While tensions between demonstrators and police seemed to ease Friday night in Ferguson, Mo., protesters in Oakland, Calif., did what they could to provoke the authorities by holding a “F**k the Police” march. San Francisco Chronicle reporter Vivian Ho was on the scene.
More than 100 gathered in Oakland for beginning of #FTP March in solidarity with #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/YKJp1qxeXD
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"Jail Killer Cops: Ferguson = Oakland." Sign at Frank Ogawa Plaza before #FTP march pic.twitter.com/2nSNolyRHM
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"Justice! For Michael Brown! Justice! For Oscar Grant!" #FTP march heading toward Oakland police station pic.twitter.com/HRhW82zQQz
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"Hands up, don't shoot." #FTP march has reached Oakland police HQ https://t.co/3MkC46jqj8
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Police blocking 6th Street as #ftp crowd chants, "No justice, no peace."
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"Fuck Racist Cops" sign decorated with glitter at Oakland #ftp march pic.twitter.com/jdM44s43Fo
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Police blocking #FTP protesters from freeway in Oakland. Getting tense pic.twitter.com/Sy3fpgCJY1
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
#FTP protesters turn away from police line, marching down 5th chanting, "Justice for Michael Brown" pic.twitter.com/Bz3MqfWMXL
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Protester kicks door of SF Police Credit Union. "Why you pulling out that stick?" protesters ask officer #ftp pic.twitter.com/R2cohS5QMg
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
#FTP march just got gassed pic.twitter.com/SgGGY3vMrD
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Big tussle between police and #ftp protesters. Might be pepper spray, not gas. Sharp. pic.twitter.com/NyfaxcjrPz
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
I think it was just pepper spray, not gas. Don't know if it came from police. Lot of people falling on ground. pic.twitter.com/xciAbfDtyi
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Talks of a rock being thrown in police/protester tussle at Oakland #FTP march. Pepper spray was sprayed. Possible arrests.
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"No justice, no peace: fuck the police" chants at #FTP march in Oakland
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Protester spray painting "ACAP" on Broadway in Oakland: "All Cops Are Pigs."
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"Don't take pictures of them," man says, as I try to take pic of protester spray painting "ACAP."
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Protester spray paints, "More dead pigs" on BART elevator at Frank Ogawa Plaza pic.twitter.com/INneZ0UCZm
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Firecrackers, cheering in intersection of Broadway/14th in Oakland. #ftp protesters gathering here pic.twitter.com/mXMrKArHSi
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
#FTP tried to spray window of restaurant next to Bar Dogwood. Man stops him, another protesters pour liquid down his back.
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
First window broken at #FTP march in Oakland pic.twitter.com/bh0HwKpfkk
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
#ftp protesters shoves over @EastBayExpress news stand. pic.twitter.com/8cHVVhDrFE
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
#FTP protester threw rock at this window pic.twitter.com/KYBLuQLg0Z
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Light show #ftp march in Oakland pic.twitter.com/1MPBDL5dL8
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Protesters debating whether to go to gentrified Temescal or to black neighborhoods #ftp march
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
"Black and brown people are dying in West Oakland, not fucking Temescal!" Woman yells #FTP march
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Going to Temescal #FTP march pic.twitter.com/HHZnOWuSyB
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Window smashed at Bank of the West. Strong window, took a few #FTP protesters to make it happen pic.twitter.com/f8NoWNZqsb
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
More smashed windows. Other #FTP protesters calling for a stop to destruction pic.twitter.com/YEK0kWxaKc
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) August 16, 2014
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member