Crime & Safety

Protest Blocks I-80 Off-Ramp

The Powell Street off-ramp to Highway 80 was closed because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day protest, CHP officials said.

Protesters marching for Martin Luther King Jr. Day have blocked an Interstate Highway 80 off-ramp in Emeryville this afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Powell Street off-ramp to Highway 80 is closed because of the protest, CHP officials said at about 3:10 p.m. Traffic is disrupted in the area.

A protest organized by the Anti-Police Terror Project was slated to start at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland this morning. Protesters posted video on Twitter showing them protesting outside the Home Depot on Hollis Street in Emeryville, where Yuvette Henderson was accused of shoplifting before she was shot and killed by Emeryville police officers last February.

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