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live this is kron4 news there is supporters for air oscar grant's, the crowd is getting bigger as it still growing in size? (applause) yes it is still growing, there's one person in here where they have the picture of oscar grant's on her backpack and people are showing up people are holding up posters and they're talking at podiums at the mike and sharing their missions. their officers standing by it added difference. list will some video and show you what it looks like. this crowd has been there since the sentencing came down and
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there has been growing, as several people who have come down are coming by bike and coming by public transit. they have been speaking at the podium saying that the system is broken and that they are disgusted by the sentencing today and at they're saying that it is extremely it is upsetting. as you take a look at the crowd of people you can see that there is also a our work and other things they have set up your. the mistake of listen to it some things the people in the area have had to say. >> people want justice. there can be no peace with it justice. i have no power over what people feel their form of expression should be. >> and that was oscar it grant's uncle that you heard from and that was at the l.a. courthouse and he was talking about his commission's and saying that
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you now, i don't have any control over what was to happen. this is supposed to end at 9:00 on the organizers are saying that they of volunteers, about 20 to 30 and volunteers at all what people to the bart station if they need it and at this point it is emotionally charged as people talk about their opinions because of the sentencing. reporting live from christine connally for kron4 news. >> of course one concern of many minds is the possibility of a violent reaction of some sort erupting as this and starts to set. >> i know everybody is angry it and nobody is more a grade i am and his mother. the thing is you have to let god take it over. one of our help anything by tearing this city at it. we need to be levelheaded. two wrongs
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do not make our right and you cannot stop it anything but without us. my grandson is gone and violence is not a point to bring him back. these buildings were destroyed in last what we had and it did not do anything. they're not hard to bring him back. do not tear somebody's building up. if you're in great do with the right way, too it illegal way and come up with the ballot have people go on and find a better way to train the police and it yet to take the guns from them take the guns from it. we don't want to have a right. red solve nothing. >> he is talking about why its hands we have information on and white rightist share the concern. we have a potential for violence tonight. >> we are two blocks from
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city hall of but it is very quiet here and out of every couple of minutes they are circling around city hall and around broadway and their two police cruisers coming at us now and they have police officers in cars and vans that are circling the streets and there are lot of police officers that we do not even seek every can show you right here that is very quiet and not a lot of people around these businesses, there are no cars parked on the street, it has been a tow way it zone all day. i alicia is some video that i shot earlier, there are packs of police officers just walk into this streets on foot control which is different than what we saw the last few times that there has been riots. baird is walking
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around and they stopped at the corner and they stayed for an imminent and that there is another pack that comes around and this has been going on all day, they have picked up larger officers and more frequently. the businesses are boarded up and many of them have already sent employees home. they'd slate checked out more businesses that reported at to see what they are doing a >>. i am on 17th street and businesses are still boarding up their windows leak into the afternoon, i've seen this at a couple different places, they're trying to get the board's up before it did send goes down this nightclub decided not to open, friday night as their most popular night but they are worried about their employees said they are not opening their doors tonight. they have on their front of their wind out of a poster
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ads seen everywhere it that says " beat cool " and it says then itjohannes mehserle lost his cool let us not repeat his mistake, violence will much bring him back. i've seen these all over windows and doors. in oakland to slate for kron4 news. >> and emergency operation had corner, what is happening there? >> not a whole lot, we are inside the briefing room and the eeoc and the places like a fortress, take a look at side where it is virtually surrounded by police officers and so far think leave their is not a whole lot for the police officers to do, there are helicopters hovering overhead and there are patrolling hot spots and
