{"id":13730,"date":"2020-01-14T10:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=13730"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:04:56","slug":"moms-4-housing-members-evicted-from-west-oakland-house-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/14\/moms-4-housing-members-evicted-from-west-oakland-house-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Moms 4 Housing members evicted from West Oakland house, arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Happened around 5:30am\u2026and the sheriffs think they did a \u2018great job\u2019. See site for some photos \/ video.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moms 4 Housing members evicted from West Oakland house, arrested<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-mercury-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ug2vKTlzFo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2020\/01\/14\/moms-4-housing-members-evicted-from-west-oakland-house-arrested\/\">Moms 4 Housing members evicted from West Oakland house, arrested<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2020\/01\/14\/moms-4-housing-members-evicted-from-west-oakland-house-arrested\/embed\/#?secret=ug2vKTlzFo\" data-secret=\"ug2vKTlzFo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Moms 4 Housing members evicted from West Oakland house, arrested&#8221; &#8212; The Mercury News\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>OAKLAND \u2014 Four people were arrested before dawn Tuesday morning at the West Oakland house where Moms 4 Housing activists had been squatting, while a small crowd of protesters stood by, chanting, filming and sometimes arguing with deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the group had taken over an empty West Oakland house to call attention to the city\u2019s homelessness crisis, and to protest speculators buying homes and leaving them vacant. Alameda County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrived at the Magnolia Street house around 5:15 a.m. and arrested Mistry Cross and Tolani King, who had been living inside the house, as well as supporters Jesse Turner and Walter Baker. Cross, King and Turner were arrested inside the house, and Baker was arrested outside. All are being booked into Santa Rita Jail on misdemeanor resisting and obstructing charges, Sgt. Ray Kelly said during a media briefing Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the sheriff\u2019s office typically enforces evictions during business hours, deputies in this case decided to go in the early morning to avoid a potential confrontation with the throngs of supporters that congregated around the house all day Monday, Kelly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had to think outside the box a little bit, because this was not a typical eviction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moms 4 Housing members had barricaded themselves inside, and deputies had to use a battering ram and a \u201ctremendous amount of force\u201d to break down the barriers and enter the house, Kelly said. Deputies also deployed a robot to scout out the inside of the house before entering. There were no injuries, and once deputies got inside, no force was used in making the arrests, Kelly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think we handled this very professionally,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effort cost tens of thousands of dollars, and the sheriff\u2019s office is considering sending the bill to the property owner \u2014 real estate investment company Wedgewood, Kelly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Moms 4 Housing sent out a mass text message to its supporters, asking them to come to the Magnolia Street house because deputies were banging on the door. Shortly after, deputies handcuffed Cross, King and Turner and led them out of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she was being led into an Alameda County Sheriff\u2019s Office van, Cross said the fight wasn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat happens next is the next movement,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is only a piece of it. We\u2019re going to be out in a minute. we\u2019ll be back. We\u2019ll be right back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder Dominique Walker was not arrested, but ran after the other members as they were being loaded into sheriff\u2019s office vans, visibly upset and having to be restrained by Carroll Fife, regional director of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, who has been working with Moms 4 Housing. Walker did not answer questions from the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women being arrested said their children, who also had been living in the house with them, were safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies blocked off the streets around the house before carrying out the eviction, in an effort to keep back the throngs of supporters who have flocked there in the past to support Moms 4 Housing. By 7 a.m., several dozen supporters had shown up anyway, and were chanting next to a line of deputies in riot helmets. As the protesters chanted, law enforcement boarded up the front door of the house, which still had Moms 4 Housing banners hanging outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office plans to hold a briefing on the arrests at its San Leandro substation later this morning, according to Sgt. Ray Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Check back for more detail<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Courtesy of Adrienne Fong.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happened around 5:30am\u2026and the sheriffs think they did a \u2018great job\u2019. See site for some photos \/ video. 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