People are marching and chanting but a voting rally has been canceled just in case. The protesters say they will continue to rally today and every day to get their mission accomplished. Fire police chief suhr. Protesters say Police Reform me begins with firing the police chef which is gaining momentum since the Fatal Shooting of mario woods in december. Protester say there have been one too many unnecessary shootings of minorities. It is a huge issue in San Francisco. It is not ferguson or boston but San Francisco is worse. The last two yours four people have been shot. 59 shots. In a drastic move the group called frisco 5 went on a Hunger Strike for 17 days before they had to be hospital ive. Hundreds of supporters are carry on the mission including the medical students who helped treat the group. I care for my patients and i care for the community. When i see San Francisco hurting in the way it is under these pose attacks and Police Impunity i feel moved to act. As the march continue
Broadcast center this is abc7 news. There is still an impact of the vote in california. We could still have major clout in the white house. Im eric come mass. Thats why Bernie Sanders is coming to california. Lilian kim is live at city hall with the details. Lilian . Eric, early voting here at San Francisco city hall begins at 8 00 a. M. It is a little more than four weeks before the june 7th primary. Now that early voting in california is about to get underway candidates are getting serious. The Hillary Clinton campaign is opening its San Francisco office on van ness and oak farrell. A few volunteers showed up to spread the word. There is support here for hillary and we have been organizing for over a year and we continued the great work. Clinton her continued on friday. Now it is Bernie Sanders turn. He is scheduled to appear in sacramento on monday and stockton on tuesday. At his Campaign Office in sacramento the phones have been ringing off the hook. People have been calling to get
Ten minute bart delays with early traffic maintenance. They are recovering but early delays for bart from oakland to other directions. Muni is reporting no delays and ace train is good thing to take but it is on time and 580 is a crawl. Westbound, bay bridge toll plaza, not of a delay. They should be clearing the road work on the bay bridge just about now and we will check on that next report. Gives . Early voting begins today across the bay area and california is late in the day primary may not be a game changer but mill analysts say it is an important test. Matt is in san jose with that report. Matt . We are 29 days away from election day. That means you can turn in your vote early for june 7, and there are several options to do that. You can, of course, mail it in. Been, can you come to the register of voters and go inside register of voters and go inside and vote, or, big turn out despite predictions of political analysts that me will stay away because they feel the race for the de
Evening stronger message. Lets go to cornell bernard. Reporter tactics are changing but the message is the same. Barricades surround the Mission Police station here on valencia street where the Hunger Strike began lag month. Tonight theyre call only citizens to protest, strike and boycott tomorrow. Hours after ending the Hunger Strike the frisco five is putting out this message, callingphone are allday protest and general strike monday morning. They ended their 17day Hunger Strike on saturday after the group was admitted to ucsf hospital because of declining heath. The announcement came after religious leaders offered them a prayer for strength. Theyve served our community so well by lifting up so much pain and anger that goes back for decades because of the way people in our communities have been treated by law enforcement. The group demanded the fire of police chief greg suhr after two shooting death of minoritieses by police. Friday night, protesters who supported the frisco five st
Hometown of baltimore at the Union Baptist church and we will hear him afterwards. Tanehisi coates there is a reaction when our children hear something that has a racist component to assure them that somehow everything will be ok, that some justice will win out in the end. My study, my very elementary, pedestrian, autodidact extent study of history does not demonstrate that to be true. My own life does not necessarily demonstrate that to be true. My belief is in the chaos of the world, and you have to find your piece peace within the chaos. Even within the chaos, with no assurance you will see any victory within your lifetime. Amy Tanehisi Coates for the hour, all that and more coming up. To democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, we spend the hour with Tanehisi Coates, author of an explosive new book about White Supremacy and being black in america, called between the world and me, written as a letter to his teenage son, samori. Tanehisi coat