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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>More demonstrations are planned in Oakland Friday following the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the city this summer. All suspects killed in Oakland since June were black men; all were allegedly armed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are considering whether to release video captured from officer-worn and surveillance cameras that reportedly shows the man shot and killed Wednesday advancing toward police with a gun raised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are meeting right now to discuss an appropriate policy,\" Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told KQED Thursday. \"Transparency is so important and as we have these new tools like chest camera footage, it is an opportunity for us to add more information, but we have to balance that with sensitivity to the families involved, as well as the due process and investigatory confidence that we have in this process.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 people took to the streets and freeway off-ramps in Oakland Wednesday night following the shooting. Protesters briefly blocked Interstate 980, and there were scattered reports of vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cat Brooks, founder of the Oakland-based Anti Police-Terror Project and a member of Black Lives Matter Bay Area and the Black Power Network, was at the scene shortly after the shooting, but neither she nor her organization took part in protests later in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no justification for OPD to have killed this man,\" Brooks told KQED Thursday. \"As usual, our Mayor Libby Schaaf is taking the side of law enforcement over the people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaff said she respects that people want to bring up \"the issue in general,\" but that the individual circumstances of each shooting are also important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our current evidence does show that this man was approaching our officers with a gun which was found to be loaded,\" Schaaf said, adding that Oakland Police Department has been an \"active player\" in the national conversation on racial inequity in the criminal justice system and police use-of-force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We always encourage people to not just look at the national conversation, which is so important, but to look at the particular facts,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland's most recent officer-involved shooting occurred on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's death sparked nationwide calls for accountability when law enforcement officers use deadly force and became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old man in Ferguson Aug. 9, the anniversary of Brown's death. He was allegedly armed with a handgun and fired on plainclothes St. Louis County police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reuters \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-usa-ferguson-idUSKCN0QI2C920150813\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> protests in the city, now renowned for fatal police use-of-force, have calmed since the county police department \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/us/ferguson-missouri-michael-brown-unrest.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">released surveillance video\u003c/a> seeming to show Tyrone Harris Jr. pulling a handgun from his waist before charging across West Florissant Avenue -- a street now famous for heavy-handed crowd control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday's officer-involved shooting in Oakland began when police pursued a vehicle reported to be involved in an armed robbery in late July, according to the department. The pursuit started at 69th Avenue and International Boulevard in the mid-afternoon and ended near the corner of 27th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, where the suspect crashed his car into another vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deceased man has yet to be officially identified, pending confirmation of his name and notification of relatives, police said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armed with a handgun, the man fled the vehicle on foot and attempted to carjack another vehicle, according to the department, then ran from approaching officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers shot him after confronting him again. The man was discovered with a loaded, stolen handgun that had not been fired, according to OPD. Accounts differ on whether the man was running from officers when he was shot, or whether he was raising the gun and pointing it at them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While there were conflicting reports on whether or not the brother had a gun, what everyone was uniform on was that he was running away from police and was shot in the back,\" Brooks said. \"If someone is running away from you, they cannot then be a threat to you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFGate \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Police-body-cameras-and-store-security-caught-6443269.php\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> an attorney for the Oakland Police Officers Association and another witness say video footage shows the man advancing toward officers with a gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department said in a statement Thursday afternoon that a preliminary autopsy report found that \"the bullets entered the front of the man's body.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of Wednesday's shooting and protests, department and city leaders have noted a steady decline in overall use-of-force and deadly incidents over the past several years -- while the OPD has been under the close watch of a federal judge and court-appointed monitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said the department has seen a 70 percent reduction in overall use-of-force in the last four years, and a 60 percent reduction in citizen complaints since 2012, citing enhanced training and new policies that discourage high-speed vehicle pursuits and some foot pursuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Clearly these reforms are having an impact, but we need to continue to do more to improve that relationship of trust between our police force and the community,\" she said. \"We recognize that there have been serious harms and damage in the past and that we have to do a lot to rebuild that trust and convince the community that these reforms are sustainable -- that they are sincere and authentic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brooks doesn't see a new-and-improved OPD, and she said people passing by Wednesday's crime scene don't see it either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It wasn’t, 'What happened?'\" she said. \"It wasn’t, 'Is everyting all right?' The first thing that came out of almost every single car that stopped was, 'Did OPD kill somebody else?' These are not activists or organizers, these are just average folks who live in the town and are really clear about the egregious history of OPD.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Anti Police-Terror Project \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/920295411350055/\" target=\"_blank\">plans a vigil\u003c/a> Friday at 6 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and 27th street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alex Helmick, Zaidee Stavely and Adizah Eghan of KQED contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Justice Department is poised to declare that former police Officer Darren Wilson should not face civil rights charges over the death of Michael Brown, law enforcement sources tell NPR. Wilson, who is white, shot and killed Brown, who was black, in August. Brown was not armed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Two law enforcement sources tell NPR they see no way forward to file criminal civil rights charges\" against Wilson, NPR's Carrie Johnson reports. She adds, \"Those charges would require authorities to prove the officer used excessive force and violated Brown's constitutional rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The development was first reported by t\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/justice-department-ferguson-civil-rights-darren-wilson.html\">he New York Times\u003c/a>, which says prosecutors are preparing a memo that will soon close the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department has been investigating the events that took place in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, 18, was killed during an encounter with Wilson that set off weeks of protests and confrontations between demonstrators and police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the civil rights inquiry's likely end comes nearly two months after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict Wilson. Within days of that decision, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/24/366370100/grand-jury-reaches-decision-in-michael-brown-case\">Wilson resigned from the police force\u003c/a> in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Eric Holder has said the federal investigation is being kept independent from local prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And although federal civil rights law imposes a high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted forming premature conclusions,\" Holder said, as \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/11/25/366527106/federal-ferguson-investigation-will-remain-independent-holder-insists\">Johnson reported\u003c/a> in late November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it seems that the investigation of whether Wilson violated Brown's civil rights may soon be over, another federal investigation is ongoing. That effort focuses on whether the Ferguson Police Department might itself be guilty of discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in the community viewed Brown's killing as the latest in a string of \"illegal and harmful practices,\" as a public defender group told NPR's Joseph Shapiro in late August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Shapiro said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"To understand some of the distrust of police that has fueled protests in Ferguson, Mo., consider this: In 2013, the municipal court in Ferguson -- a city of 21,135 people -- \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=68845\">issued 32,975 arrest warrants\u003c/a> for nonviolent offenses, mostly driving violations.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ArchCity Defenders, a public defender group that \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/vwptqn3mhq9xvy7/ArchCity%20Defenders%20Municipal%20Courts%20Whitepaper.pdf\">produced a report\u003c/a> on the legal systems in Ferguson and nearby communities, said that its study of the Ferguson police department's actions suggested the prime motivation seemed to be to raise money, calling court fines and fees the city's second-biggest source of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the group also noted that Ferguson police stopped black motorists more often than white ones — even though searches of white drivers' cars were more likely to turn up contraband.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shapiro reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Blacks make up 67 percent of the city's population but are 86 percent of motorists stopped by police. Whites make up 29 percent of the population, but 12.7 percent of vehicle stops.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another demographic detail that raised residents' suspicions: The majority of Ferguson's police officers are white, while the majority of the town's residents are black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Justice+Dept.+Will+Reportedly+Clear+Ferguson+Police+Officer+In+Brown+Case&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\" alt=\"\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Berkeley’s major commercial districts are awash with plywood — some of it covers broken glass, some has been erected as a preventive measure to protect vulnerable windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-protests/\" target=\"_blank\">protests that have taken over Berkeley streets\u003c/a> this month, in response to police-involved killings of unarmed black men, have remained peaceful. Others have culminated in \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/07/ferguson-garner-protesters-take-to-streets-of-berkeley-for-second-night-running/\" target=\"_blank\">smashed storefronts and blazing trashcans\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Merchants’ reactions to the destruction run the gamut from patience and praise of the peaceful majority, to criticism of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/08/city-of-berkeley-told-police-to-use-restraint-avoid-tear-gas-on-second-night-of-protests/\" target=\"_blank\">hands-off approach taken by the Berkeley police\u003c/a> Sunday, Dec. 7, the night local businesses sustained the most significant damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10384019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/missing-link.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10384019\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/missing-link.jpg\" alt=\"Missing Link bicycle cooperative at 1988 Shattuck Ave. has repaired its two windows that were damaged during protests. 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But a determined group of demonstrators also smashed the windows of several small local shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Downtown Berkeley is open for business, and we need to support our mom-and-pops. It's unfortunate that they're sort of collateral damage in this.'\u003ccite>John Caner, Downtown Berkeley Association\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The worker-owned Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative on Shattuck was among those vandalized Dec. 7. The collective’s members quickly fixed the two panels of glass that were broken, and preemptively put up plywood to protect the windows during the nights following the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were mostly just taking the precaution of putting plywood up, but we don’t feel like we were really targeted in the first place,” said member Danita McGinnis, who declined to comment much beyond the \u003ca href=\"http://www.missinglink.org/blogs/blog/16243980-as-always-we-appreciate-your-support\" target=\"_blank\">statement the collective posted on its website\u003c/a>, which expresses gratitude to the marchers who intervened to prevent anyone from taking bikes or entering the shop on that Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next door to Missing Link, McDonald’s is covered completely in plywood after windows were smashed there on Dec. 7. Police scanner communication suggested that employees at the burger chain locked themselves inside upstairs and called for police to respond after 1 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, to assure them it was safe to leave. Looters did not go inside the restaurant, according to the Berkeley police radio traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10384020\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10384020\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"After protesters broke windows at True Value Eastern Supply at 2900 Shattuck Ave., neighbors made this sign in support of the hardware store. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After protesters broke windows at True Value Eastern Supply at 2900 Shattuck Ave., neighbors made this sign in support of the hardware store. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At True Value, new windows and a handwritten sign of support from neighbors have replaced the broken glass. But it didn’t come cheap. Three window repairs — two damaged by demonstrators and a third broken in unrelated circumstances — cost the merchants $3,200, and their deductible is $2,000, said the store’s manager, Godfrey Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he wasn’t worried about repeat incidents, a sentiment that many local merchants have expressed, according to Downtown Berkeley Association CEO John Caner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I visited with most of the merchants and businesses that were damaged, and they were sort of taking it in stride,” said Caner, who began emailing protest advisories to DBA members following the events of Dec. