Showing an suv right there barreling through a crowd of protesters at sixth and santa clara streets downtown. The person in the video, we have frozen it right there, but he does appear to be okay because he got up and walked away moments later. But we dont know the extent of any injuries that resulted from this incident. This video was posted around 9 20 tonight. The Santa Clara Sheriffs Office says around 9 00 at the same intersection, a deputy was involved in a shooting. They did not say if this was connected to the car or provide any more details. The deputy fortunately is okay, but this is just one of many incidents tonight that were trying to gather more information on as these protests erupt in oakland and contine in san jose. And that incident that kate just talked about could have been extremely serious, as you can tell. This is in downtown oakland at city center starbucks, where protesters lit that starbucks on fire, as you can see. It did not last for long, and authorities were able firefighters would be able to put it out, but it obviously caused some damage as a result. Most of the fires we saw were happening in dumpsters, but there were a couple of businesses that were affected. Luz pena has been pouring over the video and social media posts. Hello, luz. You join us live from the newsroom. What have you been seeing . Let me tell you. Ive seen a lot of video circling online. Many people have been using the george floyd, many of them asking for revenge. Many of the videos i started jut asking for them to meet at city hall in oakland. The crowds again to meet at Oakland City Hall and quickly spread intoround 9 00 p. M. We have some shocking video of protesters walking into incoming traffic in hopes to stop the flow of cars going 60 plus miles per hour. Here we see protesters almost getting hit by a chp officer. Now on the side of the freeway. Cs as they avoided s the crowds. Let show you this second video. After several minutes of taking over part of i80, these protesters again to walk down into the streets of oakland, where many can be heard saying lets keep moving, lets keep moving. And remember his name, george floyd, george floyd. Lets continue to the next video. We see a protester grabbing a chair and throwing it into this business. On the side we see protesters breaking the glass of a chase bank in downtown oakland. We can also see shattered glass on the ground as more pro videod moved out on to vandalizing a Walgreens Pharmacy that was nearby, broke into the store. There is video, several protesters looting and what seems like smoke inside thereen eushingin. Images resemble those we saw in minneapolis of protesters looting and starting fires. Also, i spoke to shanda scott, o the oakland board of directors and she was telling me she spoke to many of these businesses and asked them to close early, to close around 3 00 p. M. Because she is scared of what were seeing right now. Many of them are just restarting to open because the covid19 pandemic, and there were even asking many of the Business Owners to place signs on their businesses letting those protesters know that those businesses were owned by african americans. A very concerning situation that many Business Owners are not looking forward to, potentially having the Small Businesses also damaged by these protesters. Live here in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. Tou very much. Lets take you live back out to the streets of oakland now. And as you picoffirs in rt aroving down the street, trying as they have been doing the last little bit to push the protesters farther and farther away, trying to disperse them as best they can. The picture locked up. But you get the idea of whats going on. Well get the signal back here in just a minute. Live from sky 7. Still very, very active as this breaking news situation happens on the streets of oakland. Absolutely. These groups of protesters have been in different pockets of downtown oakland, and weve seen them a few times now in front of the marriott, the live picture that youre looking at now as oakland pd are trying to block off street, disperse the protesters to another area, and to make sure that everyone stays safe. There have been parts that have gotten dangerous. There have been officers that have gotten hurt there have been fires started. But opd tweeting late tonight not long ago they are trying to allow some of these protesters to continue peacefully and continue assembling in the area. If youre not causing problems, it sounds like police will let you continue to speak your mind. But they are trying once they declared it an Unlawful Assembly in the areas where there has been trouble, they have compelled to move them along. Now abc7 news anchor jobina fortson was in oakland tonight as the scene started. She described the scene in great detail. Progressing, getting larger. Streets. Is im alongside the crowd down here and i would have to say putting this all together today, so many people are here. Everyone has on their masks. People are even trying to social distance themselves as we mad. O their message is heard. I think its definitely getting across out here. You see people all ages, all walks of life coming down here from all over oakland to be here for this moment in history, really. And its not c marching to. Just moving down the streets in oakland right now. And i am seeing on the ground what you are all seeing yeah, right, a lot of people heard about this on social media. It spread pretty quickly that 8 00 was going to be the start time for this. As far as why people are here, i think black people, brown people, allies are allated a h int. Ths and not been addressed. And yes, people are cheering. People are happy. People are outside of their car, supporting the movement, honging their horns as we continue down the road. The crowd is moving towards jack london square. And the crowd is specifically whos street . Our street. Ill let you listen in for a minute, kate. S street . Our street whos street . Our street our jobina fortson on the streets of oakland tonight. Lets