A man sits behind a broken glass from a window at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, July 26, 2020. A protest through the streets of downtown Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when "agitators" among the demonstrators set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers, authorities said.
Several fires were set in the downtown area, including one at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse that was quickly contained. Demonstrators hurled rocks, ceramic paint-filled balls and frozen water bottles through windows at the courthouse, federal building and police building in a raucous night that was unlike peaceful marches that have taken place in the city in recent weeks, Watson said.
The protest began earlier Saturday evening with groups such as the “Wall of Moms,” similar to a group that formed in, Oregon, as protesters faced off with U.S. agents deployed to that city to guard a federal courthouse. President Donald Trump had sent the federal agents there to clamp down on protests that have occurred nightly since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.A violent protests also broke out late Saturday in Sacramento.
About 100 protesters gathered at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles Saturday evening, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a release. Protesters broke the glass on the front entrance door and wrote graffiti on the front of the building while there for a few minutes.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
A “protest...turned violent” 🤔🤔🤔 Wonder is there’s a word for that RIOT
Every time.. Every single time. braindamagedsheeple
pnjaban The peacefulness simply intensified. Didnt you get the memo?
Real estate is just booming there. It’s like a quality of life postcard.
I am so sick and tired of these stories. When will law enforcement use overwhelming force and shut this crap down?Are water cannons illegal? Would clear a crowd better than teargas.
Don’t forget looting and destroying a luxury car dealership while looking for some bread because they were hungry.
someone pls. arrest soros...
Hey ap call it as it is. It's a violent riot that the far left is pushing like antifa and black lies matters.
This is violence for politics paid for from donations made from the biggest corporations in the US. What happened to this country? Corporations being shaken down because they’re afraid of the tiny minority’s that the media shows everyday. Now, they’re part of the evil dividing us
pnjaban small group ...riiiiiiight
wheredidihear So ironic. The RIOTERS are a perfect example of why stricter laws And enforcement are needed.
And this surprises?
10 years in Federal prison. Useful idiots are, well, idiots.
How can you people blame this on anyone other than the leftist nut-jobs who set fire to the building?
Must’ve been due to the Federal Agent antagonists on the scene. Oh wait...there weren’t any. Hmmm...
There is simply too much violence to try and call the protests peaceful anymore. You're lying to my face if you call them peaceful.
It’s.A.Riot.Not.A.Protest. FFS pretend you’re a journalist with character
Is this the AP parody account, or are you guys on the outs with Oakland?
A rounding error, really. Who writes this shit?
For the love of God, there is nothing peaceful about these anarchist. You'd be more credible if you actually reported the damn news. SickOfLiberalLies
This is not in support of anything. Whoever destroyed this property are criminals and domestic terrorists.
Mostly peaceful violence.
Small group? The entire movement is full of terrorists
Are you saying the peaceful protest “intensified”?
Seems counterproductive.
'Small group ' like 49.999% of the protesters
Mostly peaceful riots -The completely broken media
Ah yes the SJW warriors are right behind u in this leap to anarchy
Thats fake news ...Nadler ...the mumbling idiot also agrees...this is a a myth...
A man was murdered by his neighbor who was peaceful and smiling before he blew his head off.
“ small group “
That’s not a protest. That’s a riot.
pnjaban Lol at all the conspiracy theorists on here.
Those 'peaceful protesters' sure are a frisky bunch. Surprised you didn't 'AOC' this and try to explain they were just trying to keep warm on a cold summer night. EnemyOfThePeople
Ory_GUNforTrump Is this before the feds got involved. Do want anyone blaming this on trump. He doesn't make ANTIFA 'look bad'. ANTIFA does that to themselves. Videos don't lie and there are thousands of videos of ANTIFA on the Internet.
Your distortion of the facts is more like TASS than a genuine news network.
pnjaban So, violent rioters then, right?
Protest 'unexpectedly' turns violent.
If a “protest” turns violent it is no longer a protest. Call it what it is.... rioting
pnjaban It seems the press cannot hide the nationwide violence any more.
More 'peaceful protesters'.
pnjaban 'protest'
Facts matter.
These are riots, so call them that, not protest, these are rioters & anarchist
You mean a protest in support of anarchy. You’re welcome.
pnjaban If you are for racial justice then you aren't for justice. Because justice is blind. None of the people there have pure motives, and their 'remedies' will cause more black blood to spill than cops would in a hundred years.
pnjaban If it was a small group, why wouldn’t the peaceful protesters stop them?
pnjaban AP cannot hide the violence anymore.
