehicles. They'll greet glass bottles with like shotgun fired beanbags that just sacks full of lead. And you'll see them, they'll fire these pepper balls at you with marking dye to try and mark you for later arrest. New York City is very different. They don't use tear gas in the same way. The issues that later make the national conversation in the US, you really see them very early in Oakland. If you were just in the wrong place, the wrong time,. A Marine veteran actually almost died in Oakland. He was in a coma for weeks after getting shot point blank