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April 2,
2003
Wooden Bullets
& Grenades
Oakland Cops Attack Longshoremen
and Peace Protesters
By TODD CHRETIAN
Oakland Police tossed concussion grenades and
shot wooden bullets at anti-war protesters and union members,
injuring several, on the Oakland docks.
Around 500 anti-war activists had set
up a peaceful picket shouting "Union Yes! War No!"
at American Presidential Lines because it ships military cargo
and Stevedoring Services of America docks because it stands to
profit from the war through a contract to run the docks in Um
Quasr after the war in Iraq.
Representatives of the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union determined that they would not
cross the picket line because the police presence presented a
threat to their members' health and safety, thereby shutting
down the morning shift on the docks.
The decision proved correct as minutes
later, cops charged motorcycles into peaceful picketers and union
members, threw concussion grenades at them and then opened fire
with high velocity wooden blocks.
Sue Sandlin, former co-chair of the Port
Workers Solidarity Committee, described the action to Socialist
Worker.
"The police came down the street
towards us in a military formation. Protesters actually had decided
to take down the picket because our plan was to have a peaceful
protest on public property. We were trying to figure out how
to disperse because the cops had blocked the entrance that most
of us had used to get to the gates of the docks. We began walking
away from the police lines, trying to get to the sides of the
road. Then police opened fire. People were being shot in the
back as they tried to get away. Me and my friend dove into a
ditch and she was hit by a rubber bullet. There were people dropping
after being hit and there were explosions all around from the
police percussion grenades. I was afraid people were being killed.
The police were firing indiscriminately at protesters who were
fleeing as well as workers who were stopped in their cars in
the middle of the street. It was one of the most terrifying experiences
I've ever had. After the initial shock wore off, everyone wase
appalled by the police and concerned for the people who'd been
wounded. So we tended to the people who had fallen and then we
regrouped in an effort to get out as safely as possible in order
to regroup later."
Trent Willis, a business agent for the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union, told the Associated
Press, "They shot my guys. We're not going to work today.
The cops had no reason to open up on them."
Police arrested 24 protesters, including
ILWU Local 10 Business Agent Jack Heyman.
As Heyman was dragged away in handcuffs,
wearing his ILWU jacket, he shouted, "I'm a union official.
I have the right to represent my members!"
International Socialist Organization
member Regina, told Socialist Worker, "After the cops charged
us, I dove into a ditch and that's when they shot me in the elbow.
Some fucking democracy! we can't even have a peaceful picket!"
Steve Stallone, spokesman for the ILWU
who was present at the protest told Socialist Worker, "Clearly
this was an inappropriate use of force. They police shot the
union workers they were supposedly there to protect. If they'd
wanted to keep people away from the docks, they could have just
put up a barricade a half mile away. They never needed to shot
at what was clearly a non-violent action."
In fact, police response was no spontaneous
over reaction.
For at least 15 minutes, police formed
lines, calmly aimed at fleeing protesters and fired.
They came prepared to use a massive level
of violence in order to intimidate the union and the anti-war
movement from ever trying to take action on the docks.
The Oakland Police Department has a reputation
for violence and, in fact, just paid out eleven million dollars
in civil settlement involving framing and beating innocent Oaklanders
by a group of cops called the "Riders."
The labor movement should show its solidarity
with its own members of the ILWU and for the right of the anti-war
movement to conduct peaceful protests by denouncing this unprovoked
police brutality in clear terms.
Todd Chretien
writes for the Socialist Worker. He can be reached at: ChretienTodd@aol.com
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