Anti-Trump crowd smashes windows & police cruiser in streets of Oakland (VIDEO)
Protestors also smashed the windows of local businesses, City Hall and the Oakland Chamber of Commerce and started a fire on the ground floor of the building
RT - November 10, 2016
Anti-Trump crowd smashes windows & police cruiser in streets of Oakland (VIDEO)
Activists protesting the election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president smashed store windows and attacked an abandoned police car in downtown Oakland, California.
Protesters break glass and graffiti empty Oakland police car #oakprotest pic.twitter.com/ybP1cLpRrL
Anderson Lanham (@AndersonLanham) November 10, 2016
Videos of the violence have been posted on Twitter. Reports say a police helicopter was hovering above the protestors, and police declared the assembly to be unlawful, demanding it be dissolved.
Protesters smash OPD car and light it on fire #oakprotest pic.twitter.com/qsJQLrcvV2
Chantelle Lee (@ChantelleHLee) November 10, 2016
Protestors also smashed the windows of local businesses, City Hall and the Oakland Chamber of Commerce and started a fire on the ground floor of the building.
Window broken, fire started #OakProtest pic.twitter.com/BSaFF61p3w
Aleah J-N (@ajn_dc) November 10, 2016
Dufwin Theater front entrance smashed from protest riot #oakprotest pic.twitter.com/q48j3sFCBl
Chantelle Lee (@ChantelleHLee) November 10, 2016
Protesters started breaking windows, tagging City Hall then police rushed in #oaklandprotest pic.twitter.com/Vzllrg1O8R
Erin Baldassari (@e_baldi) November 10, 2016
More shattered windows of Oakland businesses due to #oakprotest pic.twitter.com/5J5LKyyB7t
Chantelle Lee (@ChantelleHLee) November 10, 2016
There have been scenes in the streets of people burning trash bins. They also smashed the windows of an abandoned police cruiser and, according to social media reports, set the vehicle on fire.
People set Federal building aflame #OakProtest pic.twitter.com/T7LyntCMfq
Jessica Lynn (@jessicailynn) November 10, 2016
Protesters smash Walgreens window #oakprotest pic.twitter.com/bt8t3bATT0
Aleah J-N (@ajn_dc) November 10, 2016
Thousands across the US in major cities are protesting the election of Donald Trump. Protests are taking place coast to coast, with rallies reported in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, DC, Austin, Boston, and Chicago.
Protesters knock over dumpster that they lit on fire #oakprotest pic.twitter.com/gfeieIbQon
Chantelle Lee (@ChantelleHLee) November 10, 2016
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