This afternoon for a couple of hours. On the upper deck when it was taken over by a 50 car caravan. Thats just west of Treasure Island about 00 45pm tonight chp finally got things moving again. And the bay bridge protests. Well it wasnt the only demonstration in San Francisco today. This is video along the embarcadero a lot of people making their way under the bay bridge and on the bay bridge an all around the bay. Some of that caravan of protesters also made their way through to the Richmond District today here you can see the group many of them with their bicycle some even with their dogs marching through the streets chanting, black lives matter. All these protests of course happening while the city of atlanta is now protesting the death of yet another young black man at the hands of police 27 yearold rush art brooks he was killed by police friday. At the wendys restaurant tell you see on your screen happened saturday night the building was destroyed by a fire. And now it is the site
Demanding reform. Good evening, i am alan martin. I am elizabeth cook. Kpix 5s devin fehely here with some of those making the demands about what reform would really look like. Reporter its not a new question, who is going to police the police . There are even more newer and nuanced versions. What is the best way to police the police, how do we ensure there is a kind ability for what officers do in uniform . Five years ago many thought the answer was body cameras. But now realize that was not nearly enough. We are either in this together or we are going to perish. Reporter two weeks of protest and unrest has made one thing clear. Police and the culture of Police Departments across the u. S. Needs to change. For reverend jethro moore, head of the Silicon Valley naacp, that means citizen oversight. You are part of the community, part of the fabric of the community and its time to act like this is a relationship and not tyranny. Reporter activists outlined a number of reforms they believe
Well vic in grant the attorney for the 2 men says that they should have never been bothered in the first place. He says what started out as a minor traffic stop turned into chaos and the city of richmond and the Police Department needs to do something about it. Police body cam video shows 25 yearold is john browns being arrested by Richmond Police brown was criticizing officers over a traffic stop of his brother on april 29, you think youre talking to you guys police say brown advanced towards officers while threatening them forcing officers to act or what. The lawsuit claims body cam video shows grounds back was turned and he was walking away before being taken down browns brother then seen shoving the officers. Is then chased. And then hit with a taser people on the video are seen outraged by what theyre witnessing the people in the neighborhood are going crazy say what are you doing. How come youre escalating. It was like a military operation, not a Police Operation keep talking wel
Im tracking a warm week ahead, we will have the numbers in the accu weather for cast. This video negatively impacted l. A. Business, they say they dont know the people in the video. Protesters being released after being arrested for shutting down the bay bridge. Abc news starts right now. Just to get the word out. Get exposure, this has got to stop. I mean, we cant not do anything. Our kids are dying. Protesters on bay bridge today say it was a powerful way to get their message heard. Black lives matter. Due to the protests, drivers were stuck on the bridge for more than two hours. Good evening and thank you for joining police met protesters on the bridge and there were tense moments. Several people were arrested. We talked to protest ers and drivers. He joins us live tonight with more. Reporter good evening, a spoking woman for the San Francisco jail said that 27 people were arrested for Unlawful Assembly on the bay bridge. The protesters targeted the bay bridge for a specific reason.
Look at downtown San Francisco here beautiful clear morning not talking a whole lot of fog. Theres cloud cover moving right to our north but the bay area itself remains nice dry and clear for now so looking out there were looking at a pretty smooth commute for those of you that are heading to work this monday morning. If youre just heading outside to walk the dog or whatever you need to do also some pretty smooth a nice conditions. Temperatures are currently mild in the upper 50s to low 60s with oakland conquered pittsburgh in fairfield some of our more mild spots. Berkeley San Francisco, san mateo in dublin out the upper 50s at 57 degrees each now after this mild and mostly clear morning temperatures will start to rise into the 80s for some of our inland areas this afternoon. Not oppressively hot that even hotter than average. This is right on par with where we should be this time of the year, a breezy afternoon winds picking up just a bit not as windy as we were at times this weekend