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they are not actually being identified. chief anthony bass said he would judge the crowd to about 200 or so and so far they are leaving themselves in something interesting and new this time around he said that many officers will be equipped with cameras and they are going to identify potential trouble makers and so far they have found 16 people have caused a lot have it after july and officers are introducing them to those folks and sang a better behave themselves. >> i understand that people be you the sentencing to historical experiences and spoke to the cynicism and spoke to the everyday
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reality so i understand. that said. a is still my hope that people will express their will express their disappointment there l rich, their pain and a manner that is nonviolent and demanded that is not destructive to our committee. >> oakland mayor ron dylan's also said that this side various incidents it's been quieter than normal here in the oakland for friday evening and he says it will change after dark. >> attorney mike cardozo is still with us helping to analyze what is happening today and what may lie ahead. michael you been across the computer and when you heard them say you know,
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this is an accident and he is still in jail, this is no victory for him. but thought to >> kids went to be here for a little longer but not long enough >> that your family believes >> of course, they believe he should not have been sentenced to us at all and it was as straight accident in this particular case. >> so what happens tojohannes mehserle one seat >> we will hear all all the stories about the celebrity is that this is the county jail, l.a. county jail on the show offers down there is say, and get him that if your. sell off he will go to state prison for the remainder of is how >> i'd. we've been hearing of green light which is a term i've not heard of and
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the past. what does that mean? >> there is a hierarchy there and it is usually within different gangs and within that there's somebody called and shaq collar and if you want to get somebody you have to go and it is it ok the do that? and they will say, i am green lighting at send anybody it once can kill me. >> yes beginning this act and section? how's that handles? >> it will be a solitary confinement because they are responsible for his safety said they will put him in isolation, and other words he will spend 20 to 22 hours every day in his cell by himself and will let him out to exercise an hour or today and then back into the cell he knows and that is how he
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is going to serve his jail sentence. >> because the institutions do not want to take the risk that he will be hurt. >> just think about that. big about the people that are upset and the streets and all of us think about the people in state prison, they do not like police officers to start with as long as they were the ones to put them in there and then they see a man that intentionally shot oscar grant's and that is what they believe and now he is sent to their person. you'd better bet when he gets there he is green light it and all of the people can go after him without anybody getting upset and said that is why they have to protect him so much. >> it is very troubling all around. >> it gives us an insight to our system. catherine? >> we have been getting all lot of people's and put on our block and don are faced
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book and it architect reporter has a look at some of the comments, kenny? >> all lot of people are calling for peace on twitter and that is take a look at the comments were people waiting in and they say " sad to see johannes has to spend more time in jail but glided is only two years, it will go by quick and then he'll be back with his family where he belongs!! and some analysts fault disagrees who says two years, he killed an unarmed, according psittacine lying on the floor space down it is unclear >> we want you to weigh in on the system, you go to our roads and leave your thoughts on our live block and also participate on apple's online. >> for continuing coverage
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stay with us. we also have some coverage online as well, we are logging and taking your comments just log on to our website. you're looking at the rally at sat at city hall. these are all supporters, people that are upset about the sentencing and he is getting a two-year prison sentencing. stay with us.
