Tonight following a night. Unrest, oaklands mayor calling for an end to stop nighttime protesting. Be discourage violence and vandalism. Using the boogeyman of donald trump thats counterproductive. Another covid19 death as san quinten. The battle to fund unemployed americans could heat up. Getting by. Its awful, bein is not knowing is worse. Right now new calls from the city of oakland for protesters to not go out when the sun goes down. The mayor of oakland says the vandalism are give figure president what he wants. The mayor emphasized when oakland protesters may be providing cover forage taters. After a night of unrest. Vandalizing the downtown gives President Trump the justification he needs. To discourage vandalism she has the right to do that. Using donald trump is counter productive. We should stand up against what donald trump is trying to do. The owner of tribune tavern said a woman shattered her door and said protesters are destroying lives. I understand vandalism. Why are pe
With the protesters in portland. In downtown woke up to a mess today. She says she is wearing the vandalism could potentially lead to the president sitting federal officers into oakland. That is absolutely correct. The president has already hinted at that. The protest last night was peaceful until about 9 pm. That is when they report evangelism at the police station. Shortly thereafter there was a report of a small fire at the superior court house. Some are concerned that those incidents could be enough to motivate the president to send in federal forces. She organized this demonstration in oakland. In solidarity of the ongoing protest in portland. Demonstrations that have seen clashes between protesters and federal officers. Some people say they are okay with federal force being used or but under one condition. As long as it is called for. Meaning if there is a lot of violence or destruction, that is how they can keep it under control or prevent it, then i would say yes. The mayor and
Protest to push their own agenda. Sergio is in oakland with more. Reporter tonight the historic superior courthouse in oakland is mostly boarded up. But the blight of spray paint remains. This is what vandals left after a solidarity march evolved into a standoff with police and vandalism. Now plenty of people have come by to survey the damage. What goes through my mind, this is a backfire on peaceful people and the city of oakland. Like i said, trump could play this all the way up until november 3rd. They dont know. Reporter the wife of one of the cofounders of black panthers. Shes pushing for a historic monument to be across the street commemorating the black Panther Party and their original mission. Would this have happened in this way if the monument was here and if this was all power to the peoples plaza. Reporter late saturday night someone set fire inside one of the entrances of the courthouse. Workers spent most of the day repairing the damage and boarding up windows. They will
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Targeted. Vandals are using the cover of protest to push their own agenda. Sergio is in oakland with more. Reporter tonight the historic superior courthouse in oakland is mostly boarded up. But the blight of spray paint remains. This is what vandals left after a solidarity march evolved into a standoff with police and vandalism. Now plenty of people have come by to survey the damage. What goes through my mind, this is a backfire on peaceful people and the city of oakland. Like i said, trump could play this all the way up until november 3rd. They dont know. Reporter the wife of one of the cofounders of black panthers. Shes pushing for a historic monument to be built across the street commemorating the black Panther Party and their original mission. Would this have happened in this way if the monument was here and if this was all power to the peoples plaza. Reporter late saturday night someone set fire inside one of the entrances of the courthouse. Workers spent most of the day repairing