Marchers peaceful so far this evening and police hope it sta stays that way. Chp says officers use whatever force is nose mostly clear the roadway and keep people safe however. Good evening. Im amma. Lets go back to sky 7 hd taking a live look at the protestors now berkeley pd monitoring the crew as it moves from one spot to another but as we said they are on telegraph near 47th street. Going into oak land at this point. Chp has beefed up staffing and enforcement on east bay freeway tonight after more than 1,000 people blocked interstate 80 for more than an hour last night. We are on the ground near the protest. He joins us by about phone tonight what are you watching. Protest started out much smaller than yesterday. Only 40 but quickly grew to nearly 300 by the time they arrived at berkeley city hall. Plan was to complain to the city council about the tear gas and rubber bullet used on them during this weekend demonstration where police say they were attacked with anything object. But
Responders and the Community Safe when dealing with violent criminals. Its not something 16yearold cocoa jones wants to see on her street. I think it will protect more the police than it will for the community. Its not going out on regular patrol. Its not going to be used in protests. Its going to be used in times where theres a Critical Incident in which it can either be put on standby because we may have to use it to introduce those medical personnel to save people or have it as a First Response unit. Reporter san leandro would buy the vehicle with other agencies including Fremont Police and Alameda County fire. I want to be safe. I dont have a problem with the police keeping us safe, but i do have a problem with the militarization. Reporter last year san jose and Davis Police Departments returned military surplus vehicles through the federal government after similar criticism. It was not enough to make a difference tonight. In san leandro betty yu, kpix5. It will be about a year bef
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Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. A big fight in san leandro tonight over this, a vehicle built for war. The decision came down just an hour ago and betty yu was there. Reporter protesters said no thanks to a rescue vehicle they say is hardly that. This is not a medical vehicle. This is like putting a red cross on a taser and calling it a defibrillator. This launches grenades. It has gun turrets. It has metal rails on the front of it to push away people and crowds of people. Im very supportive to. This. Reporter tonight the city Council Voted 61 to accept a bearcat medevac and mostly paid for with a 200,000 federal grant. Its a super ambulance that can withstand bullets and police say it will keep First Responders and the Community Safe when dealing with violent criminals. Its not something 16yearold cocoa jones wants to see on her street. I think it will protect more the police than it will for the community. Its not going out on regular patrol. Its not going to b
Sure what it can do next with the ficus trees that are dotting San Francisco is been a wakeup call. Pam some accidents to tell you about today in todays brady web in oakland 880 interstate has remained close. A big rig hit an over crossing. The crash happened just after 2 00 this afternoon the drivers injuries are described as minor. In the east bay area driving too fast cause this truck to lose control on eastbound ask because the chp to close the road exit. These bags of fuel absorbent to absorber this bill. And in san jose a driver was trapped when his rig overturned this was about 1 00 afternoon on highway one a one off ramp. Byrd spilled into the row right and firefighters rescued the driver there. Pam amend the Weather Center tonight and it didnt seem like a lighter red rain hit the area today. Now reporter were done with the rank and was looking at this low clouds that are settling back in. With this in the pavement is drying out and his dampens box is still cloudy also. General