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and you are looking at live pictures from downtown oakland out side, and oakland city hall where the rally continues to honor oscar grant's and to protest today's sentencing for johannes the former bart police officer who is convicted in his death, he was sentenced to two years in prison and you concede the overhead shot or between 250 to 300 people have gathered so far and
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luckily they showed the people, it is not as large as crowds have been in the past and it may go on beyond that, the sentencing is the latest act in a tragedy that started in the early hours of your state in 2009. >> he was arrested january 14, 2009 after cellphone video was released of him shooting and killing oscar grant's on the bart train out platform. there is and days and nights of increasingly violent demonstrations. he pleaded not guilty to murder and was set three on $3 million bail. he goes into seclusion because of threats on his life as new demonstrations erupted. >> i am so appalled. >> in november of last year they agree to leave his travel to los angeles and the protesters follow him
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there. that protest follows in to this year and last one month. the judge says that it does not support a first- degree murder charge and the verdict comes back that they it convicted of involuntary manslaughter waged brings another rally of violence. >> as protesters continued their rally out side of the city hall and number of other departments are in the area of the plaza to support to oakland police should any problems developed for the night and this rally is supposed to wrap up and 10-15 minutes but it may continue to be a little bit longer in his police have expressed any longtime police trouble makers will begin that process when the sun sets. they're prepared for anything that might develop a but the oscar grant's is calling for a peaceful
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live news at 6. >> you can see and split screen live pictures that showed downtown oakland and city hall. people are coming together to express their dismay of the today's sentence ofjohannes mehserle convicted in the killing of oscar grant's. they're going to be updating on any of the nation as the news story moves on and if that happens we will begin to you live. as you can member that he
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was convicted of killing and i'm on passenger oscar grant's in the early morning hours of january 1, 2009. and kron4 news day and was it in the court might it sentencing was announced. the decision says that the decision it to fight it was because involuntary manslaughter and they're making the point that they believe he mistakenly pulled his gun when he intended to pull his taser because there was no intent to pull his gun there was insufficient evidence to support a big gun enhancement. and they dismiss the gun and headset which would have given him an edition in 10 years of prison. the family of oscar grant's was not pleased. >> we are talking about murder. a man goes to prison for killing a dog and he gets four years than at two
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years is not enough. >> this is america. do not express real justice. you may want that but it might not necessarily happen. >> grant's uncle gave an emotional testimony in the day and it talked about how all their lives and changed since he have been killed. later johann best address the court by saying " with all my heart i am sorry for taking oscar from them. i do pray one day they confide in their hearts to forgive me. " but grant's family was not buying it. >> i delayed the apology is not an apology. had he made an apology with no legal restraints against them on the day of the platform and then it would've been accepted. >> the family showed their discussed by walking out during the middle of this statement and they later said that they are going to look to the u.s. department
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of justice as they continue to seek justice for oscar grant's. >> when sentence saying that johanneses judge perry threat big gun in headsman conviction on what he called his of insufficient her instructions because they argued that the question of contempt was confusing the jurors. >> the question was not other johannes use that gun. that is clear from the video. >> in his 13 pages of jury instructions judge perry said that the gun enhancement law would apply only if jurors believe he used his weapon and intentionally. he then used it medicine lay at someone or fires the web banner. the jurors asked for a description of the is of the penal code and the wording of section 12 of 22.5 was provided to them with any
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person using a firearm in the position of a felony on attempted felony. there is no mention of contempt. the judge says that the murder of involuntary manslaughter shows that he did not intend to use his gun. >> michael cardozo is with us to help explain all of this. this whole issue of gun enhancement was thrown out of the court and some people say why it would have the judge thrown it out before it began a >>. when you go through a trial a day safe to say that it you go very quick through a tryout. did judge and the da say that they assume the guy news will apply 82 and involuntary manslaughter.
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that route, should it have happened back then? absolutely but the judge is now saying, i made a mistake and i should have cracked the >> it. that opens up the possibility that they might need to do a trial or appeal less >>. they will appeal, i assume, the delegation but of course you need to know whether it does apply it or does not apply. if it goes up a step or if it goes down the steps in needs to ultimately be it designed >>. does that affect sentencing for johanna >> is? it really doesn't. he'd still be 68 months and he will be out. can imagine going back to him and saying " hey we are going to go and try and get you a new trial, and we just granted a new trial, let's go back to trial " i do not think he has the stomach for that what he say
