Alessandro Tinonga reports from Oakland on the challenges facing the movement. February 6, 2012 - IN THE aftermath of Occupy Oakland's attempt to take over a vacant building January 28 and a day of police attacks that led to nearly 400 arrests, the Oakland political establishment, the police and the corporate media have been on the attack against the Occupy movement. Media reports of the January 28 protest repeated the distorted police and city version of what happened, giving a false picture of violent demonstrators who are out of touch with the concerns of Oakland residents. Mayor Jean Quan likened the Occupy movement to "children," and Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente accused participants of the movement of engaging in domestic terrorism. But the experiences of the more than 1,000 people who participated in the January 28 demonstration--and now reports of abuse and violence against activists while in detention--prove that the police were the ones bent on violence.