78 people was arrested during Thursday night’s protests in downtown Oakland, P0lice said.
The people protested in downtown Oakland over the involuntary manslaughter conviction of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle for the shooting death of train rider Oscar Grant.
The rally degenerated into brutality, during which protesters sprayed anti-police graffiti on storefronts, set trash bins on fire and clashed with Police. The Police forces, from agencies throughout the Bay Area were called in to help Oakland officers. They are wearing gas masks and riot helmets and carrying batons.
Police from agencies throughout the Bay Area were called in to help Oakland officers. Those arrested were booked on suspicion of a variety of crimes, including failure to disperse, resisting arrest, burglary, vandalism and assaulting a police officer, said Officer Jeff Thomason, an Oakland police spokesman.
Many of arrested protesters were agitators who were not from Oakland. Police is still compiling informations on the number of businesses that were vandalized.
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