2020. On the asphalt, i figured thats going to be a public space open for discussion and i wanted to get my message out to. Reporter maga is of course short for make America Great again. Faced with the possibility of a political or, god forbid, legal fight, the city decided that dans sign was a traffic hazard and could cause accidents and they removed it in the middle of the night. He says he doesnt consider black lives matter to be a political statement but he understands the position the city was in. I have no hard feelings to the city council. I am disappointed. But at the same time, i am very grateful that they allowed me to put that message on broadway. Reporter today, with the streets of redwood city cleansed of dangerous thoughts, was also disappointed. Theyre afraid, you know, and thats the whole movement is weve been afraid to do whats right and thats the whole crux of the movement is be bold and lets do the right thing. And here theyve set an example. Its unfortunate. Its unf
For only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Video showing an incident at a protest involving the San Francisco Sheriffs Office has sparked a new criminal investigation. Coming up, wihat the San Francisco District Attorney has to say about it. A Bay Area Police chief drawing criticism tonight for comments he made about shooting guns during a protest. Without your help we will not survive. The desperate plea from a longtime Silicon Valley trade school at risk of closing because of covid19. It was a hot day again across the bay area, but cooler weather is about to move in. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc 7 news starts right now. Defund opd happening now, hundreds of people marched to oakland mayor libby schaafs house chanting the names of men and women killed by police. Theyre calling on the mayor to defund the Oakland Police department and reinvest the money in education. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is live in oakland. J. R. . Reporter ye
They let their voice be heard. And you can see that tonight in the signs. The many signs that they left outside of the mayors house. That one there saying defund the police. Now, i do want to go to some of the video because it was pretty incredible seeing the amount of people who came out to march from one walgreens in oakland and up to the mayors house. I can tell you their message, a clear one, in defunding the Police Department. Now, what does that mean, you ask, they made the point they would like to see a lot of that money that goes to the Police Department rerouted into other areas like education and services as well. This was a youthled rally tonight. So a lot of young people out here. We spoke with some of those young people who at times had lit candles in memor of thwhdit e hands of officers. This is what they had to say. Being a resident from oakland and having a mayor like libby schaaf, who is complicit and completely complacent with the violence of opd on their brown and bl
Black lives matter protesters and the area of the former confederacy. One longtime restaurant, and white is too little too late. Outrage over plans to drill for oil just steps from bay area homes, a Community Fights to keep developers out. It just seems ridiculous. Figure now to 11 00, streaming on cbsn bay area, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of oakland trying to get to the oakland mayor, libby schaaf cells, to force a face toface confrontation. Joe vazquez on what they are demanding tonight. Reporter they marched by the thousands, two weeks after the death of george floyd, a very young crowd of diverse backgrounds walk through the streets of oakland with one major demand, for the city to defund the Police Department. We have been defunding education for years, the budget cuts of year, we are not safe, locate the funds that the police have, put them into education and social services and the youth. I understand the importance of the police, i dont feel like we are
Black lives matter protesters and the area of the former confederacy. One longtime restaurant, and white is too little too late. Outrage over plans to drill for oil just steps from bay area homes, a Community Fights to keep developers out. It just seems ridiculous. Figure now to 11 00, streaming on cbsn bay area, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of oakland trying to get to the oakland mayor, libby schaaf cells, to force a face toface confrontation. Joe vazquez on what they are demanding tonight. Reporter they marched by the thousands, two weeks after the death of george floyd, a very young crowd of diverse backgrounds walk through the streets of oakland with one major demand, for the city to defund the Police Department. We have been defunding education for years, the budget cuts of year, we are not safe, locate the funds that the police have, put them into education and social services and the youth. I understand the importance of the police, i dont feel like we are