Chief says it shows a mob who infiltrated Peaceful Protesters to attack Police Officers, trying to provoke them. Gas was deployed. The chief said some of the instigators were highly organized, carrying walkie talkies, carrying others who flanked the attack. Rebar pelted the officers. Thats when the onscene commander called for the use of tear gas and what are called rubber foam baton rounds. If that entire crowd would have turned on those officers, they would have been overrun. It would have been a done deal. It wouldnt have even been close and easily could have led to a deadly force situation. Reporter the chief says for the officers it was stay and protect the city or retreat, and let the city burn. Were not going to lose the city. Reporter in an exclusive oneonone interview, the chief said other than this viral video showing one officers inappropriate response to the crowd hes proud of the way the officers stood their ground against an organized mob. Take the tear gas and rubber foam batons away as some city leaders are considering and the chief says it would have been much worse. Led to handtohand combat and much more aggressive styles of use of force. Reporter chief says they would never use tear gas on a solely piece paesful protest but needs none lethal options when dealing with a crowd that is attacking his officers. Now one option that did help a lot, the chief says, was the curfew. That curfew ended at 5 00 a. M. This morning. Merit said at todays News Conference that he can call an emergency meeting and reimplement that curfew at a moments notice. Theyve been on the situation at hand. They wont need it here. This crowd is very peaceful and protesting, exercising their right to protest in front of city hall. Again, no Police Officers on hand tonight. Live in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area. Thank you thank you so much. Doesnt look like any police there either. You can see dozens of people gathering on the lawn. This scene has been daily dem tragss. Another black man who died in police custody, steven taylor. Showing us how the movement around floyd is raising awareness for taylor and others. Reporter this protest is inspired by george floyd but the focus is on a bay area man, steven taylor. Community groups ral lid in front of the San Leandro Walmart where in april 33yearold taylor was confronted by officers. Police said he ignored orders to drop the bat he was carrying and move forward before being shot to death. The community then and now protested. His mother says shes grateful for the recognition and says her son was popular in the neighborhood but had Mental Health issues and didnt need to be killed. My heart is overwhelmed. Im still in mourning, but im grateful. Im grateful that we can keep his name alive. And this is a fight, not just for africanamerican. This is a humanity fight and we all have to be in it. So this protest is to wake everybody up. Wake up. Reporter many of the protesters were from san leandro high school. We finally get a chance to put our voices out there. By all means, i think many people are going to try our best to make a difference. Reporter taylors family is skeptical. This is 2020 and this has been going on for rodney king up until now. Reporter that skepticism about Real Progress also means this group doesnt plan to stop demonstrating. There are protests planned at San Leandro City Hall tomorrow and saturday. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. John burriss is representing the family of a 22yearold man shot and killed by Vallejo Police this week, shot outside a walgreens store as police were responding to a flood of looting calls tuesday. The Vallejo Police chief says officers opened fire because they thought a hammer was a gun. He was kneeling with hands above his waist when they fired. Burrissis is representing the family and says police had no reason to shoot. He was not running at him, waving a baton or the hammer, nor had he pulled it out. Its baffling to understand what the danger was to the officer. Burris says its critical for police to release the officers body cam video immediately. The police chief says they have up to 45 days but plans to release it as soon as possible. The officer who fired the weapon has been placed on leave while the District Attorney and department investigate. More than a memorial. Today a celebration of George Floyds life was also a plea for justice. An acknowledgement that a powerful movement is now taking hold. Floyds family and friends came together to say goodbye but they werent alone. Thousands gathered outside this Minneapolis Church and across the nation, as they have been the past ten days. The reason why we are marching all over the world is we were like george. We couldnt breathe. Not because there was something wrong with our lungs, but that you wouldnt take your knee off our neck. We dont want no favors. Just get up off of us, and we can be and do whatever we can be. This weekend a public memorial will be held in North Carolina where george was born and a funeral next weekend in houston, where george floyd grew up. President trump is facing new criticism for his response to the nationwide protests. The surprising source . His own former defense secretary and other military leaders. General james mattis wrote an oped in the atlantic saying, quote, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. Retired marine general john allen and former joint chiefs of staff mike mullen and Martin Dempsey are also speaking out specifically for the president s threat to deploy active duty u. S. Troops against the protesters. Dempsey wrote, america is not a