A man was fatally shot near the Occupy Oakland camp.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
A young man was fatally shot Thursday evening just yards from the Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall. And before the ambulance had even pulled away, people were debating whether the killing was somehow linked to the month-old gathering.
The man, whom several Occupy campers said they did not recognize, was shot in the head at about 5 p.m. outside a BART station exit in Frank Ogawa Plaza, at 14th Street and Broadway. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he was pronounced dead, said interim Police Chief Howard Jordan.
Jordan - speaking to reporters over protesters who shouted, "This is not Occupy Oakland" - said two groups of people had gotten into a fight that ended when someone pulled out a gun and fired. Witnesses said they heard four to six shots, and saw several young men flee. No arrests have been made, and the dead man's name has not been released.
The shooting happened in a busy section of downtown Oakland adjacent to the Occupy an encampment where drug use is prevalent, and where devoted protesters have increasingly struggled to control fights and robberies and deal with mentally ill homeless people.
Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who has repeatedly called for the camp's removal, said, "Unfortunately, we will have no excuse for not taking action. This was escalating and was going to happen."
Of course, it was going to happen.
These Occupy camps are human cesspools.
Video, from Big Government:
This man says a guy is dead because of a fight over a bag of weed.
Mainstream media are reporting the "motive behind the shooting remains unclear."
Whatever, the violence and lawlessness and filth that fill these camps must be addressed. It's time for leaders in the cities being "occupied" to stop looking the other way.
It's time to liberate the "occupied" cities and restore order in the name of public safety and health.
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