text: Abby Martin of Media Roots captured the extremely tense moments of the Oakland PD's standoff with the Occupy Wall Street protestors before the brutal crackdown occurred.
  
  Things came to a head around 7:45 pm when the Oakland PD started throwing smoke bombs and tear gas canisters into the crowd completely unprovoked. This is what a police state looks like!
  
  Contact Oakland Mayor Jean Quan here: http://www.oaklandnet.com/contactmayor.asp
  
  http://www.mediaroots.org
  
  twitter.com/abbymartin