The Politics of Opposition and Blockade

The first real action police took against the occupation was on the evening of sunday, february sixth. Hundreds of demonstrators carried fuel cans, some empty, some not, just right past officers who mostly stood and watched as hundreds of people trolled them with decoy cans. Police say they seized around three thousand and 700 leters of fuel and two vehicles, including a deasel tank. But within hours of the raid, protestors from the camp broadcast reassurance to their supporter s and continued to organize, just utilizing smarter tactics. The day after the police raid, protesters continued to deliver fuel to downtown truckers as they executed a coordinated effort to exhaust police resources.