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley is very supportive of First Amendment rights,” he said, “and a lot of people are sympathetic, including the merchants, to the cause and a need to deal with the problems that have arisen in Ferguson and elsewhere. And it’s a small faction that has caused the problems. Clearly if people own and operate a business in Berkeley, they understand what the Berkeley communities and values are about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not the case with many out-of-towners who have avoided shopping or dining in Berkeley due to the protests, Caner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you start having people come in from other areas, they might not understand what’s going on, or have different thresholds for dealing with uncertainty,” he said. “Downtown Berkeley is open for business, and we need to support our mom-and-pops. It’s unfortunate that they’re sort of collateral damage in this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Fok9gXznAPe2Oz2Ee5G0YF96ZfujFhu0\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the first major Berkeley protest on Dec. 6, Bistro Liaison, at 1849 Shattuck Ave., has received 50 canceled reservations, said chef-owner Todd Kniess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I support everybody’s right to protest,” Kniess said. “What I don’t support are people damaging businesses and intimidating people. Even if it’s 2 percent of the protests, it’s still there. It scares people away from downtown Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other merchants say a temporary decline in business is a blow they may be willing to take to support the “black lives matter” protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you are trying to raise awareness, or bring justice to certain issues, there are sometimes sacrifices that are going to be made in the name of that,” said Games of Berkeley managing owner Erik Bigglestone. “For me, I’d be happy to shut down my business when the protests are going by in solidarity, but I can’t make that sacrificial decision for my employees. They gotta work, they gotta eat. I really do have very mixed feelings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10384021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10384021\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase.jpg\" alt=\"Chase was one of three banks in downtown Berkeley damaged by demonstrators on Dec. 7. (William Newton/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"720\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chase was one of three banks in downtown Berkeley damaged by demonstrators on Dec. 7. (William Newton/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until December, sales at Games of Berkeley, which is at 2151 Shattuck Ave., were averaging a 12.5 percent increase in sales in 2014 compared with the previous year, Bigglestone said. This month, sales have been down 5 percent compared with last December, which he partially attributes to the bad weather, but assumes is a consequence of the protests, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Bigglestone’s vantage point, the vandalism looks like a “crime of opportunity” committed by “infiltrators” latching onto a bigger movement to accomplish their own goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some local protests, organizers have advised demonstrators to keep peaceful. At the beginning of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/13/uc-berkeleys-black-student-union-leads-peaceful-protest-march-from-campus-to-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\">march led by the UC Berkeley Black Student Union\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 13, Cal junior Alana Banks instructed protesters to “disrupt business as usual,” but refrain from physically disrupting their surroundings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, speaking through a megaphone to merchants in the Elmwood, she said, “We’re not here to destroy your shit. We’re here because black lives matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Monday, Dec. 8, Berkeley protest, UC Berkeley student Melissa Hossain, who had been in attendance when businesses were damaged the previous night, said her impression was that most of the vandals were unaffiliated with the cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s white anarchists who are taking over this protest,” she said. “They’re setting trashcans on fire, they’re vandalizing buildings, and this is not part of the cause. They’re here for their own purposes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizers, including those affiliated with the group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), have argued that it’s necessary to disturb the peace to capture the public’s attention and effect change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t have business as usual when it comes to … saving people’s lives and stopping the police from murdering,” Yvette Felarca of BAMN said at the protests on Dec. 7. She said “it wasn’t until there was that kind of action” that the officer who killed Oscar Grant in Oakland was arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the night of Dec. 7, protesters argued among themselves about whether to vandalize shops. That night, Berkeley police, acting on an order from City Manager Christine Daniel, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/08/city-of-berkeley-told-police-to-use-restraint-avoid-tear-gas-on-second-night-of-protests/\" target=\"_blank\">took a deliberately hands-off approach\u003c/a> during the protests. The previous night, officers had used tear gas on demonstrators and shot non-lethal projectiles at them, which concerned some city officials. Police made 11 arrests over the course of the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, city staff were working actively during the protests, said city spokesman Matthai Chakko, who was in the police emergency command center during some of the protests. Economic development staff have been in close contact with affected merchants, and public works staff have worked throughout the nights cleaning debris and garbage, and bringing plywood to board up damaged windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to get a contractor to come out at 2 in the morning,” Chakko said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown merchants expressed appreciation for the DBA advisories, which included details on known protest plans and tips for businesses not to leave out loose items or trashcans that could be used by vandals. But Bigglestone said he had trouble getting his trash picked up quickly, despite the advisories’ promise that special pickup could be arranged if cans were kept inside on trash night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roland Peterson, who heads up the Telegraph Business Improvement District, said he had warned merchants in advance of protests, but only on the occasions when “he had consistent, solid information that a protest would occur and begin at Telegraph and Bancroft.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have also had a fair number of conversations with merchants who have asked me questions like, ‘Should I board up my windows?’ or ‘Should I close?' ” he said. “Of course, in advance I can’t really answer either one of those questions for them. Mainly I have tried to be a reliable source of good information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the lack of police presence Dec. 7, some merchants and residents took it upon themselves to monitor the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A row of regulars at \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/02/berkeleys-iconic-caffe-mediterraneum-is-up-for-sale/\" target=\"_blank\">Caffe Med on Telegraph\u003c/a> stood vigil in front of the famous coffee shop, along with owner Craig Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart Johnston, owner of Johnston Medical on Shattuck in South Berkeley, stood guard outside that same night and helped put out a trashcan fire. He said there were no police to be seen, but a resident came out and successfully instructed the protesters not to destroy any more small shops in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve never once gotten a warning from the police,” Johnston said. “But I have no criticism of the Berkeley police. It’s very difficult to know how to handle it. It seems strange to be breaking windows and looting and call it a protest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At True Value, Wong said he was grateful that the police exhibited some restraint on Sunday even though his windows were broken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The police should keep calm in those situations, otherwise [protesters would] be more wild,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bigglestone said videos and photographs of the protests on Saturday make him think the police “overreacted” that night. One of his customer’s kids was bruised trying to help a protester knocked down by an officer, and another was arrested and let go after three days without charges being filed, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it’s not my job to protect and serve, so I can’t say,” Bigglestone said. “In the face of big-style vandalism like we saw on the 7th, it’s kind of difficult to say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside's Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Berkeley’s major commercial districts are awash with plywood — some of it covers broken glass, some has been erected as a preventive measure to protect vulnerable windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-protests/\" target=\"_blank\">protests that have taken over Berkeley streets\u003c/a> this month, in response to police-involved killings of unarmed black men, have remained peaceful. Others have culminated in \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/07/ferguson-garner-protesters-take-to-streets-of-berkeley-for-second-night-running/\" target=\"_blank\">smashed storefronts and blazing trashcans\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Merchants’ reactions to the destruction run the gamut from patience and praise of the peaceful majority, to criticism of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/08/city-of-berkeley-told-police-to-use-restraint-avoid-tear-gas-on-second-night-of-protests/\" target=\"_blank\">hands-off approach taken by the Berkeley police\u003c/a> Sunday, Dec. 7, the night local businesses sustained the most significant damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10384019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/missing-link.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10384019\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/missing-link.jpg\" alt=\"Missing Link bicycle cooperative at 1988 Shattuck Ave. has repaired its two windows that were damaged during protests. A worker there said they don’t think they were specifically targeted. Next door, McDonald’s is covered in plywood. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/missing-link.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/missing-link-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Missing Link bicycle cooperative at 1988 Shattuck Ave. has repaired its two windows that were damaged during protests. A worker there said they don’t think they were specifically targeted. Next door, McDonald’s is covered in plywood. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the affected merchants were on Shattuck and Telegraph avenues. Many of the businesses hit that night were branches of banks and major corporate chains, including Radio Shack, Bank of America and Chase on Shattuck Avenue. But a determined group of demonstrators also smashed the windows of several small local shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Downtown Berkeley is open for business, and we need to support our mom-and-pops. It's unfortunate that they're sort of collateral damage in this.'\u003ccite>John Caner, Downtown Berkeley Association\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The worker-owned Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative on Shattuck was among those vandalized Dec. 7. The collective’s members quickly fixed the two panels of glass that were broken, and preemptively put up plywood to protect the windows during the nights following the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were mostly just taking the precaution of putting plywood up, but we don’t feel like we were really targeted in the first place,” said member Danita McGinnis, who declined to comment much beyond the \u003ca href=\"http://www.missinglink.org/blogs/blog/16243980-as-always-we-appreciate-your-support\" target=\"_blank\">statement the collective posted on its website\u003c/a>, which expresses gratitude to the marchers who intervened to prevent anyone from taking bikes or entering the shop on that Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next door to Missing Link, McDonald’s is covered completely in plywood after windows were smashed there on Dec. 7. Police scanner communication suggested that employees at the burger chain locked themselves inside upstairs and called for police to respond after 1 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, to assure them it was safe to leave. Looters did not go inside the restaurant, according to the Berkeley police radio traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10384020\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10384020\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"After protesters broke windows at True Value Eastern Supply at 2900 Shattuck Ave., neighbors made this sign in support of the hardware store. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/eastern-supply.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After protesters broke windows at True Value Eastern Supply at 2900 Shattuck Ave., neighbors made this sign in support of the hardware store. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At True Value, new windows and a handwritten sign of support from neighbors have replaced the broken glass. But it didn’t come cheap. Three window repairs — two damaged by demonstrators and a third broken in unrelated circumstances — cost the merchants $3,200, and their deductible is $2,000, said the store’s manager, Godfrey Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he wasn’t worried about repeat incidents, a sentiment that many local merchants have expressed, according to Downtown Berkeley Association CEO John Caner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I visited with most of the merchants and businesses that were damaged, and they were sort of taking it in stride,” said Caner, who began emailing protest advisories to DBA members following the events of Dec. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley is very supportive of First Amendment rights,” he said, “and a lot of people are sympathetic, including the merchants, to the cause and a need to deal with the problems that have arisen in Ferguson and elsewhere. And it’s a small faction that has caused the problems. Clearly if people own and operate a business in Berkeley, they understand what the Berkeley communities and values are about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not the case with many out-of-towners who have avoided shopping or dining in Berkeley due to the protests, Caner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you start having people come in from other areas, they might not understand what’s going on, or have different thresholds for dealing with uncertainty,” he said. “Downtown Berkeley is open for business, and we need to support our mom-and-pops. It’s unfortunate that they’re sort of collateral damage in this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the first major Berkeley protest on Dec. 6, Bistro Liaison, at 1849 Shattuck Ave., has received 50 canceled reservations, said chef-owner Todd Kniess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I support everybody’s right to protest,” Kniess said. “What I don’t support are people damaging businesses and intimidating people. Even if it’s 2 percent of the protests, it’s still there. It scares people away from downtown Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other merchants say a temporary decline in business is a blow they may be willing to take to support the “black lives matter” protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you are trying to raise awareness, or bring justice to certain issues, there are sometimes sacrifices that are going to be made in the name of that,” said Games of Berkeley managing owner Erik Bigglestone. “For me, I’d be happy to shut down my business when the protests are going by in solidarity, but I can’t make that sacrificial decision for my employees. They gotta work, they gotta eat. I really do have very mixed feelings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10384021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10384021\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase.jpg\" alt=\"Chase was one of three banks in downtown Berkeley damaged by demonstrators on Dec. 7. (William Newton/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"720\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/chase-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chase was one of three banks in downtown Berkeley damaged by demonstrators on Dec. 7. (William Newton/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until December, sales at Games of Berkeley, which is at 2151 Shattuck Ave., were averaging a 12.5 percent increase in sales in 2014 compared with the previous year, Bigglestone said. This month, sales have been down 5 percent compared with last December, which he partially attributes to the bad weather, but assumes is a consequence of the protests, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Bigglestone’s vantage point, the vandalism looks like a “crime of opportunity” committed by “infiltrators” latching onto a bigger movement to accomplish their own goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some local protests, organizers have advised demonstrators to keep peaceful. At the beginning of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/13/uc-berkeleys-black-student-union-leads-peaceful-protest-march-from-campus-to-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\">march led by the UC Berkeley Black Student Union\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 13, Cal junior Alana Banks instructed protesters to “disrupt business as usual,” but refrain from physically disrupting their surroundings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, speaking through a megaphone to merchants in the Elmwood, she said, “We’re not here to destroy your shit. We’re here because black lives matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Monday, Dec. 8, Berkeley protest, UC Berkeley student Melissa Hossain, who had been in attendance when businesses were damaged the previous night, said her impression was that most of the vandals were unaffiliated with the cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s white anarchists who are taking over this protest,” she said. “They’re setting trashcans on fire, they’re vandalizing buildings, and this is not part of the cause. They’re here for their own purposes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizers, including those affiliated with the group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), have argued that it’s necessary to disturb the peace to capture the public’s attention and effect change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t have business as usual when it comes to … saving people’s lives and stopping the police from murdering,” Yvette Felarca of BAMN said at the protests on Dec. 7. She said “it wasn’t until there was that kind of action” that the officer who killed Oscar Grant in Oakland was arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the night of Dec. 7, protesters argued among themselves about whether to vandalize shops. That night, Berkeley police, acting on an order from City Manager Christine Daniel, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/12/08/city-of-berkeley-told-police-to-use-restraint-avoid-tear-gas-on-second-night-of-protests/\" target=\"_blank\">took a deliberately hands-off approach\u003c/a> during the protests. The previous night, officers had used tear gas on demonstrators and shot non-lethal projectiles at them, which concerned some city officials. Police made 11 arrests over the course of the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, city staff were working actively during the protests, said city spokesman Matthai Chakko, who was in the police emergency command center during some of the protests. Economic development staff have been in close contact with affected merchants, and public works staff have worked throughout the nights cleaning debris and garbage, and bringing plywood to board up damaged windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to get a contractor to come out at 2 in the morning,” Chakko said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown merchants expressed appreciation for the DBA advisories, which included details on known protest plans and tips for businesses not to leave out loose items or trashcans that could be used by vandals. But Bigglestone said he had trouble getting his trash picked up quickly, despite the advisories’ promise that special pickup could be arranged if cans were kept inside on trash night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roland Peterson, who heads up the Telegraph Business Improvement District, said he had warned merchants in advance of protests, but only on the occasions when “he had consistent, solid information that a protest would occur and begin at Telegraph and Bancroft.