these are protesters marching under the headline of oscar grant. of course, he is the bart passenger who was killed by a police officer about two years ago, so this is a march against what they allege is police brutality. we have two crews on the scene. we'll have the latest for you right here on cbs. we'll be right back. killed there. that death happened 2-weeks ago during the >>> hell's angels were back to bury a fellow member that was shot there. at today's burial the only gunfire was the salute from the u.s. military. but as mark shows us police kept a close eye. >> the procession heading to oak hill memorial park stretched as far as the eye could see and it also could be heard from great distances as well. the body of steve cow son a santa cruz member of the hell's angels was carried in a hearse. >> he was a very nice gentleman, very good, good father. good provider, good man. >> reporter: earlier police say about a thousand people gathered at the jubilee christian center for a private memorial service. the only visible sign of police were a f

riots which was in response to the killing of oscar grant by police on a subway platform which is why we renamed to franco gallo. and so you know you know in terms of nonviolence what we really seen is a lot of violence from the police and you know residents of oakland standing standing up to the police and i think that you know when occupy oakland refused to let the police into our occupation you know people felt more free than they had ever really felt because they were free from that police violence and that community support in terms of you know creating that police free zone and you know the old aphorism that the state creates its own enemies is really it's a really important aphorism here in oakland and i think that you know the response to the police. from from you know the people of oakland. you know it's nothing in comparison to the violence that was handed down to us from the police i should say right now there's an iraqi veteran who's a member of iraq veterans against the war who's in the hospital right now his condition is rapidly deteriorating he has a skull fractu

>>jackie: one person just put up a sign that said it this is oscar grant plaza. they are also protesting corporate greed. yesterday, hundreds of protesters, in solidarity with occupy wall street that started about a month ago. and occupies san francisco started about two weeks ago. here in frank ogawa plaza in front oakland city hall, dozens of protesters are protesting everything from corporate greed to wall street greed, you saw the sign that said oscar grant. a number of causes. there is no one is centralized caused to unite them other than rage against the status quo. they say that 1 per cent is controlling the 99 percent. for right now, it is very peaceful. they seem to be extremely well organized. they have tents set up out here. they look like they are in it for the long haul. right now everything is a relatively quiet. >> darya: take a look on left, that is video out of boston. police arrested about 50 protesters last night from the occupied boston movement because they ignored warnings to to move from a site near the official in camera. on the right is v

she created a film around the oscar grant story and documented youth reaction to the case. [applause] sh andcheyyenne carson is improg conditions of youth who have parents and custody. [applause] denise castro, 17, is a college- bound ambassador at marshall elementary school where she helps students with their homework and students with after-school activities. she is an inspiring member to the students she works with. she is also a captain of her high school soccer team. [applause] efrian hernandez, 16, takes part in the youth development boxing club where he helps his peers build confidence and discipline. he is often seen encouraging others to push themselves harder and not give up, proving to be and our role model. [applause] [applause] evira ziayz, 18, a career counselor with lyric and has worked hard to build partnerships. she motivates other young people to be their best while demonstrating respectful and responsible leadership wherever she is. [applause] [applause] gerald is at inner-city youth where he incurred as other people to be leaders. gerald is also praised

more people are joining this movement, including the family members of oscar grant and military veterans. they were moved after seeing iraqi war vet scott olsen critically injured during a police crackdown last week. >> scott olsen is a good example of the police brutality. the underlying threat to this whole movement has to do with police brutality. >> our message to the police is hands off the vets. >> organizers very occupy oakland say they are also planning to march to the port of oakland and shut it down as part of their wednesday general strike as well. >>> this morning, the oakland mayor calls for a general strike on an official-looking city website, but the only problem is the mayor's staff says that site is a fake. take a look yourself. looks pretty official at first glance, but the site is oaklandmayor.com. the city's official website is oaklandnet.com. the imposter website boasts a letter allegedly penned by the mayor in which she supports the occupy movement and calls for a general strike. the mayor's office denies these claims and calls them bogus. we are still trying to tra

