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Second night of California protests over police killings | Second night of California protests over police killings |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Protests against the police killings of unarmed black men turned violent for a second night in California. | Protests against the police killings of unarmed black men turned violent for a second night in California. |
In Oakland, demonstrators flooded a highway, throwing rocks at police who responded with tear gas. | In Oakland, demonstrators flooded a highway, throwing rocks at police who responded with tear gas. |
One person was hit with a hammer in Berkeley trying to stop another protestor vandalising a shop. | One person was hit with a hammer in Berkeley trying to stop another protestor vandalising a shop. |
Peaceful protests continued elsewhere on Sunday, including Philadelphia and New York City. | |
Protesters have been angered by the deaths of Eric Garner, killed in a chokehold, and Michael Brown, who was shot dead by a police officer. | Protesters have been angered by the deaths of Eric Garner, killed in a chokehold, and Michael Brown, who was shot dead by a police officer. |
In both cases grand juries decided not to press criminal charges against the white police officers responsible. | In both cases grand juries decided not to press criminal charges against the white police officers responsible. |
A wave of protests across the US, mostly peaceful, followed their deaths and the decisions not to prosecute. | |
The protests in Berkeley began peacefully on Sunday, with demonstrators marching down a main road towards neighbouring Oakland. | The protests in Berkeley began peacefully on Sunday, with demonstrators marching down a main road towards neighbouring Oakland. |
But some started vandalising local businesses, smashing shop windows, lobbing bottles and setting dustbins on fire. | But some started vandalising local businesses, smashing shop windows, lobbing bottles and setting dustbins on fire. |
Protesters on the highway at Oakland tried to set a patrol vehicle on fire, according to the California Highway police. | |
Five people were arrested in connection with the demonstrations and two officers injured. | Five people were arrested in connection with the demonstrations and two officers injured. |
Similar protests on Saturday ended in six arrests and a police officer suffering a minor injury. | Similar protests on Saturday ended in six arrests and a police officer suffering a minor injury. |
Elsewhere on Sunday, demonstrators held a die-in outside the Philadelphia Eagles stadium, with about 200 people lying down silently, according to local media | |
And several protesters temporarily shut down the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Monday morning, which links the New York borough of Brooklyn to Staten Island, where Eric Garner died. |
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