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let us take this chance. >> is that his option? it >> to drop the deal, if he doesn't want to a >>. so if he is pushing for >>? if he's given a new trial, the prosecution will have a hard time reading this. >> what about that justice department, we are hearing about people that represent the family and approach the justice family, with the have not stepped in by now? >> it is what to look like grandstanding like, we are here to save the day for you and we're now past are not quite do different causes of actions. i'm against that type of thing, go after his truck, go after him later and let us take a second bite at the apple. , if you
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want him? go get him a >>. really quickly do you believe anything? >> he will go to prison. they will go back to it their respective offices a will have to speak with their attorney in st. " we have to appeal anything happened in this case are delighted light and walk away from it? " >> will you have been watching all live video where oscar grant supporters are still inside city hall and there's christine connally was been there afternoon, they're scheduled to wrap up, they're still there christine >> that is right, at the rally is supposed to be all right now but as you can see hundreds of people are here ed said city hall and they're still speaking it out side the mike but even the the sound was supposed to end at 6:00. , tell me is
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this supposed to end at 6:00? what is the place apart and going to do now? >> we are here to protect people's rights and freedom of speech, and that is what we're here today. as it comes to an end you decide to see how the crowd reacts. it is been very peaceful and very excited about the >>. we do understand that there was a brick thrown at a business just a few minutes ago. k tell us about that and do know where was? >> i don't have any information about that right now, we are monitoring of the crowd and protesting and it has been very peaceful and we are excited about what is taking place >> here. sen no information about anything and drawn out the paramount leader, but what you know is that they're under control. >> yes. there is no situation here and is coming to an end and we have enough officers to get rid of any situation that you might
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see. we're not anticipate anything. >> of any other reports or any other incidents? >> no, officers strategically placed >>. and can you talk that planned trip the night? >> we are here to wait and see if the crowd as when to do. obviously our officers are in staging areas and hopefully everything goes to plan ahead we will disperse people slowly and be required to wait to see what happens. >> andy mentioned that you have officers preparing options years as night falls more officers will command to from other agencies as well question >> >> yes we have officers walking through the crowd and we have officers said station areas sell one is knight called we'll have more officers in the city of
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oakland. will be able to deal these situations that take place tonight. >> thank you so much. even as we speak now, you can see it now the crowd is starting to disperse, people are starting to move away towards the bart station and people are coming in their bikes and it seems to be very quietly dispersed st., when the organizers spoke on the microphone just a few minutes ago they said they wanted people to call it as pan over here and there are watch all of this, their stand on the sidelines ended as quickly is starting to come to an end. just like the organizer asked, people are living in groups in doing so quietly. back in the studio i'm christine connally for kron4 news >> thank you, it there is an
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unconfirmed report is somebody trying ebert. kay thompson is on the cyber business owners are concerned about that at >> a thing. we on 12th then broadway where businesses have been boarded up all day and we can show you the bank across the street and the crew, the windows, everything is closed down like many other businesses in this area and everything from the bank to the foot locker to the cell phone stores. all of it is closed up and they have the plywood up earlier. many of them will stay open through the morning. with customers letting all of their doors and windows boarded up. many of them are telling their employees to go home. the university of california and evacuated the building floor by floor and they wanted to be able to get everybody out of downtown oakland as safe
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as possible and really this is just a repeat of july when many of the businesses' back then had been boarded up for almost a week. and this had been something they got used to and they had been saved and the businesses began to get board it up and there are very few people on the street at this point, a lot of people went have early said there are not people walk into buses are trying to get home with the morning commute. one day there is allotted down here is police presence and there is numbers of police officers just walking the street and they continue to circulate to make sure everything is, and right now 12 and broadway is, we can share some of those officers as we come back here live, the officers from the san mateo send it this is what is the going on all day long, they're on the move, they sweep by the corner and they sweep up the street and and it is keep on living to make sure everything is safe and to break up any groups of people which have been
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they have live officers and they have more support that hundreds of people have taken over the street. back to in the studio. >> well what we're looking at, at they're supposed to wrap this up but they have moved it downtown. this is what they're hoping it would not happen. they're hoping it would be workpiece ball. >> we will be checking back with christine connolly who are in the area after a break.
