Occupy Oakland held a march on Saturday night, after setting up "symbolic teepees" throughout Oscar Grant Park. You may recall the last raid of their occupation began over a teepee in the park that the protesters actually had a permit for.

I received some emails about arrests earlier, and right now a medic is confirming that earlier in the evening a medic was violently arrested while attempting to treat an injured person. No outside confirmation of this as yet.

Right now, there is - at my best estimate - maybe 100 of the Oakland PD, certainly no more than that. The police seem calm, and are just walking around chatting with each other. Same for the protesters, just chatting.

Occupy Oakland is also calling for people to please attend the hearing for Khali Johnson on Monday, January 9th, who is facing the possibility of life in prison due to the "Three Strikes" law. Khali is facing felony charges, as are a few other Occupy Oakland protesters. There is also a call for more lawyers, and a national defense fund to help fight the numerous outrageous charges being leveled against occupiers.

Update: Okay, he's the "official version of what happened last night, via the San Francisco Chronicle. I'm adding my own notes after certain key portions:

Six people were arrested during a march staged by Occupy Oakland protesters to protest what they called previous police mistreatment of demonstrators.

The showdown Saturday night happened at the corner of Ninth and Washington streets, just blocks from Oakland police headquarters and the scene of an Oct. 25 clash in which protesters had thrown paint at riot officers, prompting police to fire tear gas.

The October 25th clash referred to is the police action that sent Iraq veteran Scott Olsen to the hospital in critical condition. Conflicting reports as to who threw what where and when, but we do know for certain that the tear gas was used, and some sort of canister hit Scott in the head.

Saturday night's arrests took place during a march from Frank Ogawa Plaza outside Oakland City Hall to the Oakland Police Department. The event began peacefully as several dozen protesters began walking along Broadway holding a banner reading "F- the police."

Um...well, Oakland has been the scene of some of the most brutal assaults by police officers we've seen during the occupy movement. But, I question the wisdom of the banner, especially with Khali's court hearing coming up tomorrow.

On Saturday night, protesters had hoped to march to Oakland police headquarters, but rows of officers stood outside the entrances, according to an online stream of the incident.

As they approached the police station, officers in riot helmets stopped marchers along Washington Street near Seventh Street, where protesters started a bonfire and some threw bottles at officers from the back of the crowd. During the protest, protesters spray-painted a letter "A" with a circle around it - the symbol for anarchy - on a media van, broke windows at a Starbucks coffee shop and on patrol cars, authorities said.

I didn't see any of the spray painting or window smashing claimed here, at least not on the livestream I was viewing. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean none of it happened.

Officer Johnna Watson, an Oakland police spokeswoman, said six people were arrested for a variety of offenses, including assaulting officers, resisting arrest and vandalism. One protester was carrying a quarter stick of dynamite and was booked for possession of an explosive device, Watson said.

There are some probable felony charges here, which are increasing at various occupy locations in the nation.

Protesters said officers failed to give a dispersal order before chasing them down and beating some of them.

We've heard this complain many times over now.

"Members of Occupy Oakland call on the city and the district attorney to release political prisoners who have been thrown in prison, and who are accused of crimes no more severe than sitting peacefully in a public space," organizers said in a statement.

I'm tracking down video of the events on Saturday, and here is video of the attempts to enter City Hall. I'm sure there will be more video footage rolling in during the day, and I'll update you with anything that sheds some light on exactly what happened - or didn't happen - in Oakland.

Oakland police have arrested members of Occupy Oakland who were demonstrating in front of City Hall.

Police in riot gear moved in on the protesters in Frank Ogawa Plaza - also known as Oscar Grant Park to the protesters - late Wednesday night and Occupy Oakland organizers said as many as 20 people were arrested.

The police action came two days after the city revoked a permit for the protesters to set up a teepee in the plaza. The teepee was supposed to be removed nightly and not be used for cooking or food storage, and it had been in the park since November.

But according to Mayor Jean Quan's goon squad, the protesters refused to comply with the terms of the permit despite multiple warnings, assertions disputed by Occupy Oakland.

This is an older picture, but according to a diarist at Daily Kos, last night Scott Olsen returned to Oscar Grant Park for the first time since the police violence at Occupy Oakland sent him to the hospital in critical condition.

It seems that the Kos diarist and Olsen were there to attend a teach-in on how to "occupy" vacant houses and buildings.

Reports late Sunday night of an "imminent" raid on Occupy Oakland quickly spread to the protesters.

Via:

"The Oakland Police Department is planning an enormous operation to evict hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters from their encampment near City Hall early Monday morning, according to police and city officials with direct knowledge of the plans."

"Oakland has agreed to pay for 700-to-1,000 officers from numerous agencies to be deployed over the next three days, according to an Oakland official who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity. The operation was shaping up as the largest and most expensive police action in Oakland in recent memory."

"The cost of the operation could reach $1 million, the official said. Combined with the city's previous effort to evict the protesters, including at least two violent clashes, cleanup and private security that may be hired to prevent the protesters from resettling on the plaza, the overall cost of Occupy Oakland could reach $5 million, he said."

The city of Oakland closed 13 schools this year to "save" $2 million. Crushing a group of peaceful campers? Priceless.

Thirty-two people were arrested today, including many clergy members, and Occupy Oakland's tent city has been dismantled.

The decision to evict the protesters by Mayor Jean Quan has cost her more than the $1 million she shelled out for extra police back-up. Dan Siegel, Quan's legal adviser, posted on Facebook that he has resigned over Monday's police raid of Occupy Oakland.

Via:

His Facebook post: "No longer Mayor Quan's legal adviser. Resigned at 2 am. Support Occupy Oakland, not the 1% and its government facilitators."

Siegel and Quan have been friends for decades, since they attended University of California, Berkeley together. Siegel was on Quan's transition team before she took office in January and stayed on as an adviser after that, drawing controversy when he openly opposed a gang injunction policy sought by the city attorney.

I wonder if Jean Quan is aware that there are people camping outside of the movie theaters waiting to see the latest "Twilight" movie? Die-hard "Twilight" fans beware!