Police have used tear gas and baton rounds to break up demonstrations in Oakland, California over the past two nights.
Some 100 people have been arrested in the city during the clashes. On Monday night hundreds of police officers cleared the two Occupy Oakland camps, firing tear gas and beanbag rounds into the crowds.
On Tuesday night around 1,000 people gathered in Oakland to protest the arrests, marching towards city hall and vowing to retake Frank Ogawa Plaza – the original Occupy Oakland site.
The police have been accused of heavyhanded tactics in dispersing the protesters. They used tear gas and fired beanbag rounds, and have been accused of using 'flash bang' grenades – something have specifically denied.
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