Second night of violent protests over police violence in Calif.
Demonstrations continued around the nation Sunday against police brutality, with "die-ins" staged in New York City, Philadelphia and elsewhere, while street protests in California over recent grand jury decisions involving the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police turned violent for a second straight night.
On Sunday evening an estimated 200 demonstrators marched from Berkeley towards Oakland, blocking traffic, reports CBS San Francisco. Protesters could be heard yelling, "Fist up, fight back," and "Turn it up, don't turn it down. Shut it down for Michael Brown."
The windows of a Radio Shack store on Shattuck Avenue in South Berkeley were broken. Berkeley Police Officer Jennifer Coats told CBS San Francisco that when one demonstrator tried to stop another from looting, he was struck by a hammer. The man was taken to an area hospital.
Several streets in Oakland were blocked by heavy police presence during the protest, bringing traffic to a halt.
California Highway Patrol tweeted last night that five patrol cars were damaged, with broken windows and dents.
The police also tweeted that they were deploying tear gas after rocks and an explosive were thrown. Two officers sustained minor injuries.
At least eight protesters were arrested.
Saturday's protest left one officer hospitalized, and ended with six demonstrators in police custody.
Elsewhere, protesters staged mostly peaceful demonstrations.
In Philadelphia about 200 people staged a silent "die in" in the streets around Lincoln Financial Field after the Eagles game. They lay in the street for four minutes and 30 seconds to symbolize the 4 hours and 30 minutes that the body of Michael Brown lay on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., after he was shot by an officer.
"We're just passionate about the issue," one protester told CBS Philadelphia. "We really feel as though it's wrong. We wanted to stand up, or in this case lay down, for what's right."
There were no injuries or arrests.
CBS New York reports hundreds of demonstrators staged a "die-in" in the middle of Grand Central Terminal. A similar "die-in" was later held on the main floor of Macy's department store at Herald Square.
On "Face the Nation" Sunday, New York City Police Commissioners Bill Bratton said that an internal investigation into the death of Eric Garner, whose chokehold arrest was captured on cellphone video, was underway.
"I don't think that anybody that watches that video is not disturbed what they saw; that policing involving use of force, it always looks awful," Bratton told CBS News' Bob Schieffer. "The criminal courts have decided, our district attorneys and grand jury has decided there were no criminal actions involved. We're now going to have to see if the actions the officers engaged in were in violation of our policies and procedures."
In Chicago, as many as 500 parishioners from nine churches marched in the streets calling for justice.
In Minneapolis, some protesters gathered outside TCF Bank Stadium to make noise.
Joshua Lawrence of Minneapolis, who showed up with his two young children, told CBS Minneapolis, "It's important that my kids and kids anywhere should be working for this and come out and stand for what's right."
Crowds also gathered peacefully at the Hennepin County Library downtown.
In Florida on Sunday, protesters moved through the streets of Miami, bringing traffic in the area to a near-standstill at times. Florida Highway Patrol worked to move protesters away from major highways, CBS Miami reports, and closed I-195 in both directions for a time Sunday afternoon.
Activist Al Sharpton announced plans for a march in Washington, D.C., next Saturday to protest the killings of Garner, Brown and others and to press for change at the federal level.