Police move into the anti-Wall Street protester encampment, clearing out demonstrators, making arrests, and taking down tents.
Police form a line at the Occupy Oakland protest site as a police helicopter flies overhead. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Police escort a demonstrator taken into custody at Occupy Oakland. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Police stand in position as authorities prepared to clear out the Occupy Oakland encampment. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
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Police take down a shelter at Occupy Oakland protest site. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
An Occupy Oakland demonstrator lights a candle after a man was shot and killed near the Occupy Oakland camp. (Kimihiro Hoshino / AFP / Getty Images)
Two demonstrators embrace at a street corner where a man was shot and killed after an altercation outside a makeshift campsite for Occupy Wall Street protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)
Madea Williams cries in front of a shrine in remembrance of a man who was shot and killed outside of a campsite for Occupy Wall Street protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)
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Occupy Oakland protesters claim a vacant building during a march downtown. Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters took to Oakland’s streets as part of a daylong series of events, billed as a general strike, aimed at asserting the movement’s strength and shutting down commerce. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
A demonstrator uses a video camera as he stands in a cloud of tear gas fired by police at the Occupy Oakland demonstration. Police in riot gear clashed with protesters in Oakland in the early morning hours on Thursday, firing tear gas to disperse demonstrators lingering in the streets after a day of mostly peaceful rallies. (Stephen Lam / Reuters)
Sheriff’s deputies advance on Occupy Oakland protesters early Thursday morning. Following a mainly peaceful daylong protest by thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators, several hundred rallied through the night with some painting graffiti, breaking windows and setting file to garbage cans. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters attempt to put out a trash fire. (Kimihiro Hoshino / AFP / Getty Images)
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An anarchy symbol is painted on the entrance to an office building at 1333 Broadway in Oakland following an Occupy Oakland protest early Thursday morning. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Demonstrators in the street flash peace signs at the Occupy Oakland demonstration. (Stephen Lam / Reuters)
Protesters help an injured Occupy Oakland demonstrator after a police-fired projectile struck his leg. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protestors stand atop a big rig at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday. Thousands took to Oakland’s streets as part of a daylong general strike. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
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Occupy Oakland protester Alfredo Coronado waves a flag atop a big rig at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters march from downtown Oakland to the city’s port Wednesday. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters stand atop a railroad scaffold at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
A small group of Occupy Oakland protesters smash windows at a Wells Fargo bank branch.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
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A broken window at a Chase bank in Oakland. Protesters teamed up with labor unions to picket banks, take over foreclosed homes and vacant buildings, and disrupt operations at the nation’s fifth-busiest port. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters rally in front of the State of California building. Oakland’s citywide general strike, a hastily planned and ambitious action, seeks to shut down the Port of Oakland. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
Demonstrators clash in Oakland. (Eric Thayer / Getty Images)
An Occupy Oakland protester who gave her name as Nancy, right, scales a pole while hanging a banner. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
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Protesters gather at Frank Ogawa Plaza on in Oakland on Wednesday night. Police are allowing protesters back into the plaza after the violence there Tuesday, with police firing tear gas into a crowd of hundreds of protesters associated with the Occupy Oakland movement. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Occupy Oakland protesters knock down a fence at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland. Police are allowing protesters back into the area near City Hall. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
A man kneels during the Occupy Oakland protest on Wednesday. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
A protester waves an American flag in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
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Occupy Oakland protesters run from tear gas deployed by police in downtown Oakland, Calif. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters huddle together after police used tear gas to disperse a large crowd. Many demonstrators were arrested. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters help a man injured after police used tear gas to disperse protesters Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters flee after police deploy tear gas to disperse a large crowd that gathered at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
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Occupy Oakland protesters yell at police stopping their path. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza near City Hall. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
An Oakland police officer pets a cat at an Occupy Oakland site. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
An American flag is left discarded as a remnant of the Occupy Oakland protests. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
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The possessions of Occupy Oakland protesters are seen in Frank H. Ogawa plaza near City Hall. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
Police officers in Oakland, Calif., sift through possessions left by Occupy Oakland protesters near City Hall. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)