Medical Marijuana protest as President Obama raises money in Oakland

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Posters are held up by demonstrators indicating that promises from Attorney General Eric Holder and US President Barack Obama on medical marijuana have been broken according to some activists.

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Steve D'Angelo, Director of Oakland's Harborside Health Care, seen here with others during a medical marijuana protest.

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Richard Lee (in wheelchair) and others from Oaksterdam University which had been raided in April.

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Richard Lee founder of Oaksterdam University which had been raided in April. He was the main financial backer of Prop 19 in 2010.

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At the medical marijuana protest of Obama's policies on the day he held fundraisers in Oakland.

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On the day President Barack Obama raises money in Oakland, signs on a building near the Fox Theater tell him to keep his promise on medical cannabis.

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A women wearing a Barack Obama shirt holds a "I believed in you, I trusted you, I voted for you' medical marijuana sign during a protest in Oscar Grant Plaza on the day Obama raised money in Oakland.

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Steve D'Angelo, Director of Oakland's Harborside Health Care, speaks a medical marijuana protest on the day of President Obama's fundraising visit to Oakland.

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A man holds a sign with an image of President Obama and the message 'Change Cannabis laws' at a medical marijuana protest in Oscar Grant Plaza on the day of Obama's fundraising visit to Oakland.

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An Oaksterdam University info tent with a 'smoking prohibited' in Oscar Grant Plaza sign during a medical marijuana protest as President Obama held fundraisers in Oakland.

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An Americans for Safe Access tent in Oscar Grant Plaza during a medical marijuana protest as President Obama held fundraisers in Oakland.

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A woman holds a sign 'Marijuana is not a gateway drug! I don't know about u. But I have never been smoking weed and said Hey let's do some meth' in Oscar Grant Plaza during a medical marijuana protest.

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A woman in Oscar Grant Plaza holds a 'Taxpayer X DEA raid = unemplyed' during a medical marijuana protest as President Obama held fundraisers in Oakland.

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An Obama 'Yes we can stop the raids' sign in Oscar Grant Plaza during a medical marijuana protest as President Obama held fundraisers in Oakland.

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A man holds a 'We are Choom Gang' sign at 19th and Broadway as supporters of President Obama wait in line for a fundraiser at the Fox Theater in Oakland. David Maraniss says Obama and his pot smoking Hawaii friends called themselves the Choom Gang.

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A man holds a 'We are Choom Gang' sign at 19th and Broadway as supporters of President Obama wait in line for a fundraiser at the Fox Theater in Oakland. David Maraniss says Obama and his pot smoking Hawaii friends called themselves the Choom Gang.

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A 'Federal Raid on Oaksterdam: 108 families lost jobs & healthcare' banner on a Oaksterdam University mural featuring the Fox Theater where President Obama held his largest fundraiser in Oakland.

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A 'Federal Raid on Oaksterdam: 108 families lost jobs & healthcare' banner on a Oaksterdam University mural as President Obama held a fundraiser at the nearby Fox Theater.

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A woman holds a 'All we are saying is give pot a chance' sign in front of some Obama t-shirts at 17th and Telegraph, one of the areas people could protest during President Obama's fundraiser at the Fox Theater.

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A man holds a Darth Vader parody of the Shepard Fairy Hope poster during a medical marijuana protest in Oscar Grant Plaza on the day President Obama raised money in Oakland.

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A 'We love you Obama Fight crime not cannabis!' banner could be seen by people lined up near 19th and Broadway to see President Obama speak at the Fox Theater in Oakland.

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A man with a 'I like weed' sign sits on the street at Broadway at 19th near where supporters lined up to see President Obama speak at the Fox Theater in Oakland.

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A marijuana protest sign at Broadway at 19th near where supporters lined up to see President Obama speak at the Fox Theater in Oakland.

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A woman wearing an Americans for Safe Access shirt sits on the street and smokes on Broadway at 19th near where supporters lined up to see President Obama at the Fox Theater.