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back live for downtown oakland, you look at pictures of her head, you're getting as sense of the numbers of people darnell in the streets. this is not what the police wanted and police are standing by on motorcycles. everything has been peaceful. some of the protesters are beginning to block traffic, there have not been at any signs of a far-right violence. they have said they are born to keep all low-profile because there are some concerns. and we wanted to know that the police have another news
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it is 639 a and b are looking at pictures and oakland and we are getting a sense of the crowd were still left the river and the crowd it started to break up in the last half-hour. many are meandering but said most of our land during and it looks like they are in the area of broadway, as some are blocking traffic. who is all organized to honor oscar grant's and his sentence for two years and the killing of oscar grant's. >> it looks like a peaceful scene. and christine, italy and is looking. this scene
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has changed dramatically. >> yes at has, you can see all of the officers they have taken over 1310 broadway and i do not know if our photographer contended that you see all of the lights down there and they have moved down 14th street. they're starting to move down the street but another thing i have noticed in this area is that some police it officers are starting to put it on buy it here and you concede the hall midst and gear and basically what happened is the rally and a and they kept walking down the street. again this is not
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what they wanted to see tonight, they do not want to see people get into the streets and that is exactly what happened. they are prepared for this and just in case, they are prepared for and they do have a lot of officers that have other agencies at lot of people are going up to microphones in speaking earlier and a lot of the motions here and the organizers of the rally arb really is starting to make sure it ends peacefully. we have not seen any incidences there's been no damage. what do we do see is people taking over this jury as the beginning to weave their rally. back to you. christine before you go we can see that people are walking in what appears to be peacefully but you have that sense of their intentions are increasing, what is your sense on the ground.
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>> well the rally was extremely peaceful in will show you officers who are just starting to walk away. we're not sure where they're going or what is happening here but the rally again was extremely peaceful and and and they're expressing their concern, there was no incidents and then just all of a sudden the group started to take over the strait and quickly moved on. they're a is restorative net of feeling in the air that people are angry and decided that the one feeling the sides and they took over this jury >> christine we can see behind the that there are a number of police officers disappearance around the corner but they're clearly moving into position and they just went walking past the band and you are seeing probably to and from our vantage point probably more
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police officers getting out of long the position. >> yes i am sorry to hear some music as well. maybe there is a group of people that are starting to walk this way but basically people who had just taken over this jury and so as night kind of move over here i do see on the other side of 14th street there are some organizers you are still, some people from the rally that are still there so there are definitely still people in this area and of very big police presence but at this point it just looks like people are starting to wander off >>. christine your earlier before the rally and the estimated 250 to 300 people how many would you guess are in that area right now? >> well really everybody from the rally. it is amazing, they just quickly started to disperse the of
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the early so all of those people flooded into the streets. we're talking about 100 some people that are flooding into this free all of a sudden that where there go in and are they going towards the bart station? but no, they flooded into the street and get this plan as we take will look not anybody from the raleigh but you see a lot of police officers, you see patrol cars going down 14th street near but said not many people on the streets, they did have this section of this trade bloc of and now is back up plan and traffic seems to be >> been. and as the no christine of the right hand at this scene we are watching a large group of people and it is hard to tell members but it looks as though easily at least as many as half of the rally holding of a large sign, they are on the move which is why police are on the move and we cannot tell where they're headed but
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they clearly are giving down broadway and the police chief said earlier tonight " i am now or to breathe easily until i get through the evening at least " the track record has been that things began peacefully but crowds get more of control at the darkest >> well. we should let you know i've yard is joining us that if you're looking at pictures at downtown oakland hour rally that was designed to honor oscar grant's where he was censored for two years for killing was sentenced for two years. the security is opposed gun because they are watch in the same pictures as we're watching. as thinner crowd then we have seen and other demonstrations. not anything
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tied to this case but and that people should any problems break out they can suddenly cause trouble. dalian is out there, he is with the crowd. what are you saying? >> this is jeff >> of sorry, we'll take you jeff. >> yes i am on the scene captured beat and left city hall and started handing done 14th street, i saw one car that had the windshield smashed and apparently. some people climbed up on that cart and were jumping on it and a woman said should pull people offer car and it scared them off and they took off with the crowd. what i am saying here is a lot of police officers and they're on their
