30 minutes, a curfew in walnut creek went into effect 2 hours ago after looters hit several stores there. This is Broadway Plaza in downtown walnut creek. It is of course the center of that suburban shopping district. This these pictures shot about 2 hours ago and you can see large groups of people heading toward the mall. They were seen looting in stores, including Lululemon Ray ban a liquor store. The macys and more mayor has who told us earlier today that this was criminal behavior and broadband liz im not in the spirit of the peaceful protests seen elsewhere kron fours dan thorn has been in walnut creek all day long he joins us live now with the latest details dan. The ken and pam heavy Police Presence here in downtown walnut creek is you can see behind me here. This is main street its pretty much blocked off by dozens of officers. All the way through downtown towards Broadway Plaza. Its unclear if there was any damage that was done to some of the rtaurants and shops that are along
You can blame yourself. I dont personally agree with vandalism. But many people have felt so just beat down to the point where thats all they have do is express their anger in certain terms. They dont know how to use words. Reporter again, a live look here. Were just on the edge of franco plaza. I would say several hundred demonstrators at this point. They are beginning to chant behind me. At this point, according to police, they have given the police at least no indication of a specific plan or whether they intend to march from this location downtown or where they might march. They do not have a permit also. Police dont know exactly whats going to happen after this demonstration at this location. There is a Large Police Presence here, though, and they tell me they will keep an eye on the demonstrators, but of course, last night we found they were badly outnumbered, the police. There was Something Like 7,000 demonstrators and 700 Oakland Police with maybe some help from some outside ag
Vandalized the city. Theyre hoping to avoid a third night of that. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. This caps a day of massive protests. Most from people who arent old enough to vote. Students walking out of high school. We have perspectives on the different protest. We begin with reporter Laura Anthony who is live in oakland. Laura. Reporter hi, ama. Im at the edge of the plaza. 14th and broadway is behind me. Lets show you a rally going on for about a half hour. We did stee a lot of High School Students earlier today throughout the city of oakland. Tonight, were seeing mostly adults. These folks have identified themselves as people who were also out here last night. At this point, theyre holding a peaceful rally. Theyre talking about some of the issues that theyre concerned about, most notably the election results, the president ial election results. We also have a Large Police Presence out here. I guess to try to prevent what happened last night. Earlier we spo
An absolute blast as people were making their way in. This guy behind us loves mornings on 2 the 9. We will wave to him. I love you gasia. Thats sweet. Thank you. I love you, too. Thats very sweet. I have to say real quick you went out last night with a College Friend of yours. Took in all the San Francisco super bowl city and all they had to offer. We will talk about that in a second. Lets look to sunday, the day of the big game. What are you going to be doing on super bowl sunday . Thats our twitter question. Use the hashtag ktvuthe9 if. Where you are going to be watching it, what you are going to be eating. You had a question . Who is going to win . A little straw poll. All week long we have been doing super fan of the day. We have a great picture. Brian and cristina, newlyweds from the east bay. They gotten ganged and the goalpost in denver after his college graduation. 2015. You put them together. You have got the year. Thats sweet. technical difficulty now becomes skinactive. New
That damaged downtown businesses the what i it did as a nonviolent protest. Reporter the new rules appear to have sprung in part from the violent 2011 occupy protests where the city paid out some 4. 5 million after an officer shot a demonstrator scott olsen in the head with a beanbag. Attorney john burris has been in the forefront in the call for more restrained police. Its not easy but i dont think you get to stop the process of letting people protest because of a few bad people who want to create anarchist type activity. Reporter what youre seeing is the standoff going on right now in front of Oakland Police headquarters between police and demonstrators. Chief whent we spoke with him earlier, he said, yes, the new rules are trying to strike a balance. But he doesnt want a repeat of the ugly incidents of the past but says the cops will respond if there is trouble. Stay tuned. These are the latest pictures. Ken . Thank you, phil. Well keep you posted on the protestors in oakland. About