Caught On Video: Berkeley Rioter Knocks Out Man With Hammer
Video footage shows the moment a protester was assaulted with a hammer while trying stop other protesters from looting a Radio Shack on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley Sunday night.
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Video footage shows the moment a protester was assaulted with a hammer while trying stop other protesters from looting a Radio Shack on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley Sunday night.
Berkeley police are reporting that the protest Sunday night and earlier Monday morning over the failure of a New York grand jury to indict a white officer in the death of an unarmed black man has ended.
Protesters marched in Berkeley Sunday evening following a night of violent clashes between police and demonstrators Saturday night.
Police on Sunday morning said six people were arrested during an overnight protest that turned violent in Berkeley.
Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose wore a black "I Can't Breathe" T-shirt during warmups before playing the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.
Several hundred demonstrators began marching around 5 p.m. at UC Berkeley. By 630 p.m. one reporter described University Ave. as a mob scene.
Protests were held in San Francisco and Oakland for a third straight night in response to a New York City grand jury's decision to not indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man.
Protests took place in both Oakland and San Francisco again Thursday evening in response to Wednesday's grand jury decision not to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold.
Confessions are trending on social media Thursday night as users share crimes they say they were given just a slap on the wrist because of their race.
Even New York City mayor Bill de Blasio confessed that he has had with his own son Dante, who is half black.
About 150 people, many of them students at Stanford University, briefly blocked Highway 101 Wednesday night following a New York City grand jury's decision in the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer.
Protests were taking place in Oakland and in San Francisco Wednesday evening in response to a New York grand jury's decision not to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died while in a police chokehold restraint.
Violent protesters slash an officer's face, leaving a significant gash across his nose and mouth. "This march, if it ever was a First Amendment march, got hijacked by a criminal fringe element bent on destruction and criminal conduct. Were it not for the efforts of the officers and the leadership on the ground, it could have been far worse," Suhr said.
Prosecutors on Monday charged three men with second-degree commercial burglary for looting the Smart & Final store in downtown Oakland early last Tuesday morning in a protest following the decision not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson.
San Francisco's police chief says 79 people in all were charged in connection with a protest at Union Square during Black Friday that turned violent. At least five SFPD officers were injured during their response.
City leaders and community members in Oakland gathered Sunday evening in response to the protests and violence this past week in the Bay Area.
A touching photo of a white police officer hugging an African-American boy at a Portland protest this week has drawn heavy attention on social media.
Wilson's attorney says his resignation is effective immediately. It comes just days after he went on television to defend his decision to shoot Brown.
Small Business Saturday was supposed to provide a big boost for local mom and pop stores. But in Oakland, it was anything but. Between the vandalism and the protests, profits were the only thing small here.
An initially peaceful Black Friday protest over a grand jury's decision not to indict a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in the Michael Brown case turned ugly. Stores in San Francisco's Union Square were vandalized and protesters clashed with police in multiple locations.
BART trains are running through the Transbay Tube again Friday afternoon after a group of activists protesting the Ferguson grand jury decision were arrested for halting BART service at the West Oakland station.
On Black Friday protesters will gather at San Francisco's Union Square and in Emeryville to speak out against police brutality.
The Oakland Raiders could be playing their Sunday game against the St. Louis Rams in Indianapolis if the situation in Ferguson escalates.
Authorities say more than 30 protesters have been arrested in Oakland as a third night of demonstrations related to the Ferguson protests deteriorated into unrest and vandalism.
Oakland councilman Noel Gallo said police officers, CHP officers and county sheriff's deputies have called him to say they are concerned for their safety during the recent protests.