battleground. Our fellow the city zens are not the enemy. This is what our Founding Fathers were deeply concerned about, the use of armed forces against our population. The white house has responded indirectly by criticizing Media Coverage of the protest and suggesting the news media would prefer the president invite looters return to the stores they broke into. We would like to invite you to join our team in 20 minutes for nbc bay area news special race in america the conversation. We are devoting an entire hour. Please join Marcus Washington tonight at 6 30. Tonight an announcement that might mobilize millions of people, a march much bigger than anything were seeing right now. A march to washington, d. C. On a date thats linked to history. Raj mathai, many people are making plans for this march. Reporter they certainly are. As a journalist and a community member, will this passion last, will this energy last . Will the momentum last . That answer might come august 28th of this summer, and the date is theres no coincidence to that date here. August 28th of 1963, a quarter of a Million People marched to washington, d. C. This was one of the most transformative days of a generation. Martin luther king jr. Giving his i have a dream speech. Thats the plan this summer, another march on washington with many of the same calls for justice. Among the people that were there for mlks speech in 1963 is oaklands erica huggins. Shes dedicated her life to the civil rights movement. Early mep of the black Panther Party which started in oakland in the 1960s. I asked her today, is she going to go back to d. C. This summer . I would give anything to be there. I went against my mothers wishes, by myself, and took two city buses because, you know, i grew up in washington, d. C. In southeast. So, to get to northwest wasnt easy. I was 15. And i went. And it was there that i made a vow. It wasnt like it was in my head. A vow rose in my heart that i would serve people for the rest of my life. That was a pivotal moment. And i think this will be, this year this year itself is pivotal for a number of people, for a number of reasons, but that march will be a pivotal point. Reporter is there something that encourages you right now that youre seeing on your streets, on your television or in your heart . Young people. Children. They make so much sense. And when i talk to them, because its part of the work that i do, they dont understand why people cant children particularly think its really ignorant for people to hold on to a judgment. To have the judgment may have come from their parents or grandparents, but to hold on to it, knowing theres no basis for it, not really. The children say why, erica, why . And the young people say, miss ericka, were going to do something about it. Reporter remarkable to spend some time with her this afternoon, ericka huggins. She talks about cumulative trauma, decades of seeing young, africanamericans die. She says it weighs on her physically and emotionally. However, this could be the time that we see the tide turning in this country. Janelle . Raj, thank you so much. So powerful. Up next, a show of support but not on the streets. Businesses seeing a surge in business amid the civil unrest. Plus, more restrictions lifted across the bay area. Well write them down for you. Im chief meteorologist chef ranieri, tracking the much Colder Weather on the way. More on that coming up in about eight minutes. Online and across america theres a push to support blackowned businesses. This last week has been crazy. After the death of george floyd, many are look iing for ws to show their solidarity rahesha johnson and rehema callaway. It feels justified, honestly. I think we have to be aware of the many ways in which the war is waged against black people and one of those is economics. Reporter the coowners have turned their frustration into culinary creativity. Whipping up a dish called solidarity corn, grilled corn topped with jumbalaya. In the nearby bay view neighborhood, yvonnes southern sweets. How are you doing today . Reporter is also seeing a surge in business. Give me five of your world famous butter cookies. Also just to have people come to my community, come see bayview. Reporter owner yvonne hines hopes the show of support isnt a passing trend. I think this is a wakeup call to the bigtime events that are put on in san francisco, that are put on in oakland, california, to support Small Businesses of color. Reporter a lasting way to make meaningful change. In san francisco, nbc bay area news. More bay area counties are easing stayathome restrictions. Outdoor dining with social distancing rules in place, charter boats may operate with ten passengers observing guidelines. Indoor funerals with a maximum of ten people. O outdoor funerals are capped at 25 people. Outdoor dining, indoor shopping, Outdoor Religious Services for 25 or less, summer camp and Summer School with limits on how many children can be in each group, plus drivein movie theaters and other carbased gatherings. For more information on restrictions where you live, go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Another warm day in many parts of the bay area, but some areas have seen cooling and more tomorrow. Lets check in with jeff ranieri. You got that right, janelle. We get this hot weather and then start to cool back down. There will be another spike in the sevenday forecast. I really think youll be enjoying tomorrow a lot more. So, lets bring in that microclimate forecast. I wanted to show you not just one thing, but two Different Things that will be helping to switch up our weather. So, lets take it to the maps and well see this storm system off to the south. This is mainly impacting Southern California with some showers, but this is helping to get the fog going at the coastline right now. We have that, that will help to drop temperatures and a stronger storm off to the north. A stronger, late season storm with much colder air and also rainfall that will be moving into northern california. So, lets peel apart the layers here. Well getthe Colder Weather. You are feeling it, especially into morgan hill. We are now 20 degrees colder compared to this time yesterday with some 70s and low 80s, seeing numbers drop there across livermore and oakland. Down to 69 degrees. Patchy clouds across the peninsula. 