Cops Pour Into Oakland to Quell Anti-Trump Riot

OAKLAND, CA — Oakland police arrested 30 protesters and cited 11 others on the second night of protests over the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States.

The alleged crimes included assault on an officer, vandalism, unlawful assembly, failure to disperse and firearm possession, police said.

Three officers were injured at the protest.

Police deployed tear gas several times throughout the night to keep members of the crowd from throwing rocks, bottles, fireworks, M-80s and Molotov cocktails at officers.

Twelve other law enforcement agencies were called in to assist Oakland police, including police from San Leandro, Hayward, Fremont, Alameda, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, Berkeley and the University of California at Berkeley. Sheriff's deputies from Alameda and Solano counties as well as California Highway Patrol officers were also on the scene, Oakland police said.

Oakland firefighters and police extinguished about 40 fires. One incident of arson to a downtown business and five medical calls were reported, police said.

The protest gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza at around 4:40 p.m., growing from a few hundred to approximately 7,000.

Protesters chanted "not our president" and carried signs reading "Pussy grabs back," "Donald Trump is a rapist" and "Secede #CalExit."

Oakland police officers marched on the edges of the crowds through the downtown area. Later in the evening, a few members of the crowd began vandalizing local businesses.

The protest was declared an unlawful assembly after 8 p.m. when members of the crowd began assaulting officers with rocks, bottles and explosives.

Around 9:15 p.m. police closed Telegraph Avenue from the 1700 block to the 2100 block. The California Highway Patrol also closed the Broadway off-ramp from northbound Interstate Highway 880 for more than 30 minutes.

Just after 9:30 p.m., police told protesters to disperse from the loudspeaker of a helicopter.

By 10:30 p.m., the crowd had waned to about 150.

Tuesday Oakland Protest

This afternoon Oakland police were still assessing vandalism on several businesses after about 250 protesters marched through downtown in a demonstration that started late Tuesday night and carried on into this
morning.

One protester was cited and small number of protesters were arrested on suspicion of vandalism and disobedience.

As the protesters walked into traffic on state Highway 24, a woman suffered major injuries when she was struck by a vehicle, California Highway Patrol officers said.

The driver pulled over, but the protesters attacked her car and broke out a back window, according to the CHP.

A number of fires were set on Telegraph Avenue and Broadway, and firefighters were called in to extinguish them. The protest had largely died down by 3 a.m., however.

Peaceful San Francisco Protest

Another Trump protest began at 5 p.m. today in San Francisco at Powell and Market streets, and has led to delays on a number of MUNI lines as it moves through the city.

San Francisco Police Officer Grace Gatpandan described the march as nonviolent, saying that no arrests have been made and no dispersal order has been issued.

Peaceful Berkeley Protest

According to the Berkeley Police Department, a third group was headed south on Telegraph Avenue from Dwight Way around 7:10 p.m.

-Bay City News, Photos by Allison Levitsky, BCN

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