More Protesters of Peace™, I see. 🤡
Now I don't see how they are helping their cause?
drawandstrike They always turn violent because their 'cause' is bullshit. We have equality before the law in America already and no evidence of selective police violence toward minorities. This is just the Democrats' standard election year playbook.
Yeah they’re rioters idiots. Tell the truth.
Just intensifying the peacefulness right?
A peaceful pitbull in a neighbor's backyard, left there to protect against robbers and trespassers, turned violent when a small portion of the pitbull chewed the leg off of its owner.
drawandstrike According to Jerry Nadler, it's a good thing that all this Antifa stuff going on is just a MYTH!
The dweebs that write these headlines must feel so woke
As usual the AP always exaggerates what’s really happening. I haven’t seen one peaceful protest since all this bullshit started!
You people are high. Republicans don't need to help incite riots...we don't follow Alinsky's Rules for Radicals like the left
That wasn't a protest 🙄
.JerryNadler says that's a myth
drawandstrike 'In support of racial justice...' Kim Jong Un propagandists are taking notes.
You can’t make up how low the journalistic integrity is anymore.
drawandstrike Wow nice framing ! Did you mean rioters? tryagain
Violent ANTIFA attention seeking lowlife rioters!!
These conspiracy theories are hilarious! Trying to assign the scumbags you agree with to a different political party is not going to work. 🤣
drawandstrike Peaceful?
drawandstrike It didn't 'turn' violent. It WAS violent. That is the goal and demand of many of the rioters - it is premeditated. It is why they come to the show, it is their plan, it is their mission. They bring tons of destruction with them. It didn't 'turn' into anything. Open your eyes.
drawandstrike The words turned violent is improperly used. Dems call that a peaceful protest taking out objects that offend them. Those fire are purifying.
This is all part of a concerted effort by the socialists deep state cabal to keep us distracted from what is really going on.
drawandstrike 'protest [] turned violent when...' - Nonsense; the protest turned violent since its inception weeks ago, and remains so. Overall, it continues on its violent path.
They need to go to jail
Uhuh. Also, On December 7, 1941 an Undocumented Highly-Diverse Fleet Visited Pearl Harbor to start a Conversation about Japanese-American race relations. The President Staged a Heavy-Handed Federal Response, including sending StormTroopers to Okinawa and Iwo Jima.
AP: 'Guys, we can't hide this behavior anymore...it's too damn obvious. What do we do?' 'We tried blaming right wingers, but that excuse fell apart months ago.' Ok...let's go with 'small group' so they think it's just a few people.' 'Perfect.'
they came for one purpose and that is to do violent riots. Because of your on going lies on peaceful protesters people don't see the damage they have done, More cities where hit by violent riots this weekend,
drawandstrike My office view is the best it's ever been!
'Demonstrators'
You mean a riot broke out?
Marxists. Mostly PEACEFUL!
How could this protest have turned ‘violent’ when *all* protests are ‘peaceful’ per MainstreamMedia ? 🤔 And according to Nadler Antifa doesn’t even exist. 🤷♂️ KAG 🇺🇸
Does anyone else remember the time when arson was a crime ? It wasn’t too long ago! realDonaldTrump TheJusticeDept
'Protests' do not set fire and vandalize. Clean up your language.
These ‘mostly peaceful protesters’ seem to have a knack for violence and destruction almost like they aren’t peaceful at all.
The amount of people claims this is right wing supporters causing this in cities around the country why aren’t the protestors calling them out in the crowds if it was true? Keep blaming others. Trump supporters can probably blend in easily in a place like (checks notes) Oakland
Rioters?
Left wing terrorist highjacked George Floyd’s death
'Demonstrators'
These agitators have nothing to do with Black Lives Matter.😡 These are bad actors hired by the realDonaldTrump campaign😡
Someone needs to look into if Trump has his hand in this agitation. Trump probably hired these disrupters.
The peaceful protesters are at it again
*Rioters
This has been happening since March but ok. Nice of you to catch up.
RepJerryNadler
You mean rioters right?
This was a riot. Once things get violent, the word protest must be deleted. It was a riot
More 'peaceful' protests.
You're describing 'rioters' not 'demonstrators', you hacks.
The media is pure vomit. Gross, smelly vomit.
“Small group”
Here's the problem with this narrative: if you go to a protest with the equipment used to assault police officers, police stations, and courthouses, you were never peaceful to begin with.
Seem like these supposed small groups of violent demonstrators sure do get around since that seems to be the narrative on every story now. 🤔
It's hilarious to read the complete denial of the protestors turning into criminals.