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have also had a fair number of conversations with merchants who have asked me questions like, ‘Should I board up my windows?’ or ‘Should I close?' ” he said. “Of course, in advance I can’t really answer either one of those questions for them. 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It seems strange to be breaking windows and looting and call it a protest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At True Value, Wong said he was grateful that the police exhibited some restraint on Sunday even though his windows were broken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The police should keep calm in those situations, otherwise [protesters would] be more wild,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bigglestone said videos and photographs of the protests on Saturday make him think the police “overreacted” that night. One of his customer’s kids was bruised trying to help a protester knocked down by an officer, and another was arrested and let go after three days without charges being filed, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it’s not my job to protect and serve, so I can’t say,” Bigglestone said. “In the face of big-style vandalism like we saw on the 7th, it’s kind of difficult to say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many of the thousands of protesters who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/06/michael-brown-eric-garner-protesters-block-i-880-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\">marched\u003c/a> in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland this past week are not old enough to have seen earlier social causes championed on those same streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters were mostly young -- and angry over recent grand jury decisions not to prosecute two police officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black men in New York and Missouri. They chanted phrases like \"Black Lives Matter\" and \"I Can't Breathe,\" a reference to Eric Garner's final words on Staten Island before he died after a police chokehold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those in the crowd Sunday night was 21-year-old Carisma Lyday, who said she was there because she has older and younger brothers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really, it hits a soft spot for me because I'm African-American, Lyday said. \"So, you know this is personal to us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/181264660\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These recent demonstrations come 50 years after another famous protest, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3p30030s/?query=Free%2520Speech%2520Movement\" target=\"_blank\">Free Speech Movement \u003c/a>at UC Berkeley. In December of 1964, activist Mario Savio gave a memorable \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mariosaviosproulhallsitin.htm\" target=\"_blank\">speech\u003c/a> on the steps of Sproul Hall, railing against the university administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears, and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you've got to make it stop,\" Savio shouted in the most famous part of his speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's easy to forgot how controversial and divisive those student protests were. But in 1966, Ronald Reagan ran against them on a law-and-order platform, defeating incumbent Gov. Pat Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Free Speech Movement rolled right into the Vietnam War protests in the late '60s and '70s. Among the student organizers then was\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Becoming-mayor-after-years-of-fighting-authority-2479776.php\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Quan\u003c/a>, who's now mayor of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10377022\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 366px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10377022\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar-400x565.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Savio stands on top of a police car in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on Oct 1. 1964.\" width=\"366\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar-400x565.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar-800x1131.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Savio stands on top of a police car in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on Oct 1. 1964. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of UC Berkeley, The Bancroft Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"\u003c/em> I think in the '60s when we did civil disobedience, we took over the president's office, etc., we expected to get arrested,\" Quan said this week in a phone conversation. \"It was part of, you know, the whole nonviolent movement at that time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, says Quan, getting arrested was the whole \u003cem>point \u003c/em>of those protests. Putting on her mayor's hat, Quan says she worried that people would get hurt when protests spilled onto Interstate 80 and Highway 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, I get that you do it for attention. But if you keep doing it,\" Quan adds, \"I think it loses its power.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also says that media today give too much coverage to the few incidents of violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of these demonstrations, there's always probably less than a dozen people who break a few windows in town,\" Quan complains. \"And you have the impression that my city has burned down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley also gave birth to the anti-apartheid movement in 1984.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Masover was a leader in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailycal.org/2014/01/30/divestment-hard-achieve/\" target=\"_blank\">Campaign Against Apartheid \u003c/a>-- aimed at getting UC to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. He said the diversity of actions taken by anti-apartheid groups was key to their success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think that any one tactic, any one approach could have made a difference in and of itself,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Masover remembers that, like today, some of the tactics used by the anti-apartheid campaign back then were also criticized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sit-in, the shantytown protests, the ship blockade,\" Masover recalls. \"Those were regarded by many as fairly radical, that got a lot of press attention. They generated a lot of energy. \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the recent protests in Berkeley and Oakland, nothing has divided feelings more than the few instances of vandalism. What struck Zachary Murray, a young black activist in Oakland, is that too often these protests were led by Caucasian men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10373243\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 447px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10373243\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wazi Maret Davis, Zachary Murray and Wild Tigers created Black Brunch in Oakland. 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(Adizah Eghan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"With sort of like a lot of the violence, the fires,the broken windows that we've seen, those folks don't represent the folks who really had the rage right now, right, the folks who really had the anger,\" Murray says at his home near the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're taking advantage of real rage and real anger and really characterizing a movement in a way that they should not be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So last weekend, Murray and other young African-American activists went to upscale cafes and restaurants in Oakland, reciting the names of black men killed by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After making a short announcement saying what they were about to do, the group began its presentation as surprised diners watched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jamel Canney, 13 years old. Ashe! Kenneth Harding, 19 years old. Ashe! Raheem Brown, 20 years old. Ashe!,\" and so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each name was followed by the chant \"Ashe,\" an African phrase meaning roughly \"so it is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action was organized on social media, including Twitter, hashtag \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/10/black-brunch-organizers-put-protest-on-the-menu\" target=\"_blank\">Black Brunch\u003c/a>. One of the organizers was 23-year-old Oakland resident Wazi Davis. The goal: reach people who can easily avoid thinking about police treatment of black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And we're saying, no, you are going to stop eating right now, you're going to stop whatever transaction it is you're putting in at the cash register, you're going to sit here and you're going to listen to us read the names of our brothers and sisters,\" Davis says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers of Black Brunch are planning other actions -- they won't say when they'll be or what will be on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford Professor \u003ca href=\"https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/douglas-mcadam\" target=\"_blank\">Doug McAdam \u003c/a>studies political movements. He says controversial protest is in our DNA, going back to the Boston Tea Party. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Many of the thousands of protesters who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/06/michael-brown-eric-garner-protesters-block-i-880-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\">marched\u003c/a> in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland this past week are not old enough to have seen earlier social causes championed on those same streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters were mostly young -- and angry over recent grand jury decisions not to prosecute two police officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black men in New York and Missouri. They chanted phrases like \"Black Lives Matter\" and \"I Can't Breathe,\" a reference to Eric Garner's final words on Staten Island before he died after a police chokehold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those in the crowd Sunday night was 21-year-old Carisma Lyday, who said she was there because she has older and younger brothers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really, it hits a soft spot for me because I'm African-American, Lyday said. \"So, you know this is personal to us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/181264660&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/181264660'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These recent demonstrations come 50 years after another famous protest, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3p30030s/?query=Free%2520Speech%2520Movement\" target=\"_blank\">Free Speech Movement \u003c/a>at UC Berkeley. In December of 1964, activist Mario Savio gave a memorable \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mariosaviosproulhallsitin.htm\" target=\"_blank\">speech\u003c/a> on the steps of Sproul Hall, railing against the university administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears, and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you've got to make it stop,\" Savio shouted in the most famous part of his speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's easy to forgot how controversial and divisive those student protests were. But in 1966, Ronald Reagan ran against them on a law-and-order platform, defeating incumbent Gov. Pat Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Free Speech Movement rolled right into the Vietnam War protests in the late '60s and '70s. Among the student organizers then was\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Becoming-mayor-after-years-of-fighting-authority-2479776.php\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Quan\u003c/a>, who's now mayor of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10377022\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 366px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10377022\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar-400x565.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Savio stands on top of a police car in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on Oct 1. 1964.\" width=\"366\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar-400x565.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar-800x1131.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/SavioonCopCar.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Savio stands on top of a police car in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on Oct 1. 1964. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of UC Berkeley, The Bancroft Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"\u003c/em> I think in the '60s when we did civil disobedience, we took over the president's office, etc., we expected to get arrested,\" Quan said this week in a phone conversation. \"It was part of, you know, the whole nonviolent movement at that time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, says Quan, getting arrested was the whole \u003cem>point \u003c/em>of those protests. Putting on her mayor's hat, Quan says she worried that people would get hurt when protests spilled onto Interstate 80 and Highway 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, I get that you do it for attention. But if you keep doing it,\" Quan adds, \"I think it loses its power.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also says that media today give too much coverage to the few incidents of violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of these demonstrations, there's always probably less than a dozen people who break a few windows in town,\" Quan complains. \"And you have the impression that my city has burned down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley also gave birth to the anti-apartheid movement in 1984.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Masover was a leader in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailycal.org/2014/01/30/divestment-hard-achieve/\" target=\"_blank\">Campaign Against Apartheid \u003c/a>-- aimed at getting UC to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. He said the diversity of actions taken by anti-apartheid groups was key to their success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think that any one tactic, any one approach could have made a difference in and of itself,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Masover remembers that, like today, some of the tactics used by the anti-apartheid campaign back then were also criticized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sit-in, the shantytown protests, the ship blockade,\" Masover recalls. \"Those were regarded by many as fairly radical, that got a lot of press attention. They generated a lot of energy. \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the recent protests in Berkeley and Oakland, nothing has divided feelings more than the few instances of vandalism. What struck Zachary Murray, a young black activist in Oakland, is that too often these protests were led by Caucasian men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10373243\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 447px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10373243\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wazi Maret Davis, Zachary Murray and Wild Tigers created Black Brunch in Oakland. (Adizah Eghan/KQED)\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13509_IMG_0630.JPG-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wazi Maret Davis, Zachary Murray and Wild Tigers created Black Brunch in Oakland. (Adizah Eghan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"With sort of like a lot of the violence, the fires,the broken windows that we've seen, those folks don't represent the folks who really had the rage right now, right, the folks who really had the anger,\" Murray says at his home near the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're taking advantage of real rage and real anger and really characterizing a movement in a way that they should not be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So last weekend, Murray and other young African-American activists went to upscale cafes and restaurants in Oakland, reciting the names of black men killed by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After making a short announcement saying what they were about to do, the group began its presentation as surprised diners watched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jamel Canney, 13 years old. Ashe! Kenneth Harding, 19 years old. Ashe! Raheem Brown, 20 years old. Ashe!,\" and so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each name was followed by the chant \"Ashe,\" an African phrase meaning roughly \"so it is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action was organized on social media, including Twitter, hashtag \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/10/black-brunch-organizers-put-protest-on-the-menu\" target=\"_blank\">Black Brunch\u003c/a>. One of the organizers was 23-year-old Oakland resident Wazi Davis. The goal: reach people who can easily avoid thinking about police treatment of black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And we're saying, no, you are going to stop eating right now, you're going to stop whatever transaction it is you're putting in at the cash register, you're going to sit here and you're going to listen to us read the names of our brothers and sisters,\" Davis says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers of Black Brunch are planning other actions -- they won't say when they'll be or what will be on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford Professor \u003ca href=\"https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/douglas-mcadam\" target=\"_blank\">Doug McAdam \u003c/a>studies political movements. He says controversial protest is in our DNA, going back to the Boston Tea Party. And like it or not, violence is often part of it -- including now, in the reaction to failure to prosecute police who kill unarmed black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can deplore the violence at the edges of the movement, and we should,\" McAdam says. \"But the idea that somehow we're gonna get change on these critical issues by only using institutional means is, I think, a fallacy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10368635\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13431_459912610-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland protesters face off following a grand jury's decision in Staten Island, New York, not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Dec. 3. The decision came a little more than a week after a similar decision in the case regarding Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri. Both actions incited protests around the Bay Area. