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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — There've been no reports of arrests as demonstrators marched through downtown Oakland, California for a second night Sunday, to protest the city's new get-tough policy for monitoring street demonstrations.
Police officers watched closely as protesters marched several blocks from the Civic Center to police headquarters.
On Saturday, dozens of protesters were arrested or cited for ignoring police orders to disband.
The Oakland Tribune reports that the new policy forces protesters from the street to the sidewalk after Oakland experienced several violent demonstrations in the past year.
Many businesses along the city's automobile sales district were badly damaged by protesters May 1, when they broke away from a main demonstration. Businesses also sustained heavy damage during protests arising from the deaths of unarmed black men nationwide.
And tensions rose last Thursday in Oakland when protesters marched in honor of black women killed by police across the nation. Organizers say they were surprised when police pushed them off the streets and onto the sidewalks, citing the mayor's new policy.
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042-a-14-(Rachel Lederman, civil rights attorney, in interview)-"to reverse that"-Civil Rights attorney Rachael Lederman says the mayor's new tact is unlawful. COURTESY: KGO TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (25 May 2015)
<<CUT *042 (05/25/15)££ 00:14 "to reverse that"
043-a-11-(Will Kreber ( KREE'-buhr), businessman, in interview)-"know the neighborhood"-Businessman Will Kreber says he supports free speech but he also thinks the vandalism has to stop. COURTESY: KGO TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (25 May 2015)
<<CUT *043 (05/25/15)££ 00:11 "know the neighborhood"
041-a-07-(Cat Brooks, activist, in interview)-"and crush it"-Activist Cat Brooks says she's against Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff's new law banning night marches. COURTESY: KGO TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (25 May 2015)
<<CUT *041 (05/25/15)££ 00:07 "and crush it"
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