These aerial shots of Oakland show people standing around an injured "Occupy" protester lying on the ground in the northern California city.<br/> Some 5,000 protesters shut down operations at Oakland's port and blocked traffic late on Wednesday evening in demonstrations against economic inequality and police brutality.<br/> A port spokesman said operations at Oakland Port - which handles about 39 billion dollars a year in imports and exports - had been "effectively shut down."<br/> The atmosphere turned tense after a protester was apparently struck by a car in downtown, and police fired teargas to disperse demonstrators.<br/> Oakland was catapulted to the forefront of national anti-Wall Street protests last week when a former Marine was badly wounded during a confrontation with police.<br/> Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