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald.jpg\" alt=\"PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald\" width=\"4798\" height=\"3199\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald.jpg 4798w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4798px) 100vw, 4798px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford students protested the grand jury decision in Michael Brown's case by marching down El Camino Real in Palo Alto on Dec. 1, 2014. An organizer chants prompts at the head of the group of protesters. (Lucas Oliver Oswald/\u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Peninsula Press\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368637\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald.jpg\" alt=\"PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald.jpg 5472w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A protester bows her head during a moment of silence for Michael Brown. Protesters shut down the intersection of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road and remained in the intersection for more than 15 minutes. (Lucas Oliver Oswald/Peninsula Press)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr.jpg\" alt=\"13309scr\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transbay BART service \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/bart-no-transbay-service-due-to-civil-unrest\" target=\"_blank\">shut down for about 2½ hours on Black Friday\u003c/a> because of a protest related to a grand jury’s decision in Michael Brown's case. (Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368682\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City crews began \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">dismantling San Jose's massive homeless encampment known as “The Jungle”\u003c/a> Thursday morning. Thought to be the largest homeless encampment in the United States, the 75-acre camp was home to about 300 people. Most lived in tents, shacks and tree houses amid piles of trash. The city says the camp must be cleared because of increased violence, wet weather and unsanitary conditions that are polluting nearby Coyote Creek. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368683\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Alcala on Wednesday removes the belongings he's acquired after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">living in \"The Jungle\" in San Jose for two years\u003c/a>. Alcala built a makeshift home near the creek, along with underground housing. He's planning to move into a group home down the road. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368684\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13360_459889820-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut-800x546.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A car sits partially submerged in water on a flooded section of roadway on Dec. 3, 2014 in Mill Valley. The Bay Area was hit with its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/San-Francisco-Bay-Area-Rain\" target=\"_blank\">first major storm of the year\u003c/a>, bringing heavy rain, lightning and hail to the region. The heavy rain caused flooding, which blocked several roadways and caused severe traffic backups. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368685\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain.jpg\" alt=\"Redwood fountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redwood City is targeting the city's biggest outdoor water wasters as it strives to meet a regional goal to cut water usage 10 percent by February. Fountains like this one in \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/2014/12/03/redwood-city-water-use-drought/\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse Square, outside the San Mateo County History Museum\u003c/a> in downtown Redwood City, could be targeted. (Allison McCartney/Peninsula Press)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10368635\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13431_459912610-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13431_459912610-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland protesters face off following a grand jury's decision in Staten Island, New York, not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Dec. 3. The decision came a little more than a week after a similar decision in the case regarding Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri. Both actions incited protests around the Bay Area. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald.jpg\" alt=\"PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald\" width=\"4798\" height=\"3199\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald.jpg 4798w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest8_Oswald-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4798px) 100vw, 4798px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford students protested the grand jury decision in Michael Brown's case by marching down El Camino Real in Palo Alto on Dec. 1, 2014. An organizer chants prompts at the head of the group of protesters. (Lucas Oliver Oswald/\u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Peninsula Press\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368637\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald.jpg\" alt=\"PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald.jpg 5472w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/PeninsulaPress_StanfordProtest2_Oswald-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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(Lucas Oliver Oswald/Peninsula Press)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr.jpg\" alt=\"13309scr\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/13309scr-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transbay BART service \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/bart-no-transbay-service-due-to-civil-unrest\" target=\"_blank\">shut down for about 2½ hours on Black Friday\u003c/a> because of a protest related to a grand jury’s decision in Michael Brown's case. (Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368682\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13378_20141204_jungle_jt_013-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City crews began \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">dismantling San Jose's massive homeless encampment known as “The Jungle”\u003c/a> Thursday morning. Thought to be the largest homeless encampment in the United States, the 75-acre camp was home to about 300 people. Most lived in tents, shacks and tree houses amid piles of trash. The city says the camp must be cleared because of increased violence, wet weather and unsanitary conditions that are polluting nearby Coyote Creek. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368683\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13366_20141204_jungle_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Alcala on Wednesday removes the belongings he's acquired after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">living in \"The Jungle\" in San Jose for two years\u003c/a>. Alcala built a makeshift home near the creek, along with underground housing. He's planning to move into a group home down the road. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368684\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13360_459889820-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut-800x546.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A car sits partially submerged in water on a flooded section of roadway on Dec. 3, 2014 in Mill Valley. The Bay Area was hit with its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/San-Francisco-Bay-Area-Rain\" target=\"_blank\">first major storm of the year\u003c/a>, bringing heavy rain, lightning and hail to the region. The heavy rain caused flooding, which blocked several roadways and caused severe traffic backups. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368685\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain.jpg\" alt=\"Redwood fountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Redwood-fountain-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redwood City is targeting the city's biggest outdoor water wasters as it strives to meet a regional goal to cut water usage 10 percent by February. 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"content": "\u003cp>A crowd of several hundred people blocked traffic on Interstate 880 and descended on West Oakland BART Station, resulting in a brief closure, in another night of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/24/oakland-prepares-for-michael-brown-grand-jury-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">sustained\u003c/a> protests Friday over high-profile police killings of unarmed black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protests initially over a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict former Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown gained new fuel this week when a New York grand jury did not indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hundred people began gathering in solemn quiet at Telegraph Avenue and 27th Street before 7 p.m. last night. A man stood on the tailgate of a parked truck and told the crowd, \"We're not going to stand for the f-ing police killing us every day,\" but added that breaking windows \"don't do nothing -- it just breaks you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protest grew as it moved south and met a second march heading north at West Grand and Telegraph avenues, swelling to more than 500 people. Protesters shouted, \"Eric Garner, Michael Brown! Shut it down, shut it down!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marchers met a line of Oakland police at Broadway and Seventh street, initially blocking the route to the city's police department and downtown jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10369535\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10369535 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"AEdit3\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3-800x582.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3-400x291.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man in a mask squares off with police in riot gear at Broadway and Seventh Street in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Yes, all lives matter,\" a woman standing in front of the police line said over a loudspeaker, \"but we are here because this system does not give value to black lives. Black lives fall below the windows of Smart and Final.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three men were \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/3-men-charged-in-Oakland-protest-looting-5928604.php#next\" target=\"_blank\">charged with burglary\u003c/a> for allegedly looting a Smart and Final market in Oakland during Nov. 25 protests over the Michael Brown killing and grand jury decision not to indict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd circled around the barricade of police officers and rallied briefly at the jail before marching west and climbing an off-ramp to I-880 near Market and Sixth streets just before 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10369490\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10369490 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding a sign in reference to Eric Garner is about to be shoved off a dividing wall on Interstate 880 in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman holding a sign in reference to Eric Garner is about to be shoved off a dividing wall on Interstate 880 in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Protesters stopped traffic in both directions for about 15 minutes before California Highway Patrol officers arrived and began pushing them back to the off-ramp. Several protesters said there were two arrests on the interstate, but that is so far unconfirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators, still numbering several hundred, regrouped back at street level and made their way to the West Oakland BART Station. BART Police locked the station down before the march arrived. It had been a week since about two dozen people stopped BART service between San Francisco and the East Bay by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/bart-no-transbay-service-due-to-civil-unrest\" target=\"_blank\">chaining themselves to trains\u003c/a> on Black Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters shook and banged on the gates blocking station entrances and shouted, \"Oscar Grant! Oscar Grant!\" at onlooking BART police officers. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/oscar-grant\" target=\"_blank\">Grant\u003c/a> was shot and killed by then-BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle while he was unarmed and being handcuffed on Jan. 1, 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10369539\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10369539\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters shake gates blocking the entrance to the West Oakland BART Station as police watch. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters shake gates blocking the entrance to the West Oakland BART Station as police watch. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The march then returned to downtown Oakland, arriving at 14th and Broadway at about 10:30 a.m. A few masked protesters smashed large windows of the new Downtown Wine Merchants shop at the edge of Oakland's city center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employee Edwin Cabrillo was bleeding from his right arm after the brief assault. He said two people beat him up when he tried to stop them from vandalizing the shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We worked all our life to open this business,\" he said, adding he agreed with the fury over the killings of Brown and Garner, but not the vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See Cabrillo's reaction below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://vine.co/v/OvljZ7wgXIQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right after the glass shattered, other members of the march shouted at the vandals and stood between the larger group and the storefront, but the damage had been done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police charged, moving quickly up Broadway while ordering protesters to disperse. They caught some of the dwindling crowd on 27th Street near Telegraph, but most escaped through an alley before the full police perimeter, or \"kettle,\" could trap them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were unconfirmed reports of a few more arrests by Oakland police.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A crowd of several hundred people blocked traffic on Interstate 880 and descended on West Oakland BART Station, resulting in a brief closure, in another night of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/24/oakland-prepares-for-michael-brown-grand-jury-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">sustained\u003c/a> protests Friday over high-profile police killings of unarmed black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protests initially over a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict former Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown gained new fuel this week when a New York grand jury did not indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hundred people began gathering in solemn quiet at Telegraph Avenue and 27th Street before 7 p.m. last night. A man stood on the tailgate of a parked truck and told the crowd, \"We're not going to stand for the f-ing police killing us every day,\" but added that breaking windows \"don't do nothing -- it just breaks you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protest grew as it moved south and met a second march heading north at West Grand and Telegraph avenues, swelling to more than 500 people. Protesters shouted, \"Eric Garner, Michael Brown! Shut it down, shut it down!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marchers met a line of Oakland police at Broadway and Seventh street, initially blocking the route to the city's police department and downtown jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10369535\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10369535 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"AEdit3\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3-800x582.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3-400x291.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man in a mask squares off with police in riot gear at Broadway and Seventh Street in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Yes, all lives matter,\" a woman standing in front of the police line said over a loudspeaker, \"but we are here because this system does not give value to black lives. Black lives fall below the windows of Smart and Final.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three men were \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/3-men-charged-in-Oakland-protest-looting-5928604.php#next\" target=\"_blank\">charged with burglary\u003c/a> for allegedly looting a Smart and Final market in Oakland during Nov. 25 protests over the Michael Brown killing and grand jury decision not to indict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd circled around the barricade of police officers and rallied briefly at the jail before marching west and climbing an off-ramp to I-880 near Market and Sixth streets just before 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10369490\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10369490 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding a sign in reference to Eric Garner is about to be shoved off a dividing wall on Interstate 880 in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/IMG_0755-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman holding a sign in reference to Eric Garner is about to be shoved off a dividing wall on Interstate 880 in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Protesters stopped traffic in both directions for about 15 minutes before California Highway Patrol officers arrived and began pushing them back to the off-ramp. Several protesters said there were two arrests on the interstate, but that is so far unconfirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators, still numbering several hundred, regrouped back at street level and made their way to the West Oakland BART Station. BART Police locked the station down before the march arrived. It had been a week since about two dozen people stopped BART service between San Francisco and the East Bay by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/bart-no-transbay-service-due-to-civil-unrest\" target=\"_blank\">chaining themselves to trains\u003c/a> on Black Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters shook and banged on the gates blocking station entrances and shouted, \"Oscar Grant! Oscar Grant!