Occupy Confrontations Shake Oakland Businesses
“Owners of small businesses near the center of Tuesday’s noontime clash between police and protesters in downtown Oakland said they were shaken and on high alert.
“If things get ugly again, I’ll put up plywood,” said Jean Assuncao, manager of the Pizza Man on Broadway near 14th Street, as he stood at the restaurant’s locked doors to admit customers one at a time minutes after protesters had marched farther down the street and clouds of tear gas had dissipated.
