Police: 600 to 700 Take Part in ‘Violent and Destructive’ Protests in Oakland
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AMY FURR
27 Aug 2020
Police said hundreds took part in “violent & destructive protests” Wednesday night in Oakland, California, over the shooting of Jacob Blake. . . .
. . . However, the crowd began throwing objects and pointing lasers at officers not long after, the department wrote in a subsequent tweet:
We are asking agitators within the crowd to stop throwing items and pointing lasers at the officers at 7th & Washington.
Just after 12 a.m. on Thursday, rioters started
breaking windows and setting fires.
“Some within the crowd are
chanting ‘BURN IT DOWN’ as they ignite fireworks and set trash cans on fire,” the department wrote in another tweet. .
. . . Rioters later set
fire to the Alameda County Superior Courthouse, according to ABC 7.
The OPD tweeted video of the building as the fire burned inside . . .
. . . The article continued:
Earlier this summer, a federal judge granted an injunction against OPD in how they conduct crowd control policy. As part of the ruling, tear gas, flash bang grenades and other less-than lethal projectiles like rubber bullets are effectively banned . . .