\" at onlooking BART police officers. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/oscar-grant\" target=\"_blank\">Grant\u003c/a> was shot and killed by then-BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle while he was unarmed and being handcuffed on Jan. 1, 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10369539\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10369539\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters shake gates blocking the entrance to the West Oakland BART Station as police watch. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/AEdit4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters shake gates blocking the entrance to the West Oakland BART Station as police watch. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The march then returned to downtown Oakland, arriving at 14th and Broadway at about 10:30 a.m. A few masked protesters smashed large windows of the new Downtown Wine Merchants shop at the edge of Oakland's city center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employee Edwin Cabrillo was bleeding from his right arm after the brief assault. He said two people beat him up when he tried to stop them from vandalizing the shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We worked all our life to open this business,\" he said, adding he agreed with the fury over the killings of Brown and Garner, but not the vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See Cabrillo's reaction below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://vine.co/v/OvljZ7wgXIQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right after the glass shattered, other members of the march shouted at the vandals and stood between the larger group and the storefront, but the damage had been done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police charged, moving quickly up Broadway while ordering protesters to disperse. They caught some of the dwindling crowd on 27th Street near Telegraph, but most escaped through an alley before the full police perimeter, or \"kettle,\" could trap them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were unconfirmed reports of a few more arrests by Oakland police.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Don Clyde, Mark Andrew Boyer, Alex Emslie, Olivia Allen-Price and Adam Grossberg contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:05 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> Oakland police are reporting 92 people were arrested during Tuesday night's protests \"for a variety of crimes.\" A merchants' group in the city's Temescal neighborhood, centered on Telegraph Avenue north of downtown, says about 13 businesses suffered damage there. Emeryville officials said one business, near 40th Street and San Pablo Avenue, was vandalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:50 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A summary of tonight's events in Oakland: Protesters taking to the street briefly blocked freeways -- Interstate 980 during the tail end of the evening rush hour, I-580 later in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protests began at two downtown locations -- 14th and Broadway and on lower Broadway near police headquarters, then headed to I-980, on the edge of West Oakland, up San Pablo Avenue for a short distance, over to Telegraph Avenue, then up Telegraph into the Temescal District before heading west to 55th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, then west and south into Emeryville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many episodes of vandalism were recorded, and at one point, marchers ignited a trash fire that stretched all the way across Telegraph just south of MacArthur Boulevard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rev. Ben McBride of Oakland walked between the crowd of protesters and the line of police marching through the trash-fire barricade. He said the vandalism is counterproductive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The conversation about justice for Mike Brown is a bigger conversation about whether we believe that law enforcement officials can commit crimes while they are on duty,\" he said, adding that's an issue that particularly affects young black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Darren Wilson said that he felt like a 5-year-old grabbing onto Hulk Hogan -- if you are that afraid of black men in your community, you should not police in communities where we live,\" McBride said. \"We are not superhuman, and we are not subhuman. We are human beings and we need to be treated that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178818341\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous arrests have been reported in the news media, especially after members of the crowd scrambled up an embankment near 34th Street and Telegraph to get onto I-580. We haven't seen any numbers for arrests at this point, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's our Storify of social media coverage and images of tonight's events, followed by our earlier updates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/oakland-reacts-to-ferguson-night-2/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/oakland-reacts-to-ferguson-night-2\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Oakland Reacts to Ferguson: Night 2\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:05 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Just before 10 p.m., Oakland police gave protesters an order to disperse at 40th and Telegraph. KQED's Alex Emslie reports the crowd in that area appears to have thinned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are reports of looting at a T-Mobile and paint store. Windows are smashed at multiple businesses, including a Mercedes-Benz dealership, Subway and Bank of the West branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/abc7newsBayArea/status/537487328143769600\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/eliotwb/status/537496377161297920\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:39 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Protests in Oakland continue to get more tense as the night progresses. Around 9 p.m., demonstrators were able to access Interstate 580 and stop traffic in both directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Alex Emslie reports that fires have been set to trash bins and mattresses around 34th and Telegraph. Glass doors at a Walgreens were smashed. Multiple loud explosions, possibly M-80s, startled the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At MacArthur and Telegraph, a California Highway Patrol patrol car was surrounded by a crowd of protesters who began beating on the car and smashing windows. Officers charged in and made several arrests. Emslie captured video of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZkkCZirMY&w=640&h=360]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Hundreds of protesters in Oakland briefly shut down Interstate 980 during the evening commute. Police quickly cleared the demonstrators off the highway, and escorted the protesters as they marched downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 protesters in San Francisco peacefully marched from Mission and 24th Streets to the police station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:50 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A handful of downtown Oakland businesses vandalized in the wake of last night's Ferguson protests have been cleaning up today as city officials update their account of the evening's arrests. From the Oakland Tribune:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Authorities said 47 people were arrested as protesters threw rocks, bottles and paint at police and buildings. Of the 47 arrests, 13 were made on Interstate 580, when protesters climbed on the freeway, authorities said. The other arrests were made in the area of 8th Street and Broadway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those arrested were taken by sheriff's van to Santa Rita Jail. Most were cited for a variety of crimes, including assaulting officers, burglary, failure to disperse, resisting arrest, vandalism, and public intoxication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities have not yet released names or ages of those arrested, but said 16 were Oakland residents. The hometowns for the rest included San Leandro, Berkeley, El Sobrante, Chico, Santa Rosa, Chicago and Silver Springs, Maryland. Some arrestees were from Oregon, but hometowns were not given.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Protests related to the Ferguson case -- in which a county grand jury decided not to indict a police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown during an altercation last August -- continued Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, about 30 people gathered outside City Hall at noontime chanting \"no justice, no peace.\" In Oakland, activists planned to gather at police headquarters at 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong> The focus of last night's protest moved late Monday from the Grand-Lake district, where protesters shut down Interstate 580 for about two hours, back to downtown Oakland. There, the gathering took a more destructive turn, with several businesses along lower Broadway vandalized. A Starbucks, Metro PCS store and Smart and Final outlets had their windows smashed and were looted. Windows were also smashed at branches of Wells Fargo and Chase banks. Police arrested more than 40 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Mayor Jean Quan's statement summarizing the action and the police response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For several hours the protest in Oakland Monday night was peaceful. It’s unfortunate that some demonstrators then decided to close down the freeway, placing themselves, our officers and many uninvolved motorists at great risk. A smaller group of people then caused vandalism and broke into businesses around a four-block area downtown, breaking windows, painting graffiti and setting garbage cans on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This property destruction and violence was completely unacceptable. However, thanks to the remarkable dedication and professionalism of our police, few people were injured and nobody was seriously hurt. Oakland Police Department officers showed tremendous restraint in the face of hundreds of demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks at them and provoking them for hours. OPD’s tactics prevented people from being hurt and helped us arrest more than 40 of the vandals. We will work diligently today and in the coming weeks to ensure that we keep our highway entrances safer and prevent further harm to people and property.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>At one point during the late-night disturbance on Broadway, members of the large contingent of police who responded to the protest fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and nonlethal projectiles at the crowd. Here's a tweet from San Francisco Chronicle photographer Carlos Avila Gonzalez, who said he was hit by one of the projectiles:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CAGisMe/status/537165509058240512\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland police say they did not fire the projectiles and are investigating who among the other departments that were on the street last night is responsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Previous update and summary (midnight Monday):\u003c/strong> More than 1,000 people demonstrated in Oakland after a grand jury declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing teenager Michael Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a good turnout and show of solidarity for Michael Brown. But as usual, you have some people who aren't out here for Michael Brown – they're out here [for] destruction, and they've done some stuff along the way that wasn't necessary,\" said Desley Brooks, Oakland City Council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters closed Interstate 580 for several hours before returning to downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been a part of a lot of protests, and taking over a highway is pretty remarkable – a bit scary, but remarkable nonetheless,\" said West Oakland resident Bre Arder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police made several arrests throughout the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News will begin updates again Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#oaklandprotest\">\u003cem>View continuing social media coverage of the Oakland Ferguson protest\u003c/em>.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Police have blocked about 400 protesters on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth, reports KQED's Andrew Stelzer. The Chronicle's Jill Tucker \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/537142817324167168\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> that police have issued a dispersal order and are preparing to push protesters back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Police have cleared I-580 as protesters begin to disperse. About 100 police are standing on Grand, blocking access to MacArthur. A group of demonstrators are still marching toward Broadway, reports KQED's Don Clyde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Several hundred protesters have swarmed the I-580 onramp at MacArthur and Van Buren, blocking all traffic. Police have made several arrests as they attempt to clear traffic, reports KQED's Adam Grossberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10355308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10355308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of protesters pour onto I-580 at MacArthur and Van Buren. (Don Clyde/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of protesters pour onto I-580 at MacArthur and Van Buren. (Don Clyde/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Protesters regrouped and are now blocking the eastbound traffic at Van Buren Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Eastbound traffic is now open and slowly starting to move in the farthest left westbound lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been a part of a lot of protests, and taking over a highway is pretty remarkable – a bit scary, but remarkable nonetheless,\" said Bre Adler, a West Oakland resident, while watching protesters march onto I-580.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://apps.stlpublicradio.org/ferguson-project/evidence.html\" target=\"_blank\">read the grand jury testimony and evidence\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> released by St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:10 p.m.: \u003c/strong> Police have arrived, blocking protesters who were scaling a barrier between the westbound and eastbound lanes of Interstate 580.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the protesters have left the onramp, but about 100 people continue to challenge the line of police. The California Highway Patrol says that multiple people have been detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 p.m.: \u003c/strong>More news from the freeway standoff, via Don Clyde. Protesters were briefly successful at blocking both westbound and eastbound traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Marchers succeeded in gaining access to one of Oakland's freeways, getting onto westbound Interstate 580 near the Grand and Lakeshore exits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's resulted is a standoff, with California Highway Patrol units having effectively shut down the westbound lanes of the freeway. At least 100 protesters are on the highway chanting, \"Hands up! Don't shoot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Don Clyde, who followed the marchers as they scrambled onto the highway, says more police reinforcements have arrived. It could be that a mass arrest is imminent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/537100537854828544\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The Oakland protesters are making a concerted effort to get onto Interstate 580. After being blocked from accessing the freeway at MacArthur and Grand, the crowd streamed east on Lakeshore Boulevard toward an eastbound entrance. They were met there by more police, who apparently have blocked them from going further, KQED's Don Clyde says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED's Don Clyde reports that \"a sizable reinforcement\" of Oakland police has arrived to block the Ferguson protest march from moving either up nearby ramps to Interstate 580 or into the Grand-Lake commercial district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clyde said as marchers neared Grand Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard, several police vans pulled up and officers in riot gear deployed to block the protesters' advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10355406\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10355406\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Early in the evening, protesters marched to the Nimitz Freeway, where they faced off with Oakland Police. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early in the evening, protesters marched to the Nimitz Freeway, where they faced off with Oakland Police. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marchers have started chanting, \"Whose freeway? Our freeway!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m.: \u003c/strong>All reports -- both those from KQED folks on the street and from social media -- suggest the protest crowd in Oakland has grown to well over 500. It's not clear where the march is going, but the march has been moving east along Grand Avenue toward the Grand-Lake District, one of the city's main commercial neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some vandalism is apparent along the route of the protest, with tweets showing a garbage can set afire near Lake Merritt, and broken windows in two downtown banks. Windows at the Oakland Tribune were spray-painted with the slogan, \"F___ the police.