. >> the port of san francisco is a victim of the police violence on tuesday morning, at the oscar grant plaza. i was provided with a bracelet at the time, and a good rest of my arms. there was violence. there was police violence. first, they attacked by tear gas. then the police came through with batons. the police and banged on the tense. -- the police bang down attempts -- banged on the tents with their batons. i believe that the majority of the resistance can be described as a strong peace movement and an exercise of first amendment rights. therefore, it should be abundantly clear that there was no danger, whatsoever. that this was an attempt to criminalize the scent. to marginalize the sand and paint a picture where hooded people, like today, with sunglasses are the enemy. this is absurd. this is a political as asian -- politicalization of the police, utilizing overly aggressive police response to minor matters. working people must unite with the mend. this is what the protesters -- must unite with that of the demand -- must unite with the demand. that is what the protesters explain

if it is not a criminal trial, as with the oscar grant shooting, everybody saw the way that went. >> [unintelligible] >> i am sorry? and if it goes another way, then it proceeds down that track. >> any other comments? any closing comments by anyone? i think they have said their due. >> i have one. >> ok. >> these issues are very complex. there are legitimate sides. but i do think that it requires thoughtful analysis of the issues as we try to look at a department, having been looking at a department and trying to offer solutions. i realize how complex and challenging it is to move the agenda, but if you have good will for the different sides, but we can do it if there is a commitment on the part of the department as well as the public officials. because public officials need to make a commitment to hold the police department accountable. if they do not do that, it does not matter what the lawyers agree upon. at the end of the day, the officers will be held accountable to the public officials and public officials -- if the public officials do not hold them accountable, and nothing pos

we saw signs for legalizing marijuana and people speaking out about oscar grant.here's a disparity between the ultra rich. dan danny glover was here. >> we don't know what this movement is going to be. right nou, right now, we don't know what tomorrow is going to bring. the uncertainty of what we are in, there's a great deal of uncertainty. anything is possible. we have to imagine this is a better world. >> reporter: of course, this is part of a bigger movement that began as occupy wall street in new york city last month. the mayor spoke and voiced their support of the jobs, not cuts message. back here live you can see most of those who took part in the march have left. others are camped out here in city hall. they put up their tents and have no immediate plans to leave. >> thank you, monty. protests continued in new york today as well. 24 people arrested for trespassing after storming into a citibank in manhattan. they accused the bank of playing a role in the financial crisis. the occupy wall street protests spread worldwide with demonstrations in 900 cities in

one thing about this protest, you compare this perhaps to the oscar grant protest, where there was a of damage to restaurants, to businesses, to cars. that is one thing we have not seen in this protest. i think we have someone on the phone now? >> yeah, we can go to amber lee. she joins us on the phone. where are you now and what are you seeing? >> we're at broadway, crossing 10th, i'm following the protesters. after a little bit, they just started walking again, and when i asked a couple of protesters where they're headed, they said they don't really know, so they're just following the crowd. i don't see anything. they're not damaging anything. just walking along peacefully, some of them are bicycling. i see, i would say more than 200 people out here just leisurely walking down broadway. headed towards the police station, but like i said, i don't know what their destination is whether it's the 880, or the police department. >> right now, they're only about four blocks from 880 there amber. do you see any police at all in the area? >> i see police on the side street watching, but not

one thing about this protest, you compare this perhaps to the oscar grant protest, where there was a of damage to restaurants, to businesses, to cars. that is one thing we have not seen in this protest. i think we have someone on the phone now? >> yeah, we can go to amber lee. she joins us on the phone. where are you now and what are you seeing? >> we're at broadway, crossing 10th, i'm following the protesters. after a little bit, they just started walking again, and when i asked a couple of protesters where they're headed, they said they don't really know, so they're just following the crowd. i don't see anything. they're not damaging anything. just walking along peacefully, some of them are bicycling. i see, i would say more than 200 people out here just leisurely walking down broadway. headed towards the police station, but like i said, i don't know what their destination is whether it's the 880, or the police department. >> right now, they're only about four blocks from 880 there amber. do you see any police at all in the area? >> i see police on the side street watching, but not

