Urban Shiled hit Oakland today, police units from throughout the Bay Area participated in the annual war games to master control of out of control crowds. Academy of da Corner's stand at 14th and Broadway was under occupation by various police units. Academy of da Corner carried on business as usual, serving as free space in the war zone. No police said anything to us at Academy of da Corner, although people were concerned. Marvin X told people the police leave me alone for the most part, maybe they realize I am taking pressure off them, as the guards said when I addressed the Youth Prison at Rikers Island, New York. But my work today included visits by persons in grief and trauma, over a son who attacked his mother due to mental illness. The mother is homeless because she doesn't want to have a space where her son can come to attack her. We served as a micro loan bank to those who needed a dollar or two. Around six o'clock marchers came from down the block at the Marriott when protesters were gathered outside an arms show to promote weapons of crowd control, yes, at the same time police from around the world are gathered in Oakland for war games.--Marvin X, Editor, The Black Bird Press News @ Review
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