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still no reports of arrests or more serious violence, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Below: A social media roundup of Oakland protest news, followed by our earlier updates:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"oaklandprotest\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/ferguson-the-bay-area-reaction/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/ferguson-the-bay-area-reaction\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Ferguson: The Bay Area Reaction \" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:40 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Another moment of tension, passed on by KQED's Don Clyde: A van apparently full of Oakland police officers encountered marchers at 17th and Webster streets, toward the north end of downtown. When officers appeared to make a move to get out of the van, some protesters began pounding on the van, prompting the driver to leave the scene without the officers deploying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The march is now near Grand Avenue and Webster Street, just west of Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> And now the Ferguson protesters are on the move again. KQED's Don Clyde says the crowd is moving slowly north on Broadway -- into the Uptown district and toward the Fox and Paramount theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clyde says the crowd may have grown to about 500 now. Many are chanting, \"Shut it down!\" and \"Shut it down for Michael Brown!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vivian Ho, a San Francisco Chronicle reporter out on Broadway, tweets:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/VivianHo/status/537086081171087360\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:15 p.m. \u003c/strong>The situation in Oakland has gotten tense as some Ferguson protesters have become more confrontational with police officers near Oakland Police Department headquarters. One group of protesters attempted to march onto Interstate 880, only to be turned back by police guarding two ramps between Broadway and Jackson Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main focus of the protest appears to have moved back to 14th Street and Broadway, outside City Hall. A crowd of about 300 people has gathered in the intersection there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:50 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Marchers have headed down Broadway toward the Oakland Police Department headquarters at Seventh Street and Broadway. The crowd appears to have grown to about 200 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10355409\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10355409\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"About an hour after the grand jury decision was announced, the protest ballooned in size, as demonstrators marched north on Broadway. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About an hour after the grand jury decision was announced, the protest ballooned in size, as demonstrators marched north on Broadway. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Photographer Mark Andrew Boyer, covering the protest for KQED, says, \"There's definitely been a lot of outrage\" over the grand jury decision not to bring charges against the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. \"But there's a real sense that the decision that came down was pretty much inevitable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marchers chanted, \"Hands up! Don't shoot!\" and \"Ferguson, we've got your back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:25 p.m.:\u003c/strong> No charges against Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, about 100 protesters were marching in the neighborhood near City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:20 p.m.:\u003c/strong> St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch is reading a statement recounting the Michael Brown shooting and its aftermath. No word yet on grand jury's decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCulloch says 24-hour news cycle has made the investigation of the Brown shooting more difficult. He also says the probe was complicated by numerous witnesses who offered differing accounts of the killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, meanwhile, several dozen protesters were lying down in the intersection of 14th and Broadway. They then began to march down Broadway toward Oakland police headquarters, a frequent destination of past protests during the Oscar Grant/Occupy Oakland years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> As Missouri officials prepare to announce a grand jury decision in the August police shooting of teenager Michael Brown, a crowd of media, activists, curious citizens -- and law enforcement -- has converged on downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grand jury has been considering whether to bring homicide charges against Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Brown on Aug. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Oakland merchants, mindful of a history of protests that have involved property damage downtown, have boarded up windows in anticipation of the grand jury decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, the preparations and anticipation are nothing like that in the Ferguson area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency last week, and National Guard troops on Monday took up positions around police and fire stations, a county prosecutor's office and key infrastructure. Hundreds of people \u003ca href=\"http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/grand-jury-has-reached-decision-in-ferguson-case/article_3ac5a3fa-4ae0-584a-8bf6-40b2ea8c89c2.html\" target=\"_blank\">gathered in the town\u003c/a> Monday night in advance of the grand jury announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson shot and killed Brown on Aug. 9. Questions about the circumstances surrounding the shooting in the St. Louis suburb led to weeks of protests and clashes with police.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rev. Ben McBride of Oakland walked between the crowd of protesters and the line of police marching through the trash-fire barricade. He said the vandalism is counterproductive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The conversation about justice for Mike Brown is a bigger conversation about whether we believe that law enforcement officials can commit crimes while they are on duty,\" he said, adding that's an issue that particularly affects young black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Darren Wilson said that he felt like a 5-year-old grabbing onto Hulk Hogan -- if you are that afraid of black men in your community, you should not police in communities where we live,\" McBride said. \"We are not superhuman, and we are not subhuman. We are human beings and we need to be treated that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178818341&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178818341'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous arrests have been reported in the news media, especially after members of the crowd scrambled up an embankment near 34th Street and Telegraph to get onto I-580. We haven't seen any numbers for arrests at this point, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's our Storify of social media coverage and images of tonight's events, followed by our earlier updates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/oakland-reacts-to-ferguson-night-2/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/oakland-reacts-to-ferguson-night-2\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Oakland Reacts to Ferguson: Night 2\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:05 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Just before 10 p.m., Oakland police gave protesters an order to disperse at 40th and Telegraph. KQED's Alex Emslie reports the crowd in that area appears to have thinned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are reports of looting at a T-Mobile and paint store. Windows are smashed at multiple businesses, including a Mercedes-Benz dealership, Subway and Bank of the West branch.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Police quickly cleared the demonstrators off the highway, and escorted the protesters as they marched downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 protesters in San Francisco peacefully marched from Mission and 24th Streets to the police station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:50 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A handful of downtown Oakland businesses vandalized in the wake of last night's Ferguson protests have been cleaning up today as city officials update their account of the evening's arrests. From the Oakland Tribune:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Authorities said 47 people were arrested as protesters threw rocks, bottles and paint at police and buildings. Of the 47 arrests, 13 were made on Interstate 580, when protesters climbed on the freeway, authorities said. The other arrests were made in the area of 8th Street and Broadway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those arrested were taken by sheriff's van to Santa Rita Jail. Most were cited for a variety of crimes, including assaulting officers, burglary, failure to disperse, resisting arrest, vandalism, and public intoxication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities have not yet released names or ages of those arrested, but said 16 were Oakland residents. The hometowns for the rest included San Leandro, Berkeley, El Sobrante, Chico, Santa Rosa, Chicago and Silver Springs, Maryland. Some arrestees were from Oregon, but hometowns were not given.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Protests related to the Ferguson case -- in which a county grand jury decided not to indict a police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown during an altercation last August -- continued Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, about 30 people gathered outside City Hall at noontime chanting \"no justice, no peace.\" In Oakland, activists planned to gather at police headquarters at 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong> The focus of last night's protest moved late Monday from the Grand-Lake district, where protesters shut down Interstate 580 for about two hours, back to downtown Oakland. There, the gathering took a more destructive turn, with several businesses along lower Broadway vandalized. A Starbucks, Metro PCS store and Smart and Final outlets had their windows smashed and were looted. Windows were also smashed at branches of Wells Fargo and Chase banks. Police arrested more than 40 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Mayor Jean Quan's statement summarizing the action and the police response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For several hours the protest in Oakland Monday night was peaceful. It’s unfortunate that some demonstrators then decided to close down the freeway, placing themselves, our officers and many uninvolved motorists at great risk. A smaller group of people then caused vandalism and broke into businesses around a four-block area downtown, breaking windows, painting graffiti and setting garbage cans on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This property destruction and violence was completely unacceptable. However, thanks to the remarkable dedication and professionalism of our police, few people were injured and nobody was seriously hurt. Oakland Police Department officers showed tremendous restraint in the face of hundreds of demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks at them and provoking them for hours. OPD’s tactics prevented people from being hurt and helped us arrest more than 40 of the vandals. We will work diligently today and in the coming weeks to ensure that we keep our highway entrances safer and prevent further harm to people and property.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>At one point during the late-night disturbance on Broadway, members of the large contingent of police who responded to the protest fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and nonlethal projectiles at the crowd. Here's a tweet from San Francisco Chronicle photographer Carlos Avila Gonzalez, who said he was hit by one of the projectiles:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But as usual, you have some people who aren't out here for Michael Brown – they're out here [for] destruction, and they've done some stuff along the way that wasn't necessary,\" said Desley Brooks, Oakland City Council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters closed Interstate 580 for several hours before returning to downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been a part of a lot of protests, and taking over a highway is pretty remarkable – a bit scary, but remarkable nonetheless,\" said West Oakland resident Bre Arder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police made several arrests throughout the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News will begin updates again Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#oaklandprotest\">\u003cem>View continuing social media coverage of the Oakland Ferguson protest\u003c/em>.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Police have blocked about 400 protesters on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth, reports KQED's Andrew Stelzer. The Chronicle's Jill Tucker \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/537142817324167168\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> that police have issued a dispersal order and are preparing to push protesters back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Police have cleared I-580 as protesters begin to disperse. About 100 police are standing on Grand, blocking access to MacArthur. A group of demonstrators are still marching toward Broadway, reports KQED's Don Clyde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Several hundred protesters have swarmed the I-580 onramp at MacArthur and Van Buren, blocking all traffic. Police have made several arrests as they attempt to clear traffic, reports KQED's Adam Grossberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10355308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10355308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of protesters pour onto I-580 at MacArthur and Van Buren. (Don Clyde/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/IMG_0214-1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of protesters pour onto I-580 at MacArthur and Van Buren. 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The California Highway Patrol says that multiple people have been detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 p.m.: \u003c/strong>More news from the freeway standoff, via Don Clyde. Protesters were briefly successful at blocking both westbound and eastbound traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Marchers succeeded in gaining access to one of Oakland's freeways, getting onto westbound Interstate 580 near the Grand and Lakeshore exits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's resulted is a standoff, with California Highway Patrol units having effectively shut down the westbound lanes of the freeway. At least 100 protesters are on the highway chanting, \"Hands up! Don't shoot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Don Clyde, who followed the marchers as they scrambled onto the highway, says more police reinforcements have arrived. It could be that a mass arrest is imminent.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The Oakland protesters are making a concerted effort to get onto Interstate 580. After being blocked from accessing the freeway at MacArthur and Grand, the crowd streamed east on Lakeshore Boulevard toward an eastbound entrance. They were met there by more police, who apparently have blocked them from going further, KQED's Don Clyde says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED's Don Clyde reports that \"a sizable reinforcement\" of Oakland police has arrived to block the Ferguson protest march from moving either up nearby ramps to Interstate 580 or into the Grand-Lake commercial district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clyde said as marchers neared Grand Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard, several police vans pulled up and officers in riot gear deployed to block the protesters' advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10355406\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10355406\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Early in the evening, protesters marched to the Nimitz Freeway, where they faced off with Oakland Police. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13266qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early in the evening, protesters marched to the Nimitz Freeway, where they faced off with Oakland Police. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marchers have started chanting, \"Whose freeway? Our freeway!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m.: \u003c/strong>All reports -- both those from KQED folks on the street and from social media -- suggest the protest crowd in Oakland has grown to well over 500. It's not clear where the march is going, but the march has been moving east along Grand Avenue toward the Grand-Lake District, one of the city's main commercial neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some vandalism is apparent along the route of the protest, with tweets showing a garbage can set afire near Lake Merritt, and broken windows in two downtown banks. Windows at the Oakland Tribune were spray-painted with the slogan, \"F___ the police.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still no reports of arrests or more serious violence, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Below: A social media roundup of Oakland protest news, followed by our earlier updates:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"oaklandprotest\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/ferguson-the-bay-area-reaction/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/ferguson-the-bay-area-reaction\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Ferguson: The Bay Area Reaction \" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:40 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Another moment of tension, passed on by KQED's Don Clyde: A van apparently full of Oakland police officers encountered marchers at 17th and Webster streets, toward the north end of downtown. When officers appeared to make a move to get out of the van, some protesters began pounding on the van, prompting the driver to leave the scene without the officers deploying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The march is now near Grand Avenue and Webster Street, just west of Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> And now the Ferguson protesters are on the move again. KQED's Don Clyde says the crowd is moving slowly north on Broadway -- into the Uptown district and toward the Fox and Paramount theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clyde says the crowd may have grown to about 500 now. Many are chanting, \"Shut it down!\" and \"Shut it down for Michael Brown!