Store you can see this here but this is not the only business that was damaged overnight you can see here also several buildings were vandalized including cars along with the Alameda County courthouse being set on fire now according to Police Numerous fires were set dozens of windows are broken out in multiple businesses were vandalized nearly 600 people took to the streets to demand justice for blake. And Police Accountability along with fundamental change nationwide now bp also says protesters temporarily shut down traffic on the 5. 80 freeway along with a bar in downtown and to close their 19th street station as city Police Tweeted photos of numerous fires that were set in the downtown area now its really important to note that the protests started peacefully but things escalated as the night went on. Pd says no officers were injured in any of this we also reached out to them to see they have an update on any of the protesters as well any of their injuries. They say several arrests
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And you were thinking about the future of American Cities, you would have seen potentially a very bleak future. That was the time when particularly our urban cores, new york city and los angeles, were in the middle of a bona fide crisis. You had seen years of deindustrialization ravaged the working class of the city and an enormous middleclass flight to other regions entirely. That was very hard on the Fiscal Foundation of the cities and the civic life of those cities. You saw the tremendous renaissance over the subsequent decades. That renaissance was not even. You did not see it in every single American City but you did see it in a handful of cities that had a renaissance in governance. The Manhattan Institute was deeply involved in an urban renaissance but one thing we have been arguing for some years is that, wait a second, everyone. We are in a period of relative health. You see a comeback of many major American Cities but lets not take this for granted. Lets look at some of those