63 to start. Some of that fog possible in the north bay. Coolest spot in san francisco, 59 with low clouds and fog returning. Stark contrast for some of you as we roll into tomorrow. By the afternoon, though, i think everybody will definitely have those larger changes from those two different storms getting going at the coastline. It will leave us with 70s in the south bay. 76 in cupertino, 77. Right over to the east bay closer to the water, youre looking comfortable, oakland to hayward. No more 90s, no more 100s for the inland east bay. Concord at 78. The peninsula, looking mighty fine here, redwood city at 72. Colder, jacket weather. 63. Jacket weather continues into san francisco, down chilliest in the marina at 59. Winds will be gusty, up to 24 miles an hour. A little blustery there in san francisco. And the north bay, 79 in napa, a lot better for you. My extended forecast shows that this cooler trend of 60s continues next couple of days. I drop down a chance to some spotty showers sunday, down to 35 possibility. Just be mindful we could get a little hit and miss shower. I dont think it will be anything big. For the inland valleys, through friday, saturday and sunday, we warm back up next tuesday, wednesday and thursday. I showed this in the 5 00 show. Had to get it out there. If youre headed up to the sierra to check on family or friends with covid going on, well see one to two inches of snow on sunday. Its for the highest levels but be ready for winter conditions. Janelle, k usual nbc trip up there. Maybe we can do a zoom, take several cars, park them, dial it up and have fun up there. Wouldnt that be nice to have some little interaction . Okay, jeff. Love the temps coming. Miss you back there. Miss you, too. Okay. Thanks. Learning more about the nbas plan to return to the court. Plus will the warriors possibly get the first pick in the draft . Find out when we come back. Heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. Its official. The nba is back. Today the league approved a plan to resume the season at the Disney League in florida. Eight games beginning july 31st. Top eight teams in the conference advance to the playoffs. The games will be played without fans and players will be tested daily for the virus. Finals are set to be played in october. But because of the warriors record, they did not make the cut. The nba draft lottery is august 25th, by the way, and the draft will be october 15th. Those days will be important to the warriors, because they have a good chance of getting the number one overall pick. The nhl is one step closer to returning to the ice. A tournament will feature 24 teams and take place in two hub cities. Those cities have not yet been decided. Hope is that play will resume in late july or the beginning of august. Well, lets go back to our top story. Live pictures from nbc bay area sky ranger. This is in downtown Mountain View where a group of 1,000 or more demonstrators are now in a circle at the center for performing arts, right on castro street in downtown mountainview, listening to speakers. This rally was organized by the youth and actually began in loss altos and moved down el camino to mountainview. Powerful images. Coming up, a powerful conversation. We invite you to stay with us for our special race in amer a america the conversation. In less than five minutes you can watch it here. Join in on the conversations. We may even feature some of your posts. Dont go away. Dont turn that dial. We want you to be part of that conversation with us. Yes. Stay tuned for that special in a couple of minutes. Look here, its your very own allinone entertainment experience, xfinity x1. Its the easiest way to watch live tv and all your favorite streaming apps. And now x1 also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. With x1, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec. See . The best really did get better magnificent. Xfinity x1 just got even better with peacock premium included for no additional cost. No strings attached. We came together as a community to say no more. Yes, im the mayor, but im a black woman first. This anger has been building up for the past 50 years. Were just mad theres no hope. We want hope. This moment could be a transformative moment for america. It could be a moment when we fundamentally change some things. We cant thank the protesters enough. I want to start by saying thank you for being part of this discussion. America the conversation. Im sure watching those images, really a hard dose of reality for many of us. Probably disbelief for some and many of you wondering whats going to happen next . Take a look at this. That image there, george floyd on the ground, a knee to his neck from an officer. You know, many people are wondering how we got to this climate right now. It really is part of a conversation that many people have been yearning to have. It is a conversation that many people have been trying to avoid