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vivian Ho, a San Francisco Chronicle reporter out on Broadway, tweets:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:15 p.m. \u003c/strong>The situation in Oakland has gotten tense as some Ferguson protesters have become more confrontational with police officers near Oakland Police Department headquarters. One group of protesters attempted to march onto Interstate 880, only to be turned back by police guarding two ramps between Broadway and Jackson Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main focus of the protest appears to have moved back to 14th Street and Broadway, outside City Hall. A crowd of about 300 people has gathered in the intersection there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:50 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Marchers have headed down Broadway toward the Oakland Police Department headquarters at Seventh Street and Broadway. The crowd appears to have grown to about 200 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10355409\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10355409\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"About an hour after the grand jury decision was announced, the protest ballooned in size, as demonstrators marched north on Broadway. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/13265qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About an hour after the grand jury decision was announced, the protest ballooned in size, as demonstrators marched north on Broadway. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Photographer Mark Andrew Boyer, covering the protest for KQED, says, \"There's definitely been a lot of outrage\" over the grand jury decision not to bring charges against the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. \"But there's a real sense that the decision that came down was pretty much inevitable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marchers chanted, \"Hands up! Don't shoot!\" and \"Ferguson, we've got your back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:25 p.m.:\u003c/strong> No charges against Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, about 100 protesters were marching in the neighborhood near City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:20 p.m.:\u003c/strong> St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch is reading a statement recounting the Michael Brown shooting and its aftermath. No word yet on grand jury's decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCulloch says 24-hour news cycle has made the investigation of the Brown shooting more difficult. He also says the probe was complicated by numerous witnesses who offered differing accounts of the killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, meanwhile, several dozen protesters were lying down in the intersection of 14th and Broadway. They then began to march down Broadway toward Oakland police headquarters, a frequent destination of past protests during the Oscar Grant/Occupy Oakland years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> As Missouri officials prepare to announce a grand jury decision in the August police shooting of teenager Michael Brown, a crowd of media, activists, curious citizens -- and law enforcement -- has converged on downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grand jury has been considering whether to bring homicide charges against Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Brown on Aug. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Oakland merchants, mindful of a history of protests that have involved property damage downtown, have boarded up windows in anticipation of the grand jury decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, the preparations and anticipation are nothing like that in the Ferguson area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency last week, and National Guard troops on Monday took up positions around police and fire stations, a county prosecutor's office and key infrastructure. Hundreds of people \u003ca href=\"http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/grand-jury-has-reached-decision-in-ferguson-case/article_3ac5a3fa-4ae0-584a-8bf6-40b2ea8c89c2.html\" target=\"_blank\">gathered in the town\u003c/a> Monday night in advance of the grand jury announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366507379/ferguson-docs-how-the-grand-jury-reached-a-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson documents: How the grand jury reached a decision\u003c/a> (NPR's The Two-Way blog):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... In a rare move and in an attempt to allay concerns about bias, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch made public the mountain of evidence that was presented to the grand jury. We're combing through the thousands of pages — including testimony from Wilson and many witnesses — and throughout the day, we'll update this post with the pieces that help explain how those 12 people reached their decision. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366507379/ferguson-docs-how-the-grand-jury-reached-a-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/11/25/law-and-disorder-in-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\">Law and disorder in Ferguson: 10 must-reads from coverage of the decision and its aftermath\u003c/a> (The Marshall Project):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Three months after it began its work, the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, chose Monday not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for killing black, unarmed teenager Michael Brown last August. In this, the grand jury of nine whites and three blacks was no different from grand juries all over the country that previously have excused police officers following shooting deaths like this. Our nation’s legal standards, its broad definitions of the use of “deadly force,” make it extremely difficult for police officers ever to face criminal charges even when an unarmed citizen dies after an altercation like this. \u003ca href=\"https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/11/25/law-and-disorder-in-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/allegations-of-police-misconduct-rarely-result-in-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">Allegations of police misconduct rarely result in charges\u003c/a> (FiveThirtyEight):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Police shootings, and allegations of police misconduct in general, almost never make it in front of a grand jury. And officers rarely face legal consequences for allegations of misconduct. As is the case with police shooting statistics, comprehensive numbers on accusations of police misconduct are hard to come by. There is no national reporting requirement for such accusations; in fact, many places have laws to purposefully keep the details of misconduct investigations out of the public eye. \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/allegations-of-police-misconduct-rarely-result-in-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Financial-District-high-rises-being-taken-over-by-5915380.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco's technology boom spreads into Financial District \u003c/a>(San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Since 2010, the amount of space that tech companies occupy in San Francisco towers over 12 stories has jumped from 3.5 million square feet to 7.2 million square feet, according to the commercial real estate brokerage CBRE. That’s the equivalent of more than 14 Transamerica Pyramids and enough space to house about 35,000 workers. And much more is coming. Of the eight office buildings under construction in the city, 100 percent of the space has been pre-leased to technology companies. Uber, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Salesforce and Splunk have combined to take 2.5 million square feet in buildings that have not yet opened. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Financial-District-high-rises-being-taken-over-by-5915380.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/fda-to-announce-sweeping-calorie-rules-for-restaurants.html\" target=\"_blank\">FDA to require calorie count, even for movie popcorn \u003c/a>(New York Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Food and Drug Administration announced sweeping rules on Tuesday that will require chain restaurants, movie theaters and pizza parlors across the country to post calorie counts on their menus. ... The rules will have broad implications for public health. As much as a third of the calories that Americans consume come from outside the home, and many health experts believe that increasingly large portion sizes and unhealthy ingredients have been significant contributors to obesity in the United States. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/fda-to-announce-sweeping-calorie-rules-for-restaurants.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/11/21/students-target-sexual-harassment-at-berkeley-high-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley High students wage campaign against sexual harassment\u003c/a> (Berkeleyside):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Earlier this year, some male students at Berkeley High School created “slut accounts” on Instagram. The accounts included photos of female students with misogynistic, sexual captions. A number of the instigators were suspended as a result. However, a group of students who have launched an anti-sexual harassment campaign on campus say the punishment doesn’t help curb the culture that set the stage for the incident in the first place. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/11/21/students-target-sexual-harassment-at-berkeley-high-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27005456/environmental-group-sue-san-jose-sewage-spills-and\" target=\"_blank\">Baykeeper to sue San Jose for sewage spills and trash pollution\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a move that could force the city of San Jose to spend millions modernizing its sewage system, cleaning up trash and removing homeless encampments, an environmental group announced Monday it will file a lawsuit under the Clean Water Act charging the city with failing to stop pollution from washing into creeks and San Francisco Bay. The group, San Francisco Baykeeper, said San Jose has had 780 sewage spills over the past five years, and has allowed tons of trash to flow into the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek through its storm drain system. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27005456/environmental-group-sue-san-jose-sewage-spills-and\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3161247-181/unanimous-county-vote-approves-stream\" target=\"_blank\">Unanimous Sonoma County vote protects streamside corridors\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa Press-Democrat):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>County supervisors Monday adopted a hard-won compromise between farmers and environmental groups, advancing protective buffer zones along 3,200 miles of streams and rivers in the county. “This is a historic day,” Board Chairman David Rabbitt said. “It wasn’t easy to get here.” Supervisors unanimously approved the measure shielding 82,000 acres of land outside city limits, most of it on private property, from future farming and development. \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3161247-181/unanimous-county-vote-approves-stream\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-stadium/ci_27004854/santa-clara-hook-2-million-super-bowl-events\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara to spend $2 million on Super Bowl fete\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although Super Bowl 50 organizers have raised $40 million to fund a week of events throughout the Bay Area, the city hosting the actual game -- Santa Clara -- will be on its own to pay for a slate of festivities showing itself off to the world. Santa Clara officials on Monday unveiled a $2 million package of about a dozen events leading up to the February 2016 game at the new Levi's Stadium, headlined by a parade and fireworks extravaganza. But the city will have to start from scratch to raise private money for the showcase -- and if that campaign falls short, taxpayers will be on the hook. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-stadium/ci_27004854/santa-clara-hook-2-million-super-bowl-events\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27005310/marin-author-isabel-allende-honored-presidential-medal-freedom\" target=\"_blank\">Author Isabel Allende gets Presidential Medal of Freedom\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As Marin author Isabel Allende received the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at a White House ceremony on Monday morning, President Barack Obama quoted her, saying, \"Write to register history. Write what should not be forgotten.\" A resident of San Rafael, Allende was one of 18 medal recipients, including Tom Brokaw, Stevie Wonder and Meryl Streep. \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27005310/marin-author-isabel-allende-honored-presidential-medal-freedom\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/shea/article/The-legacy-of-Pablo-Sandoval-5915041.php\" target=\"_blank\">The legacy of Pablo Sandoval \u003c/a>(San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The way the man maneuvered around the diamond despite his overflowing physique — wow. How he swung at seemingly unhittable pitches and often got hits — wow. Ranging far to his left or right, hitting the deck and getting up to throw a strike to first base — wow. That energy, passion and star power, especially in October — wow, wow and wow. Pablo Sandoval will be missed on so many levels, a face of three championship teams and a body that only a mother and Giants fan could love. Sometimes frustrated by Sandoval’s undisciplined approach to hitting — and dieting — fans were delighted by his many triumphs. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/shea/article/The-legacy-of-Pablo-Sandoval-5915041.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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We're combing through the thousands of pages — including testimony from Wilson and many witnesses — and throughout the day, we'll update this post with the pieces that help explain how those 12 people reached their decision. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366507379/ferguson-docs-how-the-grand-jury-reached-a-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/11/25/law-and-disorder-in-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\">Law and disorder in Ferguson: 10 must-reads from coverage of the decision and its aftermath\u003c/a> (The Marshall Project):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Three months after it began its work, the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, chose Monday not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for killing black, unarmed teenager Michael Brown last August. In this, the grand jury of nine whites and three blacks was no different from grand juries all over the country that previously have excused police officers following shooting deaths like this. Our nation’s legal standards, its broad definitions of the use of “deadly force,” make it extremely difficult for police officers ever to face criminal charges even when an unarmed citizen dies after an altercation like this. \u003ca href=\"https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/11/25/law-and-disorder-in-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/allegations-of-police-misconduct-rarely-result-in-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">Allegations of police misconduct rarely result in charges\u003c/a> (FiveThirtyEight):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Police shootings, and allegations of police misconduct in general, almost never make it in front of a grand jury. And officers rarely face legal consequences for allegations of misconduct. As is the case with police shooting statistics, comprehensive numbers on accusations of police misconduct are hard to come by. There is no national reporting requirement for such accusations; in fact, many places have laws to purposefully keep the details of misconduct investigations out of the public eye. \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/allegations-of-police-misconduct-rarely-result-in-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Financial-District-high-rises-being-taken-over-by-5915380.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco's technology boom spreads into Financial District \u003c/a>(San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Since 2010, the amount of space that tech companies occupy in San Francisco towers over 12 stories has jumped from 3.5 million square feet to 7.2 million square feet, according to the commercial real estate brokerage CBRE. That’s the equivalent of more than 14 Transamerica Pyramids and enough space to house about 35,000 workers. And much more is coming. Of the eight office buildings under construction in the city, 100 percent of the space has been pre-leased to technology companies. Uber, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Salesforce and Splunk have combined to take 2.5 million square feet in buildings that have not yet opened. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Financial-District-high-rises-being-taken-over-by-5915380.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/fda-to-announce-sweeping-calorie-rules-for-restaurants.html\" target=\"_blank\">FDA to require calorie count, even for movie popcorn \u003c/a>(New York Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Food and Drug Administration announced sweeping rules on Tuesday that will require chain restaurants, movie theaters and pizza parlors across the country to post calorie counts on their menus. ... The rules will have broad implications for public health. As much as a third of the calories that Americans consume come from outside the home, and many health experts believe that increasingly large portion sizes and unhealthy ingredients have been significant contributors to obesity in the United States. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/fda-to-announce-sweeping-calorie-rules-for-restaurants.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/11/21/students-target-sexual-harassment-at-berkeley-high-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley High students wage campaign against sexual harassment\u003c/a> (Berkeleyside):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Earlier this year, some male students at Berkeley High School created “slut accounts” on Instagram. The accounts included photos of female students with misogynistic, sexual captions. A number of the instigators were suspended as a result. However, a group of students who have launched an anti-sexual harassment campaign on campus say the punishment doesn’t help curb the culture that set the stage for the incident in the first place. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/11/21/students-target-sexual-harassment-at-berkeley-high-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27005456/environmental-group-sue-san-jose-sewage-spills-and\" target=\"_blank\">Baykeeper to sue San Jose for sewage spills and trash pollution\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a move that could force the city of San Jose to spend millions modernizing its sewage system, cleaning up trash and removing homeless encampments, an environmental group announced Monday it will file a lawsuit under the Clean Water Act charging the city with failing to stop pollution from washing into creeks and San Francisco Bay. The group, San Francisco Baykeeper, said San Jose has had 780 sewage spills over the past five years, and has allowed tons of trash to flow into the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek through its storm drain system. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27005456/environmental-group-sue-san-jose-sewage-spills-and\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3161247-181/unanimous-county-vote-approves-stream\" target=\"_blank\">Unanimous Sonoma County vote protects streamside corridors\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa Press-Democrat):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>County supervisors Monday adopted a hard-won compromise between farmers and environmental groups, advancing protective buffer zones along 3,200 miles of streams and rivers in the county. “This is a historic day,” Board Chairman David Rabbitt said. “It wasn’t easy to get here.” Supervisors unanimously approved the measure shielding 82,000 acres of land outside city limits, most of it on private property, from future farming and development. \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3161247-181/unanimous-county-vote-approves-stream\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-stadium/ci_27004854/santa-clara-hook-2-million-super-bowl-events\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara to spend $2 million on Super Bowl fete\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although Super Bowl 50 organizers have raised $40 million to fund a week of events throughout the Bay Area, the city hosting the actual game -- Santa Clara -- will be on its own to pay for a slate of festivities showing itself off to the world. Santa Clara officials on Monday unveiled a $2 million package of about a dozen events leading up to the February 2016 game at the new Levi's Stadium, headlined by a parade and fireworks extravaganza. But the city will have to start from scratch to raise private money for the showcase -- and if that campaign falls short, taxpayers will be on the hook. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-stadium/ci_27004854/santa-clara-hook-2-million-super-bowl-events\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27005310/marin-author-isabel-allende-honored-presidential-medal-freedom\" target=\"_blank\">Author Isabel Allende gets Presidential Medal of Freedom\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As Marin author Isabel Allende received the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at a White House ceremony on Monday morning, President Barack Obama quoted her, saying, \"Write to register history. Write what should not be forgotten.\" A resident of San Rafael, Allende was one of 18 medal recipients, including Tom Brokaw, Stevie Wonder and Meryl Streep. \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27005310/marin-author-isabel-allende-honored-presidential-medal-freedom\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/shea/article/The-legacy-of-Pablo-Sandoval-5915041.php\" target=\"_blank\">The legacy of Pablo Sandoval \u003c/a>(San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The way the man maneuvered around the diamond despite his overflowing physique — wow. How he swung at seemingly unhittable pitches and often got hits — wow. Ranging far to his left or right, hitting the deck and getting up to throw a strike to first base — wow. That energy, passion and star power, especially in October — wow, wow and wow. Pablo Sandoval will be missed on so many levels, a face of three championship teams and a body that only a mother and Giants fan could love. Sometimes frustrated by Sandoval’s undisciplined approach to hitting — and dieting — fans were delighted by his many triumphs. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/shea/article/The-legacy-of-Pablo-Sandoval-5915041.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A grand jury is reported to be close to deciding whether to indict a white police officer in the fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police in Oakland, who have dealt with tensions from their own officer-involved shootings of unarmed black men in the past, say they are ready to \"facilitate\" any local protest that may arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Jim Chanin represented Scott Olsen, who suffered major injuries from police during an Occupy Oakland demonstration in October 2011. He says these next protests, if they happen, will put OPD's new crowd control policy to the test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A test of whether we're moving forward, and a test of whether, you know, we see continued improvement in the community relations between Oakland and the people they police,\" said Chanin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177586321\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shooting a\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/206089.pdf\"> bean bag\u003c/a>, like the one that caused Olsen's brain damage, is prohibited under the rules. 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And part two is that you can't use it in a way that endangers other members of the crowd that are not deserving to be shot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quan's Letter to Residents\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Jean Quan says she is committed to \"facilitating peaceful expressions and demonstrations\" in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are providing this information to raise awareness about these events, not to alarm, and so that you may plan ahead,\" she wrote in \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/pressrelease/oak050277.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a letter\u003c/a> to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You can have constitutional law enforcement and still have a lowering of crime and effective policing.'\u003ccite>Jim Chanin,\u003cbr>\nattorney for Scott Olsen\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department has not had an officer-involved shooting in the last 17 months, according to Quan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We also have a tremendous decline in the number of complaints. The crime rate is down as well, which just goes to show that you can have constitutional law enforcement and still have a lowering of crime and effective policing,\" Chanin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no specific date for an announcement on whether Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson will face charges for his deadly shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was unarmed. The St. Louis County prosecutor has said he expects the grand jury to reach a decision in mid-to-late November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protesters Prepare for Decision\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland city officials are preparing for protesters to converge on Frank Ogawa Plaza. ABC7 \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/news/oakland-police-ready-for-verdict-in-ferguson-shooting-death/401588/\" target=\"_blank\">also reports\u003c/a> on planned demonstrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"We are saying when the decision comes down regardless of what the decision is people should be out in the streets,\" D'Andre Teeter of Stop Mass Incarceration Network said. \"There should be no business as usual in the country.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network has plans in place for vigils and protests in at least two dozen cities no matter what decision is announced, he said. Demonstrators will gather outside U.S. government buildings to demand federal prosecutors take over the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are prepared to continue to mobilize. We are calling for everyone to act in a strategic, disciplined, nonviolent way, but do not allow either decision to feel like the case is over.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a separate investigation, and it has not said when its work will be completed. It's looking into potential civil rights violations in Wilson's actions and the police department's overall practices, including whether officers used excessive force and engaged in discriminatory practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Tom Hays, Associated Press, contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About two dozen people from the Bay Area are leaving by convoy today for Ferguson, Missouri, joining hundreds from around the country who plan to descend on the St. Louis suburb this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national gathering comes as Ferguson continues to reel from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/14/michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-timeline/14051827/\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 9 killing\u003c/a> of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by white police Officer Darren Wilson, and from weeks of sustained clashes between police and angry crowds protesting the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend is organized under the Net-based group \u003ca href=\"http://blacklivesmatter.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Lives Matter\u003c/a>, which seeks to bring people together \"as part of a national call to end state violence against black people,\" according to a media release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does a police \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/15/missouri-shooting-anger-in-sf-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">shooting in Missouri have to do with the Bay Area\u003c/a>? Plenty, according to organizer Alicia Garza. She lives in Oakland but is already in Ferguson prepping for this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This can't happen anymore,\" she said. \"There’s no way that we can continue to have unarmed black children be shot and killed in the streets in their communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garza said fury over Brown's killing resonates with anger over recent officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Oakland in particular, many people are still outraged about the murder of Oscar Grant,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/oscar-grant/\" target=\"_blank\">fatal shooting of Grant\u003c/a> by BART police Officer \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/06/11/bart-cop-johannes-mehserle-to-testify-in-oscar-grant-lawsuit/\" target=\"_blank\">Johannes Mehserle\u003c/a> in 2009 sparked heated protests in Oakland and skirmishes with police that flared again when Mehserle was convicted of a lesser involuntary manslaughter charge, and again at his sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, said she plans to go to Ferguson soon to support Michael Brown's family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I look at Oscar’s case and I look at Michael Brown’s case and see similarities,\" she said. \"First it’s taken this long to bring up any charge against the officer. Second, every day there’s something new developing with why he shot this young man, same thing with Oscar. Then you go through a phase of demonizing the young man who was shot, same thing with Oscar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black Lives Matter is seeking to change what the group says is a \"systemic pattern of anti-black law enforcement violence in the U.S.\" Other demands include disarming police of weapons handed down from the military, releasing the names of officers involved in killings, and redirecting law enforcement spending to impoverished African-American communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garza said the next steps for the group will likely be determined this weekend, but she hopes the message will spread out across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So that we make sure that places like Ferguson, Missouri, are not isolated from places like Oakland, California, or places like Chicago, Illinois,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for St. Louis County Police said law enforcement agencies in Ferguson are aware of the gathering planned for Labor Day weekend, but they're not commenting on what the police response may be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>St. Louis County arrest records list 218 bookings related to Ferguson protests between Brown's shooting on Aug. 9 and Aug. 23. The majority are misdemeanor refusal to disperse charges, with other arrests for burglary and possession of possible burglary tools, receiving stolen property, unlawful use of a weapon, trespassing, assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and outstanding warrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has been able to confirm that four of those arrested listed a California city of residence, and all four were for refusal to disperse. One is from San Francisco, one from Pasadena, one from Valencia and one from San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said despite the difficulty posed by looters and people seeking to commit other crimes, protesting killings by police is necessary, in the Bay Area and Ferguson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because of that, it was able to be brought to the public, and the public, seeing what happened, knew it was wrong and took action,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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That officer was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/15/340594634/ferguson-police-release-name-of-officer-who-shot-michael-brown\">identified today\u003c/a> as Darren Wilson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six days of unrest in the St. Louis suburb following the killing of Brown have dominated national news reports and drawn responses from President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Justice, which on Tuesday announced the launch of a comprehensive \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2014%2F08%2F12%2Fpolice-force-panel%2F13951033%2F&ei=ZjfuU9WIAoj3oATwo4CwCg&usg=AFQjCNGMEI_e1i7UOXmaGP7S97Qjqa51Nw&sig2=iT4xgOVpO602ByQnTzlgSQ\" target=\"_blank\">review of police tactics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drone of helicopters thumped in the background of a 15-minute moment of silence in Oakland, which was punctuated by members of the crowd shouting the names of people killed in confrontations with police in the Bay Area in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeralynn Blueford, whose 18-year-old son, Alan Blueford, was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/03/after-raucous-city-council-meeting-reid-hands-police-report-to-blueford-family-redacted/\" target=\"_blank\">killed by an Oakland police officer in 2012\u003c/a>, said hearing about the killing of Michael Brown \"was like losing Alan all over again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just too much,\" she said. \"Our young men have no hope. It's jail or it's death, and they don't even imagine living past the age of 25. It's outrageous, all the names, all the lies, all the hurt, all the pain, it's just sickening. I'm sick to my stomach right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To many observers in Oakland, the scenes in Ferguson of militarized police officers and clouds of tear gas are reminiscent of local clashes, including skirmishes between police and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/occupy-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\">Occupy protesters\u003c/a> and the protests that followed the 2009 BART police killing of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/oscar-grant/\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Grant\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The very thing that the community is upset about, the use of deadly force, the police then come out with even more show of deadly force, and even more sophisticated deadly force, and that does not in any way temper the frustration and anxiety and angst that people feel toward the police,\" Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When they come forward with Gestapo-type machinery and tear gas and grenades they throw into the crowd, we saw in Oakland that it did not help,\" he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department's crowd control policy has been repeatedly criticized, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/06/24/national-lawyers-guild-obtains-1m-for-oscar-grant-protesters-oakland-police-reforms\" target=\"_blank\">litigated\u003c/a> and reworked over the past decade. A lawsuit over the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/30/opd-crowd-control-tactics-again-an-issue-in-occupy-oakland-confrontations/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 28, 2012, Occupy Oakland protest\u003c/a>, in which 400 demonstrators and several journalists were arrested, is still pending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20861115/report-rips-police-response-occupy-oakland\" target=\"_blank\">A report\u003c/a> in June of that year by then-federal compliance director Thomas Frazier found \"the crowd control tactics used by OPD are outdated, dangerous and ineffective.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since then, Burris said, the department's culture is changing, and more recent protests have been marked by a more muted police presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that less presence, and certainly less presence in terms of the armored weaponry (deployed) in Ferguson, is much better,\" he said. \"When you have military trucks and officers standing on top of these armored trucks, it sends the wrong message to people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandpolicebeat.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Police Beat\u003c/a>, a project of KQED affiliate \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlocal.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Local\u003c/a>, show 10 teens were killed in officer-involved shootings by Oakland police between 1993 and 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Burris and Jack Bryson, a friend of Oscar Grant's family, said fatal shootings in Oakland have dropped significantly since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that OPD and city officials know that the community of Oakland will respond to a police killing in Oakland,\" Bryson said. 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