go down to the south bay. Another checkn situation live from sky 7 in san jose, where things have quieted down considerably, although there are still protesters and police out on the streets. Well pull down here and you can see some activity at this intersection. Again, much different scene than we saw earlier. Abc7 News Reporter dan noyes was in san jose most of the afternoon, early evening today as police and protesters faced off. He was right in the thick of it. Here is his report from the streets. Here is a new thing, dan. This is something that is happening right now. People are taking a knee. Probably 40 people right now taking a knee right in front of the offices. We dont have that shot yet on sky 7. Yes, now we see it. Weve got it. There we see it. So the protesters have decided it is best to take a knee and not move. You have probably 30 people across right in front of me. And then behind the officers you have another im guessing 60 et away from a flashbang grenade, it will get your attention. Thats just what happened a few seconds ago. You can see you can see a guy on the ground here. Oh, weve got to clear out a little bit. You see there is a there is another flashbang grenade. They are definitely the police are escalating their response. They are taking more extreme measures to clear the protesters away. Theteers have picked up some of the tear gas, are throwing it back at the police, going back and forth. Like you say now, theyre throwing tear gas in all different directions, over my head, down the street, the protesters are taking the tea gasg them pice offirsth is t o es arnoinfr thearas. Wow. Sorry, dan. Ive had that happen to me before. Its no fun. Dont rub your eyes. It makes it worse, as you know. Yeah, yeah. But its interesting because they arent just going at the protesters right in front of them. They are firing off to the side over our heads as well. I just want to talk a little bit about what may have been the tipping point. Thats a fireworks. Grenade. Oh, dan, dan, i dont know if you can see this now, but there arererosters taking newspaper stands. The police are firing on them right now. The police are firing. Theyre firing the projectiles. Now these are not live rounds, but theyre firing those projectiles at the people who have taken a car. And it looks like whoa it looks like its a car that they have outfitted before. There is a protest sign on the back of it. T our d rerting today, right in the thick of the protest. And the Police Response to it in san jose. Here is a live picture from sky 7 in san jose. A much different scene, a much calmer scene than we saw from dan noyes report. But still a Significant Police presence out on the city streets in san jose as protesters are still out there tonight. In much smaller numbers, but police want to make sure there is no mayhem out there or any vandalism of any kind. Lets check in on the conditions one more time from abc7 News Reporter amanda del castillo. She has been following the demonstrations in san jose since 2 00 today when it all started. She is live with more. Amanda . Yeah, dan, nearly nine hours later, and as you mentioned, that protest continues at this hour. Now were still seeing protesters and Police Officers on city streets in downtown san jose specifically. It did start off peacefully. Then we saw that it definitely escalated to include both violence and vandalism. From handshakes to heated moments, fridays protest in san jose brought out hundreds honoring george floyd and condemning police brutality. From the early scene at city hall to the march down east santa clara street, the cloud eventually stopped traffic on southbound 101. Sky 7 stayed overhead. On the ground, a clearer view of the escalation. He started backing up and started running away. I have to i the reason for that i was beating tickets. Adrian monroy whocothe recog reason behind the delay was this Diverse Group of protester, passionate about justice. When people, hispanics are gathering around, i really like it when we all come together. At times that camaraderie was easy to see. Also the collective frustration towards Law Enforcement. Theyre angry. Theyre frustrated, maybe scared, want to be heard. And we feel the same way. Now that crowd cleared 101 after 4 15 this afternoon, and then they marched back to city hall. Since then, weve watched that escalation. But at this hour, there are reports of small fires related to the protest. Police chief eddie garcia tweeted just about 90 minutes ago saying in part weve allowed peaceful protests, but we will not tolerate lawlessness. In san jose, im amanda del castillo, abc7 news. Thank you, amanda, for that report. We are taking you back to a live look in oakland. Again, the shots are cutting out a little bit there, but you can see a large fire in the middle of a street in downtown oakland. This is one of four or so fires weve seen break out throughout the night. Weve seen protesters lighting their cardboard signs on fire in the middle of the street. Weve seen dumpsters on fire in the middle of intersections. Weve seen a starbucks, the Center City Starbucks on fire. The inside with the front glass broken out. This we cant tell what is on fire. Something in the street that presumably protesters have ignited. Its been a problem for the past couple of hours. And we do know that the Oakland Fire Department is working hard to try and put all these spot fires that are cropping up through the downtown area out. Of course they dont want this situation to escalate. And most importantly, they dont want anyone to get hurt. And that is why opd and other Law Enforcement agencies who have come to the area for mutual aid are trying to keep things safe, trying to disperse the crowd, while also allowing those who are doing it peacefully to continue protesting lawfully. A very large fire, though. You can see staking up most of that downtown oakland street, as cars that are also moving through the area and perhaps also protesters finally dispersing, trying to get away i from that very dangerous situation, dan. Absolutely. This is