Photo by Elijah Nouvelage.

Tuesday night Oakland police in riot gear attempted to disperse protesters gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza citing unlawful assembly. During this removal, tensions flared between the Occupy Oakland gathering and police forces.

From the press release given by OPD spokeswoman Cynthia Perkins, “… objects included glass bottles, rocks, pots, pans, kitchen utensils and plates (were thrown) at Police Officers,” during this attempted closure of the encampment. “Police used a limited amount of tear gas for a small area as a defense against protesters who were throwing various objects at Police Officers as they approached the area.”

Reports on Twitter include rubber bullet and bean bag rounds were used against the protesters, while the release report that at time of its publication, only four bean bags and zero rubber bullets were fired.

Over the course of the night, BART services to the 12th Street station was shut down, in addition to freeway exits that could potentially feed into area.

According to photographers on the scene, at least five volleys of tear gas was launched protesters, with one launch being shot at live news broadcasts being filmed.

Various news outlets report that Mayor Jean Quan, who was in Washington D.C. for The United States Conference of Mayors during the entire altercation, is currently en-route back to Oakland to discuss the tactics taken by interim Police Chief Howard Jordan.

The Occupy Oakland twitter feed announced around midnight that they will reconvene Wednesday evening at 6 P.M. at the corners of 14th Street & Broadway, and will be gathering every day after until the plaza is taken back.