Occupy Oakland: Officials say protest largely peaceful, no arrests

Oakland’s interim Police Chief Howard Jordan estimated that the crowd of marchers during the Occupy Oakland general strike Wednesday reached 7,000 at the peak of the demonstration.

At a late-night news conference, Jordan said there have been no arrests and the day was largely peaceful.

However, at 7:45 p.m., a car struck and injured a pedestrian in the protest area of downtown Oakland, and the driver of the car later left the scene. Paramedics arrived and treated the victim, Jordan said.

“The BART police were the first responders,” Jordan said. “We got there later. I’m told there were 500 people who surrounded the car, which may have been why the driver fled the scene. Those are details we will get later.”