They are no longer protesters. The are tactical insurrectioniats. Wake up! This is the same shot that has been happening for two months in Portland.
'Oakland rioters set fire to courthouse, smash windows' Fixed it for you.
Not protesters, rioters hell bent on destruction of public and private property... Please be truthful...
Have they been determined to be actual protesters or plants to destroy & move the GOP MARTIAL law program along to cancel elections?
John lewis never threw a rock
Ok stop this is not about George Floyd any longer the domestic terrorists have taken over! Report the truth you are being dishonest and it will be exposed
“Small group”. It’s the same LARGE groups being enabled in Portland. Seattle. Etc. it will continue. Stop appeasing the mob.
Uhh. That is NOT a peaceful protest.
Just another peaceful protest
Not smart, not right and gives donny an excuse to send in his hooligans.
By today’s standards ISIS was peacefully protesting. Who stole their handbook?
why is it acceptable to insult protestors by lumping them in with criminals
Small group? How small? Small incomoarison to the population of the city? The state?
For everyone who shifts the blame from party to party, PLEASE just go an attend a protest. You don't have to contribute or 'break the law'. Stand there, listen. Stop sitting on your couch, acting like you know first hand what is happening. It doesn't matter what side you fall on.
It's almost as if having an impactful protest was extremely difficult, to nearly impossible while hijacking a protest was extremely easy, to inevitable.
A group of rioters you mean.
A small group of protestors...who were neither stopped nor discouraged by the larger group of protestors
At what point do we stop calling these protesters and start being honest. They are rioters
There was no protest. It was a planned assault on the courthouse, police station and the officers. The fake protest was only a means to get close to their targets. The terrorist s have been doing this across the country. Get a clue already.
Sorry, if you didn’t get the memo yet, but we don’t need fake news! We have our news in the palm of our hands, were talking to each other around the world! The media, sports teams, Hollywood!!! Extra Extra you are non essential workers now!! We got this!
Violence usually means people were hurt not buildings- my guess is the only people who turned violent were the cops who tear gassed people
Not blaming every protester for what a few crazy ones do is a long-delayed start...
Trump's cult members.
What would a country with balls do with these “Peaceful Protestors”
It's typical for right wing extremists to infiltrate peaceful demonstrations in order to make them look violent or to trigger violence from the police.
'protest' FAKE NEWS! Call it what it is, rioting, looting, violence. AP IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
The moment violence started it stopped being a protest and became a riot police should have used live rounds we have to stop playing with these people and get control of our cities.
Your being 100% dishonest referring to it as a protest
'Authorities said', says it all
Of course. Because that is what fascist spoiled children do
This flag HELLA false
*rioters
Thugs, rioters and criminals.... NOT “protesters” is it any wonder they want “police reform”
Consisting judges consistently pardon the very same police who have consistently beaten innocent Americans to within inches of their lives?
How can we trust anything you say? The cops have proved that they lie and can’t be trusted.
“Protesters” don’t set fires. Rioters do.
This is beyond ridiculous. I understand protesting but destroying things is uncalled for.
These are Trump's Qanon thugs posed as peaceful protesters. Trump is inciting violence.
The scenario and scene of a messy aftermath of the protests in Oskland is a duplicate of H.K.riots, people in the world have already learned from the rioters how to paralyze functions of a city.
thetoyman1 These are domestic terrorists🙄😡
thetoyman1 “Some of the peaceful protestors were white and some were Black”
thetoyman1 We need protester reform. French Revolution
1 bad apple young say?
Waooo, someone could think this a poem rather than news: ' In support of racial justice' 🙄
These are right-wing boogaloo agitators posing as protesters and vandalizing property in order to discredit the entire demonstration and give Trump's Gestapo an excuse to tear up the Constitution and assault the protest en masse. It's all in the fascist playbook.
Violence is 6 years worth of education over 12 years - Julian Bond RIP
Sounds suspicious to me esp if the protest has been largely peaceful. Sounds like an outside group stirring up trouble purposely. BLM would not support something like that nor would any protest worth its salt.
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Sounds peaceful
Golly those darn peaceful protesters..
Yeah, this is starting to smell fishy to me. It does sound like right wing nut jobs wanting to creat chaos. Not even ANTIFA does stuff like that.
Small group aye
These are not protesters or demonstrators they are rioters. At least use the correct terminology.
violent riot*
America needs to understand most of these rioters are involved with the hardcore drug culture or violent crime culture! These are not LEGITIMATE PROTESTERS SORRY FRINGE NUT CASES LURKING IN AMERICAS NETHERWORLD BEING USED TO CAUSE TROUBLE!