what everyone was concerned about as the night fell. And the diehard protesters continued to stay, more intent to confront police more directly. Sky 7 picture there showing you that fire. And there have been a few of them. But we will continue to stay on that. Well get this live shot back in just a moment from sky 7. But its been very intense as the evening progressed. It was very peaceful all day long with no real problems. And then this happened. Also between San Francisco and oakland on the bay bridg today. And it was all peaceful through the day until this evening when it began to get a little more dicey on the streets of oakland. Here whats were showing you here. About 7 30 tonight, protesters brought protests to a stop on the upper deck of the bay bridge. Cars got moving pretty quickly. It lasted about ten minutes or so. Its unclear where the protesters were headed exactly. But again, this was a remarkable moment when they managed to stop traffic on the bay bridge, as they did on 880 in oakland and as they did on 101 in san jose today. But this blockage on the upper deck only lasted about ten minutes. And dan, that was just one of many freeways that was blocked. We saw in san jose highway 101, and later on in oakland around 8 30, the southbound sides of 880, the southbound and northbound sides of 880 were blocked by protesters. This is another life look back in oakland right now. As you can see, that large fire taking up most of the street. This is at broadway between 26th and 27. Its hard to tell exactly whats burning, but you of course can see some barriers. Those look like plastic barriers that were put in place, perhaps moved by protesters or perhaps placed there by police to try and disperse crowds and block off streets, to keep folks away from a specific area. Again, this is one of many spot fires that weve seen erupt there was one burning inside of the city center starbucks. There were protesters lighting their cardboard signs that they brought on fire in the middle of the street. We saw a dumpster on fire in the middle of an intersection, as well as another spot fire next to a building on another street. So weve seen this throughout the night. This appears to be the largest of the fires that have been set. And you can see those protesters are still milling about very close to that fire as Law Enforcement agencies continue to sort of tow the line to allow people to protest. So of course setting fires is by no means lawful. But trying to keep the peace. This is what they wont tolerate. As part of the response, of course, the Fire Department is on alert, and they have fire engines roaming about this area of the city. No doubt they will get to this one fairly quickly. But breaking news in oakland as broadway between 26th and 27th closed off by a fire lit by stay with live abc7 News Coverage of breaking news in oakland. Sky 7 hd is live over a fire burning in the middle of the street at broadway and between 26th and 27th street tonight in oakland, lit by protesters. And as you can see, the video has the signal has locked up a little bit. Well try to get you a better angle on that. Ut this is all part of a kind of rolling set happening after a massive protest that has gone on for several hours in downtown oakland with at one point several thousand protesters. Much smaller now, but this group that is staying out late at night has been causing more problems for police, kate. Absolutely. This started around 8 00 with a very large group of hundreds of people gathering at frank agala plaza in front of Oakland City Hall. It started off peaceful. People were chanting. People were positive. They just wanted to make sure their voices and their message and their frustration over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis were heard. And then the situation devolved. It devolved on to the freeway and then become on to the streets where there have been officers hurt. Protesters have been throwing projectiles, according to opd, and now youve seen multiple fires being lit throughout the downtown area, ambulance. The extent of the injuries not known. None of the injuries weve heard in oakland are particularly. So which is good news. But there have been injuries nonetheless in a number of spot fires. And dan, protests over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis are raging all across the u. S. Tonight. A large and violent demonstration in the Nations Capital caused the white house to briefly good on lockdown today. A large group can be seen right ther outdehouse. They knocked over barricades and even burned flags. And over in atlanta, the cnn center has been left damaged tonight after a protest there turned violent. Demonstrators left broken windows and spray painted a one before the scene w pteon Near Barclays Center earlier today. Protesters burned and destroyed multiple police car, and several d e person is dead after shots were fired into a crowd of protesters in detroit. No officers were involved. Hundreds of people have taken over the streets there as well. This is what it looked like earlier. But people remain on the streets even at this late hour. Police have made several arrests in detroit. And for the second night in a row, protesters in denver, colorado took to the streets. Ta capitol and then to the downtown area. And tonight authorities are bracing for another night of protests in minneapolis. This comes as the former Police Officer who pressed his knee on floyds neck now faces third degree murder charges. Prosecutors are now investigating if the other former officers involved will also face criminal charges. For the fourth night in a row, violence in minneapolis following a black man dying while being pinned to the ground by a white Police Officer. Hands up. Dont shoot 500 National Guard soldiers deployed and an 8 00 curfew, but crowds on the street. All of this hours after former officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with the murder of george floyd. Please, please, i cant breathe. Please, man please. 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