Scenes From the Occupy Oakland vs. OPD Tuesday Night Melee

Oakland, dude. There's hella more angry, semi-organized, semi-maybe-unemployed, restless kids over there. Well, at least a couple hundred more than there have been in the daily occupation at Occupy SF. And last night things erupted into a tear-gassy mess after a day-long stand-off between displaced Frank Ogawa Plaza campers (and other non-camping protesters) and Oakland police — who were donning riot gear and guarding the perimeter of the plaza around Oakland City Hall, all day, as if it were the armory in Shays' Rebellion, and not just a smelly campsite that got a little rat-infested and poopy. Now CNN and the New York Times Lede blog are covering the story, and we can assure you it will continue on well into Wednesday and beyond.