Page 19 - Protest Area News Today

Tuesdays violent clash in oakland, california between occupy protesters and law enforcement. and now oakland mayor jean quan is backing off her initial tough talk, commending police action. quan first praised police for shutting down a protest camp that led to chaos in the streets. now she says she is committed to minimizing police presence in the protest area in hopes of building a community effort to improve communications and dialogue with the demonstrators. oakland police used tear gas after...

you can see what looks like something possibly breaking off the tail of that plane. this was just after this. the plane veered out of control and crashed into the crowd. investigators say they are now focusing in on this picture. >> a component has been recovered in the area where that was observed. but i think it is critical at this point to know that we have not identified the component. it will be examined so we dont really know what the component is or if it even came from this par...

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But inside the red shirt protest area, their leaders insist they are peaceful and unarmed. so youre saying there are no weapons in here? >> no, no! >> reporter: there are backchannel negotiations going on with the government, moderates here hoping for a cease-fire. >> so we would like to ask the u.n. present peacekeeping force immediately, within 24 hours, to stop the thai army now. >> reporter: that was rejected by the government, which blames the red shirts for the violence. theres a lawyer re...

Account the indiscriminate violence, the targeted anation s assassinati assassinations. >> reporter: the government claims to have sealed off this protest site but food is still getting in. at a nearby supermarket, long queues, as everyone, including foreigners, stock up. there seems to be a bit of panicked buying? >> its like a hurricane buying in the states. you dont know if the stores are opening tomorrow. >> reporter: beyond the perimeter of the protest area, the violence and anarchy is spre...

Whats the situation there? >> reporter: its extremely chaotic. theres smoke coming from one section of the protest area. all di long were hearing explosions. you hear gunfire continuing throughout the day. we do understand now, we have confirmed at least one person has been killed today. yes, there are americans here. some are holed up in their homes. they are not leaving. it is a danger situation in the commercial district of this city. we should talk about whats happening with the protests by ...

Agencies into the protest area, and they want to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. joining me on the phone from bangkok is global radio news reporter, simon raqmin and we spoke yesterday and the violence was escalating. have things calmed down at all. >> caller: i wouldnt say theyve calmed down since the time i spoke to you last. im pretty much in the same place from where we spoke yesterday, im on this highway, where the red shirts set up a new impromptu rally site and im blocked off, ...

Violence broke out on thursday. joining us by phone now, it is 4:00 a.m. in bangkok time, sunday. global news radio reporter, simon, are you there? >> im here. >> harris: its early morning. i know violence takes a break. but i understand moments ago you could still hear gun fire. >> reporter: there is sporadic gun fire in different locations in the city. the main protest area is in a area which is the main high end shopping area in bangkok. they occupied that for a number of reasons. one, it wil...

Site of protesters getting in and out, shut off water supplies. they havent succeeded. protesters moved into other parts of the city, setting up road blocks on a couple of highways, either side of the main protest area and trying to stop troops from accessing where the rest of their colleagues are located. on one of those sites today there was gun fire, bomb explosions, petro bombs, and a number of people were killed. the army were firing rubber bullets, live rounds into the air, but also sniper...