demonstration march following the verdict of johannes mehserle sh the bart officer who shot and killed oscar grant. i asked the mayor if she felt torn between her official duties and the need to call an end to the demonstration autos it's a day-to-day thing. people have been so far cooperative. we've had a problem they've been cooperative this, reminds me of mad max and thunder dome. >> and she isn't sure what to make. signs? cooking pots? sit ins? sleep ins, dogs and trash. >> i'm not sure if this is accomplishing anything. >> this roof top view shows how massive this occupation has become. protests started and there was a demonstration against wide spread unemployment. but this tent city turned into something diverse as people and their signs leave something confused about the message and mission. >> i saw someone talking about different amendments and to me that is not the focus of occupy oakland. >> michelle disagrees. >> if you have too much of a message or too much clarity or one idea to pinpoint, then everybody gets to tear it down. it gives people a chance to hone in on what real change me

the group showed off photos of oscar grant, harding and others killed by law enforcement officers. organizers say tomorrow they will hold demonstrations across the country as part of a national day of protest. >>> the city of oakland tonight has put occupy protesters on notice they must break up camp and the clock is ticking. christien kafton is live in oakland with the order handed down from city hall just about 90 minutes ago, christien. >> a little while ago, late this afternoon the city issued a new notice notifying the protesters they must leave. protesters gave us a tour of the occupy location saying the city has no reason to kick them out. occupy oakland moved in ten days ago, this afternoon the city issued a second notice saying the occupiers have to go. >> our goal is to have the protesters leave peacefully. today we put them on notice this will no longer be allowed. >> reporter: there's been reports of rats, violence. >> we're not breaking the laws. this is the city, what would you rather have the drug dealers that were here. >> reporter: occupiers say they've been some i

it calls the park oscar grant plaza and says occupy oakland will do as they see fit. reporter: are you willing to meet that with some kind of resistance, a fight to stay here? >> a fight would be particularly slanted word. i would say resistance is a very good word for it. >> the city says the public cooking, densely-populated tents, poor santation and threats of violence have left the plaza unsafe and unhealthy, but it's not clear exactly who would decide whether or not to evict the protestors by force. today the protestors are planning a rally in the plaza at 11:00 followed by a march at noon. >>> house majority leader eric cantor canceled a speech after learning it would be open to the public and that some occupy protestors were planning to show up. even without cantor's appearance protests went ahead yesterday at the university of pennsylvania. the republican congressman had planned to give a talk there about the gap between the rich and the poor. >>> home for the holidays, that is a reality for most u.s. troops in iraq. president obama just announced a complete w

. >> oscar grant's family is aligning themselves with the occupy wall street movement as well. >> scott olson is a good example of the police brutality. the underlined threat to this whole movement has to deal with police brutality. >> this isn't going away. >> this isn't going away. >> and michael moore travelled across the bay saturday to add his starpower to san francisco's occupy protest. >> we the people want to occupy the economy that is ours. this is a democracy. >> it's as simple as that, we're demanding democracy, this is our democracy movement. >> it's a movement that's caused chase and wells fargo to join the list of banks that won't be charging customers to use their debit cards. still, protesters say it's not enough to make them leave. >> no, that's not -- there needs to be a big change in this country. they need to strength dodd frank or bring back de gal, they have to regulate these people. >> despite brief clashes with police, there were no arrests during that protest earlier this evening when protesters marched throughout this city, mean while, they are planning for an

. >> reporter: they are taking me inside what they call oscar grant plaza, school, library and garden showing they are ready to stay for months. >> we have a plan. i can't uncover that but i'll guarantee they want to watch what they're doing. >> reporter: police want to watch what they're doing? >> yes. >> reporter: what specifically are you looking for city hall to do? >> nothing. it's time for a change. >> reporter: you're not leaving? >> no. >> reporter: in oakland, stephanie chuang, cbs 5. >>> in the south bay an "occupy san jose" encampment outside city hall is now gone. police moved in early this morning, arrest protestors and carting away their tents. concern had grown about a build- up of trash and poor sanitation. police say seven people were arrested on misdemeanor charges one for felony vandalism for allegedly scratching a police car. >>> the "occupy" movement says that they are part of the 99% so where does the rich 1% actual live? turns out a good portion are right here in the bay area. according to research firm, san francisco ranks third nationwide with the most residen

