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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProtestors in Oakland blocking I-580 freeway
Revolution News @NewsRevo now46 seconds ago
Protesters in #Oakland have blocked the 580 freeway in solidarity with #Ferguson p/v @hannimarie
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Protestors in Oakland blocking I-580 freeway (Original Post)
brooklynite
Nov 2014
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Rec'd not because I agree with them, but because I see this as sadly inevitable. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
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Jenoch
(7,720 posts)1. I do not believe this is a good idea.
maced666
(771 posts)3. Dopey.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)4. I'm here wondering
how they even pulled this off. Seriously, how do you block a freeway?
Either way, there's no excuse for this. All these troublemakers are doing is hurting the cause now by making innocent people suffer. People want to get home, and probably even have to get to work late at night.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)7. I always worry when I see this type of thing...
...about women in labor and people with wicked injuries on their way to the emergency room.
linuxman
(2,337 posts)5. Yeah, that will win people over...
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)6. Serious times call for serious measures.......
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)8. Rec'd not because I agree with them, but because I see this as sadly inevitable. n/t