According to various reports, about 300 protesters were arrested on Saturday in the Occupy Oakland protests. As you might imagine, related content is flooding the social networks. There are lots of videos of police/protester clashing.
Here are some of the YouTube videos that have been going around:
While the channel is offline at the time of this writing, a UStream channel has been livestreaming the protests.
Here’s some of the current chatter going on about Occupy Oakland on Twitter (it’s pretty similar on Facebook and Google+):
@granitesentry
Granite Sentry100s arrested at #Occupy Oakland; protesters break into City Hall http://t.co/6p1wvbpe Like herding feral cats. #tcot
3 minutes ago via Tweet Button · powered by @socialditto
@jeffunderwood71
Jeff Underwood@StefanHofmeyer Is Oakland safe or out of control? Looks like the occupy movement got a bit out of hand yesterday. Is all well with you? 7 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
@PrettyMuchRed
The Red FoxOccupy Oakland is ruining it for all the peaceful ones. 9 minutes ago via web · powered by @socialditto
#Occupy #Oakland Protesters Injure 3 Police Officers: youtu.be/5If0nRhv_PM via @youtube
— Summer of Justice DC (@JusticeDC2012) January 29, 2012
The tweets are rolling in like crazy. You can follow the conversation here.