for service, and in response to police using tear gas on protesters here on tuesday night, the oscar grant committee organized an against police brutality event that will take place behind me this evening. details at 5:30. elise kir shall ner, bay area news. >> thank you. >>> another group calling itself the other 98% planned an event today at ocean beach. this event was planned months ago, before the occupy movement took off and was scheduled almost a year before election day 2012. the idea was to use human bodies as a medium for the message tax the 1%. >> we know why we are here. the dice are loaded, the game is rigged. we are sending the message there are 98, 99% of us that think there's an equitable way to fix the loaded dice and rigged system and this is a place to start. >> they spelled out tax the 1% with human bodies there as you can see. it was accomplished about noon. about a thousand participated in the message. the additional message? the middle class is too big to fail. >>> what they call a matter of life and death, dozens of friends and family members of a mentally ill man ar

we have as a community is that i will be doing this, wearing a t-shirt like i am wearing one of oscar grantause he was beautifully killed. that is an issue we have in our community. one of the most vocal people in the san francisco bay view -- the only person that is coming out and speaking as much as he is is now in jail. it is really a reminder of the sentiment and the environment right now, and this is not a way to lead the use theyouth -- lead the youth. >> good afternoon. i wanted to give each of the supervisors a copy of the recommendations i got from his school. as was stated before, he is a straight a student at city college, and he has been trying to do the right thing. he is only speaking the truth, and he is speaking up for people who could not -- even myself. i do not speak up. i was letting go. but he has the nerve to speak up for things bigger than himself, and i am proud of him, but i am offered for him. anything you can do to help protect my son and he just want to tell the truth, and i am afraid for him, and i do not want to have his name added to the list of people killed

instead, they were circulating this letter addressed to the city administrator saying this is oscar grant plaza and occupy oakland will do as they see fit. >> are you willing to meet that with some kind of resistance? a fight to stay here? >> a fight would be particularly slanted word. i would say resistance is a good word for it. >> in their words, support based numbers in the thousands and they will mobilize to protect this space and its people. >> we are dedicated. >> the city says the public cooking, the densely populated tents wet and deteriorating. public urination, threats of violence have left this plaza unsafe and unhealthy and some of the occupiers agree. >> i don't support just blatant unsanitary conditions. >> protesters must take conditions seriously. but anger has over flowed in recent days. a local reporter was even bitten by on occupier's dog. there are things that are lacking. >> what would you say you are lacking right now? >> the introduction of alcohol and drugs, especially by the folkses that were doing that in the first place. >> so why is this feel an active occupat

we saw signs for legalizing marijuana, anti-war signs, even some speaking out about oscar grant. but for the most resounding message it seems to be about the disparity between the ultra rich and the middle class. actor danny glover was one of the speakers here today. we spoke to him one-on-one about 40 minutes ago. here is how he defined the message. >> people are going to talk about how do i get bread on my family's table? how do i get work again? how do i use my skills as a man with skills or a woman with skills for employment and to make a living? that's the basic thing. we're talking about something much bigger. we have to talk about a shift in resources, a shift in income. >> reporter: of course this is part of a much bigger movement which began as the occupy wall street event in new york city. at the start of today's march oakland's mayor and richmond's mayor both spoke and voiced their support of the jobs not cuts message. now many of the protesters have already left following the march. as you can see live there are others who are still camped out here in front of the cit

instead, they were circulating this letter saying this is oscar grant plaza and occupy oakland will do as they see fit. >> are you willing to meet that with some kind of resistance? a fight to stay here? >> a fight would be particularly slanted word. resistance is a good word for it. >> in fact, occupiers say the support based numbers in the thousands and they will mobilize to protect this space and its people. >> we are dedicated. >> the city says the public, the densely populated tents wet and deteriorating haze, public urination left this plaza unsafe and unhealthy and some of the occupiers agree. >> i don't think we have been doing the best that we can in making sure everyone is safe and healthy. >> i don't support just blatant unsanitary conditions. health and safety needs to be addressed. >> protesters must take conditions seriously. but anger has over flowed in recent days while local reporter was bitten by an occupier's dog. tonight, they admit there are things that are lacking. >> where would you say you are lacking right now? >> the introduction of alcohol and drugs, especial

