Oakland officials assess damage to City Hall by Occupy protesters

Posted by: Los Angeles Informer Posted date: January 29, 2012 In: Local News | comment : 0

Photo: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan surveys damage to City Hall on Sunday in Oakland following an Occupy protest Saturday. After a confrontation with police, demonstrators gained entrance to City Hall where they burned an American flag, broke glass and toppled a model of City Hall. Credit: Noah Berger/Associated Press

Oakland officials surveyed damage Sunday from a volatile Occupy protest that resulted in hundreds of arrests the day before and left the historic City Hall vandalized after demonstrators broke into the building, smashed display cases, cut electrical wires and burned an American flag.

Two local jails were still processing arrests that a police spokeswoman said could number “in the 400s” from Saturday’s daylong protest -– the most contentious since authorities dismantled the Occupy Oakland encampment late last year.

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