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motorcycles and what they're doing is they it went up with the crowd and what they've done is basically they have secured all traffic on east and west bound streets. i'm on jackson street at ninth street and there are police officers staged on each street keeping traffic from going towards where the crowd is and apparently it what they are doing is they're keeping of the situation and the automotive traffic away from them so that there are no distractions. right now is all little difficult but i do not have a visual of the crowd right now but i did see them and they seem to be moving down a long i see a lot of police officers right now springing into action. >> we are seeing live,
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crowds on the move. but you are the first eyewitness reports of some damage, of some violence, where did you see this? >> it was on 14th street. oh, two or three blocks from the east of broadway and it was just one car so i think that somebody was taking advantage of the crowd and in these situations we've seen it before somebody will start breaking things and then other people will jump in and in my experience that is how it works, there's always somebody to spark it off of this is how they do things. they will break a window or a jump on a cart and it will embolden others around them to miss b.a. but
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right now and again the police seem to have, i would not say control but they are observing everything and the police are moving along with the crowd >> jeff, tell them and is now on the line, where you >>? (inaudible) >> are you there? >> (inaudible) >> we'll try again later. on the right hand of this screen if they're trying to get him on the move and there are a lot of police officers. clearly
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we're looking at live pictures and downtown oakland for people whose left earlier have now made dentistry and many of them, you see a large banner, the understand from reporters in the area that they are being followed by police. dalton is giving us an update. exactly where you f located? >> were walking towards 10th and there's 28 to 30 police officers but basically they're trying to get protesters to settle down left set and day i have not had any direction as to when they are going, they are just walking police officers. for now looks like police officers are taking a
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stance in front of laney college. and i have seen some isolated incidences for example, there was a fight right in front of me and other folks kind of broke up the fight and they moved on. i don't know if they shattered the windshield but i know they're jumping on cars. it does about 15 to 20 seconds but those are the only 2 incidences' so far. right now is pretty interesting, i'm at the corner of second street and the protesters are walking up to about 48 to 50 police officers and they are sent
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and that is enough, where not when to let you go beyond this point and this is at the corner of second and east come straight. basically right next to me. right now they are stopping right in front of the police officers there are about two to 300 protesters on the street right now and they cannot go past 10 street. the closest intersection is second cabinet. there are too it-300 protesters. and about 50 have arrived here. and they are chanting " let us to " lead us through "
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nothing has happened so far. there are no instances in the fact that some of those it protesters are jumping on cars right now, they're just standing on top of cars stranded it better be important there on about six or seven kids standing on top of the car. and looking at police officers with the existing barricades', the protesters with one of the officers of last year and we are not looking at it out 16 to 17 right here officers, there are news choppers and they aren't flashing of
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large let it down at the protesters and right now nothing major is going on and it looks like the protesters are turning around and i see some leaving now. most people are leaving now. >> it looks part of what dog is seeing. you concede the light of the helicopter and we saw what appeared to be this standoff with a group of protesters coming head to head the place and it looks now at this vantage point that some of them are turning back. can you still hear his question >> yes i can still hear you. i did. protesters have turned around and we're looking at about 10-15 protesters are around here but for the most part they have turned around and, they just broke down a fence where there have construction. they have some
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sense they are around this area and i'm trying to run around to get some footage while i am talking to. yes they just broke down a fence and this is an area where we have done some construction work and there's about 100 of them that broke down the fence. they are walking, a grid group of them have broken down the fence. police have barricaded both sides and had no word ago said it broke and out of funds and i forgot the name of this park. shoot, i grew up in this area. they are going to be killing and destruction, there it is
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about a hundred of them are some of them have reached to the other side so, that is the latest here. >> up it thank-you, we now looking again at the scene but he is describing or why it it appears they are saying. >> say have not seen any arrest at this time is that correct? >> that is correct. the dow rise. for the most part the cops have stayed away and they do not want to aggravate these protesters so i have not seen any arrest >>. it does appear that they are breaking up into smaller groups, is that that one large group that is moving altogether. we're looking at live pictures overheads and decency that there is a police helicopter and we're