This happens In other cities too BluePrinceton
JoeBiden great work
Authorities said. Really AP?
So it's a riot then?
When youbset buldings on fire thats not protesting anymore its criminal activity. Be it 1 or 10 or 100ppl its still a crime period the end. Now ofcourse real protestors should know by now dont stick around there or cops will assume you did the crime.
Such protests help Trump, not Black Lives Matter & Democracy. Violence is wrong answer to violence. We need to unite & prevent any new violent protests.
'small group' FakeNewsAlert
Those aren't protestors. They are rioters.
AP? If you’re going to minimize the Anarchists, why report about them at all? Censorship, is better than lies...
“Demonstrators...” lol, just say it, they’re rioters. Euphemisms impinge your credibility.
This will be your world with DementiaJoe in office VoteRED2020RemoveEveryDemocrat
not one Black person at the protest.
Did you see the videos? Nothing peaceful about them.
if the cops go hard they scream racism but if the cops stand back the crowd is violent out of control They have soft Democrats in office so the middle class are going to go for GOP for law n order
I've noticed instead of 'peaceful protest' media is using 'in support of racial justice and police reform'.
What losers. All during a pandemic too. Ridiculous
Jail them.
Is that when it turned violent? Or maybe it was violent to begin with.
Oh well
Soy boys strike again.
It's awfully convenient that this violence happened - Trump & goons will expolit it
Riot. Fixed it for ya
Thank you for clarifying it was a small group of demonstrators who were separate from the main protestors, I'm sure the MAGAts won't ignore that distinction. 😏😏😏
Violent more frequently look at Portland, but at least they are safe from the virus 😂
Every protest turns violent
Arrest them all
Yeah sure peaceful protestors...tell me a other lie
And then there’s the 146,000 dead.
When a small group of deranged animals committed arson. The violent criminals are still on the loose. Hopefully the brave men and women in uniform catch them and put these criminals where they belong. That’s what it should say
Peaceful protesters let them do what they want. SF will stand with them burn it down
At this point, I am going to hold opinions until we find out if these people are demonstrators, vandals or plants. The latter is now always an option since Trump thinks the only way he can be re-elected is to create “disorder” so he can”Law” it.
“Authorities said”. Any evidence from someone reliable?
That is rioting, not protesting. And it is criminal. There is NO excuse for that behavior. None.
So like a riot?
As an outsider, I’m not taking side on this matter but would like to say adults have the important responsibility to set a good example for children because they are watching and learning from you. So are these behaviour good examples for the children?
Ah yes those seeking social justice r right out of the klan playbook
Small group of peaceful protesters. Lol
That is a riot & arson.
I mean...it's Oakland. 🤷♂️
“Peaceful”
So we have gone from protesters to demonstrators when will they just call them rioters and looters. BLM is just an excuse for some criminals to act freely.
The Insurrection Act should be invoked, realDonaldTrump.
Good job, guys. You accomplished absolutely nothing, but you get an A for effort, I guess?
Not to nitpick but I believe the appropriate media phraseology you’re looking for here is “The peaceful protest intensified”
that would be a riot by criminals & anarchist, get the story straight.
you sure it wasn’t undercover police?
This has nothing to do with social injustice this is a bunch of spoiled pampered children who think they are communists using black people to do it. This is from their website.
The institutions of injustice will NOT stand. Right the wrongs in those buidlings of hate. Good Ole Boys- your system is being called to account. Changing of the guard! We will go peacefully, but not without change.
Riot*
Hey let’s call them what they are ANARCHISTS they are not and never have they been peaceful
CoIntelPro anyone?
Democratic Party has endorsed Soros paid thugs to start riots, damage cities. Bring that shit to Republican states and neighborhoods and see what happens
The riots are following a peticular order, setting fire to courthouse, fireworks at officers. Seems Ike a set up. I'm guessing this is planned so that Trump can call in his goons.
JewsMedia telling it like it is...Right!?
Smells of Trump/Wolf secret mercenaries like in MN & Seattle creating chaos to move public against justice for blacks & all by taming run-away police systems militarized by excess materials & many veterans or military drop-outs who moved into 'police' where they still play w guns
When people feel they have no stake in the system, it is no surprise they push back against it.
A small group?
Mostly peaceful, amiright?
How many people have died in these BLM riots so far? 30?
Demonstrators Sounds like an assault team! Sheesh. Sigh.....
So it was a riot not a protest?
Thank god there were impartial authorities there to tell you what happened
Black privilege no charges again and again
Man, that’s a lot of stuff for a small group to accomplish.
A riot!
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