Building a better bay ar, whta as a peaceful show of solidarity with protesters in portland took a violent turn. Oakland cleaning up after windows were smashed and buildings hit with graffiti. Hello, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A night of unrest after a protest march threw downtown calling for Racial Justice turned violent. There were clashes with Oakland Police and a fire was set at the Alameda County courthouse. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has images and reaction. Police say demonstrators set fire inside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland saturday night. Sky 7 captedth f set outside the building. The Fire Department put both fires out quickly. Windows were broken here and at a nearby apartment building. At Oakland Police headquarters a group kicked down barricade. People are very upset. Vanessa dub joined the protests in support of black lives matter and police reform. And against federal agents being deployed to portland, oregon. There were g
People and latin x people and everybody is out and so sick. Political police oppression. Reporter later some broke from the larger group spray painting graffiti. Oakland Police Declared it an Unlawful Assembly tweeting, we are asking agitators to stop throwing items and pointing lasers at the officers. Mayor schaaf said vandalizing our down gives donald trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into american cities. We celebrate passionate protest but oaklanders need to know, when they attend protests after dark, they might be providing cover for agitators. The vandalism is ugly. Reporter hes disappointed. He believes the actions of some distract from the black lives matter movement. This is a bad image for the city of oakland. This doesnt bring floyd back or anything. This is damage for the city, period. The Oakland Police say theyve made several arrests but did not give details on charges. In oakland, abc7 news. In Seattle Police arrested 45 peop
Fires throughout downtown oakland. Several people were arrested. The mayor said, vandalizing downtown gives donald trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into american cities. We cant be full and play into his twisted campaign strategies. We celebrate passionate protests, but when they have protests after dark, they may be covering for agitators more interested in stoking civil unrest. Earlier this week, President Trump threatened to send federal agents into oakland. We are not going to let new york, chicago, philadelphia, detroit, baltimore and oakland, we are not going to let this happen. This is a time when everyone should see history turning. Reporter Barry Thornton is with refuse facism, one of the groups that protested yesterday. What trump is doing is not a campaign strategy. There may be an element of that, but it is mainly about the consolidation of fascism. We might have disagreements. If you want to mess up the pd, that is on you. Rep
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
Mayo. Trump was up very late last night watching tv and rage tweeting at 12 46 a. M. , and today he wrote, wow, congratulations to greg gutfeld. His ratings easily beat no talent stephen colbert, and whacko last placer jimmy kimmel. I think this was another typo situation. I think what he meant to tweet is, im completely devastated by the loss of life caused by this insidious virus. My thoughts are with the families whose loved ones have passed. P. S. , congrats to greg gutfeld, thats better, right . He does seem to be familiar with all the late night shows. I heard if you snort enough add add adderall, you can watch them all at once. The president going to a factory where they manufactured n95 masks. The big question was, would he wear a mask . Lets find out. No, he did not. I love that they didnt turn the volume on the guns and roses down even one notch. I can think of no better metaphor for this presidency than donald trump not wearing a face mask to a face mask while the song live