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hearing from a reporter on seen that there is at least one construction fence at the kaiser building it has toppled recently by some of these protesters and the larger groups have dispersed by use seat this manner of people that have scattered around the certain areas without instigating any pilot >>. this might be a good time to remind people that police were trying to be very tough and they have been heavily fined people who vandalized and cause damage in july and that was after it the conviction so they were basically saying, you break something or you smash something we will go after you and you'll find do it and arrested. you know we have now heard from two different reporters talking about minor incidences' minor but traveling with a
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car windshield being smashed and a least one car and people jumping on it. >> also police have been telling in the lead up to the sentencing today the anticipation of any possible problems of the communication system that they have improved it through oakland police in any mutual aid support coming in from other police departments from the bay area, we have now hit oakland police in light of the incidents that has broken out in the past. so far there has been a minor issues but none of the major incidents is that we have seen in the earlier protests surrounding the oscar grant's case. >> yes we were looking at few moments out there and a couple with their faces covered, police are operating with what they say are plans they have been working on for months. they
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did not want to tell is obviously a how many officers would be out there but look at this camera, i cannot tell if this is people that buy the best sell out i don't know people are damaging ahead a lot people are taking pictures which is instrumental in helping the officers make determinations about her to rest, who to file charges against and to to bring civil charges against back in july with protests that broke out of the number of businesses were vandalized said they do have, our signal just dropped out. we will be bringing it back. here it is live, this is the sheriff's department to provide mutual support so not only have they improve their communication system but they have cameras scattered about and they
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also have mutual aid. >> they were hoping that it would not need the aid but they said they were ready for anything tonight and the bottom line is in the earlier rally outside city hall and see right here in front of us may have the right it shields, and i did not see anyone at this plant i do see a lot of police officers here. i
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repeat cult that has started to play some music in this area. some of these people at the rally earlier today and it has been very peaceful and just all lot bit ago, in fact i don't know if you concede that the d.c. that pizza man? there boarding up right now as we are watching, i'm starting to put the boards of the windows just in case, of course all of this happened to is around 6:00 tonight and a lot of people went into the three tier on 15th and broadway and those folks have moved on and it traveled on and the officers are still hear it. officers are still standing in this area and state are standing by just in case something does happen. the traffic is moving out and they do have more blocks blocked off. so they are born to be running in this area and i do not
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see too many people on the street. there are watch unless they are crossing the street and a lot of people have the rally with hundreds of people and i was wondering >> is chris dean traffic moving through the area at 14th and broadway east i've seen a couple the traffic is moving very freely right now. >> condition as were the
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music is where are those people >>? cc this right here this is just the band that has set up on the side of this straight. i don't of pulses are lying atop them, the band was formed to here and they come by to listen to me is it but it is not really a huge crowd at this point. they are going to move off to another in >> area. so your watching on the right hand out side of this screen. we can see people basically walking alone can't we? this spot appears as though the crowd is getting little thinner. that remain not have a complete view. but this is a complete view of it in front bart helicopter. but not really any evidence of organized crime.
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>> so we are here with somebody >> is to endure 92009 the night of the oscar grant's right it looks like out riot. all of the windows were broken out and be had a really difficult time. >> your business had a lot of problems right? >> this for 17 years. >> their middle-aged to a senior citizen a man and they refuse to come downtown anymore because they're unsafe and i lost my 17 your location because bart came
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they said they would pay my background and they never came >> back. i know the law lot of other store time on an obscure street. >> i know that you are pretty excited what is happening as well. all lot of store owners are boarded up. they do not want to happen again they do hope that everything is peaceful tonight. >> ok stay put we will be back with dealing with fears now that we're continuing our coverage beyond our normal 7:00 and time to make sure we bring you complete details, let us get to amount to a number of reporters at here is reporting
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