Photography Is Not A Crime of the Day: Just when you think the Oakland PD's response to Occupy Oakland couldn't get any worse, a

Occupy Oakland News Update of the Day: The thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters who participated in yesterday's General Strike were ultimately successful in their effort to shut down the city's port.

The Port of Oakland ceased normal operations yesterday evening a

Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Several thousand protesters -- including hundreds of teachers -- took to the streets of Oakland today, answering Occupy Oakland's

Occupy Wall Street Movement News Update of the Day: 24-year-old Iraq vet Scott Olsen, who has become "a figurehead of the Occupy Wall Street movement" since being hit in the head by an as-yet-unidentified police projectile, is awake and alert after being unconscious

99 Purrcenter of the Day: Washington City Paper's Shani Hilton caught this odd photo/headline pairing in the Washington Post's print coverage of yesterday's Occupy Oakland raid, which she says "amounted to an AP picture of your friendly local Oakland police officer petting a kitten and a headline which read: 'Protesters Wearing Out Their Welcome Nationwide'."

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Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Following yesterday's dismantling by Oakland PD of the Occupy Oakland tent city erected outside City Hall two weeks ago, some 1,000 people attempted to reclaim the plaza and were met with fierce resistance from local authorities.

Dramatic video footage from last night's clashes show canisters of tear gas, among other projectiles, be

Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: At approximately 4:45 AM PT this morning, some 500 Oakland police officers in full riot gear entered Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall, and proceeded to dismantle the tent city erected by members of Occupy Oakland two weeks ago.

Protesters attempted to fend off the police with firecrackers, a fire extinguisher, and stolen police barriers, bu