do have here, there is another protest planned in march for 8:00 tonight, in connection with the oscar grant committee, and that of course can again protest alleged police brutality. >> ann? >> don knapp in oakland, thank you very much. >>> a change of heart by santa rosa city officials after occupation protesters took up residence at that city hall today. on wednesday, occupy santa rosa announced plans to set up tents in defiance of laws against camping at city hall. and after originally promising a crackdown, the city manager today instructed police not to break up the encampment, at least for now. organizers already have their plans to extend their stay. >> all they've said so far is we can stay until november 1 which is a big step already, but at the council meeting, the city council meeting on november 1, we are all going to show up and we're going to propose an emergency resolution to get rid of the camping ordinance for our organization. >> city officials say they decided against police intervention after watching violence in oakland erupt earlier in the week. >>> well there is more g

some of them holding signs that read justice for oscar grant. now they appeared to make their statement then move on. don knapp is in oakland where this is going on the. don? >> reporter: that's right. the march to protest alleged police brutality became a chase and race and a contest of wills between demonstrators and police. they'd turn and go somewhere else and the police would race to get ahead of them. here's how it went earlier tonight. they're back here now. [ people chanting ] after dark, the occupy oakland city hall rally had swollen with people who had come to march? a protest of alleged police brutality. primarily the actions earlier this week that chased protestors from tent city they had maintained for about two weeks. but police largely out of sight until the march formed a blue line blocking access to headquarters and the alameda county court building and they were again met and stopped by more police officers. [ people chanting ] everyone no doubt had in mind the city's move tuesday to remove the protestors from city hall. a tent

we saw what happened with the oscar grant shooting. now, people watching this unfold here say four words to say about this. it's here we go again. from political corruption and police brutality to rising crime and lack of leadership, scandals have become almost anonymous with the city of oakland and people are tired of it. >> this is embarrassing. >> the movement is the latest scandal to overrun the activist-rich city. people believe demonstration making an important point about economic injustice. but in oakland turned into a violent clash. >> we just push, we can find a way beyond that. >> this passer -- pastor is a leader within the oakland community and says he watched tuesday night as images of violence at the plaza splashed across screens around the world. >> images of police crack down brought outrage from protesters and others as far as cairo. and the city already down on its luck have become fodder for late night tv. >> if i were jon stewart i would do the same thing. that is the fraus traigs. the quality of the city and peopl

bart police began participating in this event shortly after the fatal officer-involved shooting of oscar grant at the fruitvale station. >>> the winner of the cox conserve awards, ocean high school senior naftali moed started this school garden two years ago and says the idea was to give students a place to learn about where food comes from and create a sense of community. >> it's great to see sort of the conjunction between the school communities and all of my friends and teahers, and also all the neighbors who walk through on the weekends. it's just great to see everybody coming out here and being able to use this space and enjoy the space. that is why everything is here. i mean, it's just to provide that community space and a place to build the community and make it stronger. >> as a winner of our cox conserve wards, modesto received $5,000 for the charity of his choice and he donated his winnings to the pie ranch, a non-profit educational farm in san mateo county. >>> a community college in butte county has reached a milestone. it's now the largest solar energy producing college in the wor

know that you are an activist that was very much a part of a lot of the anger that surrounded the oscar grant trial do you think that there is a different relationship let me ask you that again between the protesters in oakland and the police force there because at the end of the day right the thing for the keep hearing from the occupy movement is that the police are part of the ninety nine percent that they should be on the exact same side they're also the people who are losing their homes or getting laid off but are the tensions higher there. absolutely i mean even just and in fact in california. police chilling the villian almost every week. san jose where they've also cleared out after you've been arresting people in san jose california there i think it's shooting in two months. similarly here in oakland there are particular officers that are responsible for many for a high proportion of the shootings that occurred in oakland where police have shot unarmed civilians and these guys are actually out. there out on the police lines right now and you know people know who they are people are co

proof from at night with the use of tear gas in us all the known informant that was outed in the oscar grant movement movement in which a young man was shot in the back of our isa few years ago and it was captured on videotape so we've got provide tourists in the streets that are either being funded or directed police and we need to be aware of that and as you stated earlier are now acting chief of police in two thousand and three stated and that's according to my video that they need to. have infiltrators from the get go and interview take leadership positions well in that case where he was talking about they actually had police get into the movement and become a lead in beaters and so the police do a bit desire to have decision making in this process they have desire to shut this down and so they're going to use any means necessary while the city is had a stand off approach for the most part that does not mean that there are agents within our group trying to destroy some really interesting and i know we've done numerous stories from around this country i know the laws are very different de