Occupy San Francisco (SF) protestors march on a vacant building owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese on April 1, 2012 in efforts to convert the property into an open residential center for the city's homeless.
Occupy SF protestors hang a banner from the roof of a vacant building owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese they took over on April 1, 2012 in order to create a "permanent occupation" center for the city's homeless. The words on the banner, from a version of the Lord's Prayer, reading "Give us this day, our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses."
A demonstrator holds the U.S. flag upside-down as a sign of protest during an April 1, 2012 Occupy SF attempt to inhabit a vacant building owned by the local Archdiocese and convert it into open residence for the city's homeless.
A man dons a mask associated with the global activist group, Anonymous, on April 1, 2012 during an Occupy SF demonstration where protestors attempted to convert a vacant building owned by the city's Archdiocese into an open shelter for the homeless.
A protestor dangles a dollar bill from the end of a fish hook over those passing by as a metaphor for the availability of economic prosperity in today's economic climate during an Occupy SF protest on April 1, 2012, where demonstrators attempted to convert a vacant building into an open shelter for the homeless.
Viewers in the building across the street watch Occupy SF demonstrators as they attempt to convert a vacant building owned by the city's Archdiocese into an open shelter for the homeless.
Occupy SF protestors attempt to inhabit a vacant building owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese and convert it into an open shelter for the city's homeless on April 1, 2012.
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After a day of facing police action, including tear gas and rubber bullets, following their attempt to inhabit two vacant buildings in downtown Oakland, Occupy Oakland protestors reconvened at 14th St. and Broadway Ave., right in front of the City Hall building. In this picture, at approximately 10 p.m. on January 28, 2012, the protestors found a way to open the front door of City Hall.
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A U.S. flag that was taken from Oakland's City Hall building on 14th St. and Broadway Ave. and displayed in front of Occupy Oakland protestors at Frank Ogawa Plaza following a day of demonstrations that police met with militarized tactics, including the use of tear gas and bean-bag shotgun rounds on January 28, 2012.
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Protestors burn a U.S. flag that was taken from the Oakland City Hall building during an Occupy Oakland demonstration, which was met with militarized police tactics, including the use of tear gas and bean-bag shotgun rounds, after protestors attempted to inhabit two vacant buildings on January 28, 2012.
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Protestors burn a U.S. flag that was taken from the Oakland City Hall building during an Occupy Oakland demonstration, which was met with militarized police tactics, including the use of tear gas and bean-bag shotgun rounds, after protestors attempted to inhabit two vacant buildings on January 28, 2012.
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Protestors burn a U.S. flag that was taken from the Oakland City Hall building during an Occupy Oakland demonstration, which was met with militarized police tactics, including the use of tear gas and bean-bag shotgun rounds, after protestors attempted to inhabit two vacant buildings on January 28, 2012.
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Oakland Police Department (OPD) officers gather in front of City Hall after Occupy Oakland protestors made their way in, brought out a U.S. flag and set it on fire at Frank Ogawa Plaza on 14th and Broadway. The incident occurred during the Occupy Oakland protest on January 28, 2012, where demonstrators attempted to inhabit two vacant buildings and were met with militarized police tactics, including tear gas and bean-bag shotgun rounds.
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A demonstrator voices his opposition to the police acting to stop the efforts of Occupy Oakland demonstrators to inhabit two vacant buildings as the OPD officer sits on his motorcycle, guarding the entrance to City Hall on January 28, 2012. Approximately 45 minutes earlier, demonstrators entered the building, brought out a U.S. flag and set it on fire.
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Police chase down a man who was filming at the corner of 14th and Broadway during the Occupy Oakland protest on January 28, 2012, which ended in more than 400 arrests after demonstrators tried to inhabit two vacant buildings.
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Police arrest a man who was filming at the corner of 14th and Broadway during the Occupy Oakland protest on January 28, 2012, which ended in more than 400 arrests after demonstrators tried to inhabit two vacant buildings.
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A protestor holds up a sign that reads "BART COPS MURDER PASSENGERS," referring to the actions of BART police on three separate occasions that led to the deaths of three people, the first being 19-year-old Oakland resident, Oscar Grant, in the early hours of new years day, 2009.
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Woman attending a protest against the actions of BART police that took place in San Francisco dons the mask from Alan Moore's comic, "V for Vendetta," which has become the de-facto trademark of the online activist group, Anonymous.
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Man attending a protest against the actions of BART police that started on Market St. in San Francisco wears shirt proclaiming that officers of the city's Police Department illegally confiscated items he purchased as Christmas-gifts when he was previously detained.
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Members of the online activist group, Anonymous, hold signs in San Francisco protesting the decision of BART officials to jam internet and cell-phone service at their stations to prevent demonstrators from coodinating efforts in a previous protest.
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Bystanders at a bus-stop on Market St. in San Francisco express their dismay at the large police presence following the prosession of protestors marching down the street during a demonstration against the recent actions of BART police and officials.
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A police helicopter follows a procession of demonstrators marching down Market St. in San Francisco, protesting the actions of BART officials and officers to curtail previous protests.
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A protestor expresses his opinion of the heavy police presence to an SFPD motorbike officer following the procession of demonstrators walking down Market St. in San Francisco, protesting against the actions of BART police and officials decision to cut cell-phone and internet service to their trains and stations in order to curtail a previous protest.
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SFPD officers flank a procession of demonstrators marching down Market St. in protest of BART officials cutting off cell-phone service in order to curtail a previous protest and actions of BART police that have led to the death of three people on three separate occasions.
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A woman looks at the protestors marching down Market St. in San Francisco from a city bus passing by.
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Demonstrators march down Market St. in protest of BART officials cutting off cell-phone service in order to curtail a previous protest and actions of BART police that have led to the deaths of three people on three separate occasions.
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A protestor holds up a sign reading "Stop Killing The Poor," while standing on the sidewalk of Market St. in San Francisco, while SFPD attempt to clear the street of protestors.
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A bystander records the protest and police presence on his cell-phone.
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Two protestors are getting arrested after they ran through police lines, ignoring warnings from the SFPD that any people found in the street, regardless of their purpose, would be arrested.
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A bystander uses a cell-phone to record SFPD officers arresting two protestors who refused orders to move from the middle of the street.
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Press gather, documenting the protestors' confrontation with SFPD.
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A protestor gets arrested as police become more vigilant in breaking up the demonstration. An officer records the arrest to get the demonstrator's face on record.
A protestor gets arrested as police become more vigilant in breaking up the demonstration. An officer records the arrest to get the demonstrator's face on record.