and tonight he is in critical condition with a fractured skull in an oakland hospital. at this hour, oakland police are bracing for the possibility of more violence. the protesters are vowing to return. meanwhile, over 50 were arrested in protests in atlanta, georgia, including state senator vincent fort who will join us in just a moment. our affiliate wxia was on the scene. tensions between city leaders and occupy protesters have been rising for days. this is getting ready to come to a conclusion. occupy atlanta s voice is the voice of people who have no job. if you want to be arrested this is the spot we want to make a circle. now dozens waking up in jail, but vowing to continue their fight. will you get arrested again. we ll see. the occupation will continue in one form or another.
for the mayor to do that i think was the wrong thing to do. he should have joined us and not fought against us. i think he s done us a favor. i think he s energized this movement and i think it s going to pick up even more steam. the occupy atlanta movement is here to stay. well, i was going to ask you, and i think you answered some of that question. where does it go from here? is this going to subside in any way, shape or form? i don t think so. i don t think so. i think the occupy atlanta movement, although it s very nonviolent, is angrier than ever. and more committed than ever to bring a change to atlanta. atlanta, in particular, and georgia in general has suffered through the top five in the country in joblessness, in foreclosures, homelessness is rampant. around the state capital, around city hall. the mayor may have done us a
he served two tours of duty in iraq. he s a veteran. and tonight he is in critical condition with a fractured skull in an oakland hospital. at this hour, oakland police are bracing for the possibility of more violence. the protesters are vowing to return. meanwhile, over 50 were arrested in protests in atlanta, georgia, including state senator vincent fort who will join us in just a moment. our affiliate wxia was on the scene. tensions between city leaders and occupy protesters have been rising for days. this is getting ready to come to a conclusion. occupy atlanta s voice is the voice of people who have no job. if you want to be arrested this is the spot we want to make a circle. now dozens waking up in jail, but vowing to continue their fight. will you get arrested again. we ll see. the occupation will continue in one form or another. after a night of protests on both coasts, today republicans are accusing president obama of
good enough job of fighting or committing war on working people. and you will go back and protest again, i hear? i will go back as often as necessary to make sure that the public and the community at large understands that corporate greed is what has put us in this mess. okay. corporate greed by the big banks have devastated many neighborhoods in my district and around atlanta. bank of america, wells fargo, have done their subprime lending in these neighborhoods. now they re foreclose ing on the american dream for a lot of my constituents. for that reason, i m going to be with the occupy atlanta movement as long as it takes to change some things in atlanta and in this country. georgia state senator vincent fort, you re a brave man. i appreciate you coming on the program tonight. thanks so much. we ll reconnect with you again. you say this isn t going away. let s turn to laura, host of
extent. there is a war, class warfare going on. but i don t think barack obama had anything to do with it. i think the republicans did a good enough job of fighting or committing war on working people. and you will go back and protest again, i hear? i will go back as often as necessary to make sure that the public and the community at large understands that corporate greed is what has put us in this mess. okay. corporate greed by the big banks have devastated many neighborhoods in my district and around atlanta. bank of america, wells fargo, have done their subprime lending in these neighborhoods. now they re foreclosing on the american dream for a lot of my constituents. for that reason, i m going to be with the occupy atlanta movement as long as it takes to change some things in atlanta and in this country. georgia state senator vincent fort, you re a brave man.