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Another night of protests in Oakland end with arrests, destruction

Published  November 11, 2016 7:51am PST
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KTVU FOX 2

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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - A third straight night of post-election protests in Oakland ended with more arrests and more damage, less than 12 hours after the city's Mayor asked protesters for peace and restraint.

Thursday night's protest Police have declared an unlawful assembly tonight as hundreds of protesters have gathered in downtown Oakland for a third night of demonstrations against the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States.

Around 9:30 p.m. police said protesters had moved onto Interstate Highway 580 near Telegraph Avenue. Shortly after 10 p.m. California Highway Patrol tweeted that I-580 was clear and traffic was beginning to recover. Some on and off ramps may remain closed due to the protests. Two people were arrested. 

Then around 9:45 p.m. the California Highway Patrol said eastbound Highway 580 had been blocked by a group of roughly 100 people east of the Interstate Highway 980 interchange.

The rally began around 8:30 p.m. before it became a march onto the freeway according to KTVU's Debora Villalon who was at the scene. 

An estimated 7,000 people protested on Wednesday night. Demonstrators grew violent as the evening wore on, with police using tear gas and flash bang grenades and protesters throwing rocks, bottles and fireworks.

Oakland Police said they arrested 30 people for either damaging businesses or attacking police, and gave 11 citations Wednesday night. Out of the 30 arrests, only 12 people live in Oakland. Police said several were from outside of the Bay Area and even out of state.

Cat Brooks of the Anti Police Terror Project addressed the crowd, saying that it was the police who incited the violence.

Police said they used tear gas only after provoked.

"This is censorship at the hands of Libby Schaaf and OPD," Brooks said, but called for discipline on tonight's march.

"We do not accept or acknowledge the fascist regime of Donald Trump or Libby Schaaf nor do we recognize the authority of her gestapo, otherwise known as OPD."