"OAKLAND, Calif. -- A march protesting the slaying of young Oakland father at the Fruitvale BART station early New Year's Day became violent Wednesday evening as a group of marchers attacked a police and lit a dumpster on fire. An estimated 500 people gathered at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station Wednesday afternoon to protest the shooting death of Oscar Grant III at the hands of a transit agency police officer at the station early Jan. 1. For safety reasons, BART trains are bypassing the Fruitvale station while the protest continues. Organizers said the rally was planned to last until 8 p.m., but by 5:30 a substantial portion of the rally spontaneously started marching through the streets of Oakland towards downtown. While the majority of the marchers were well behaved, just after 6:30 p.m. a splinter group of protestors started causing trouble at the intersection of 8th Street and Madison not far from the Lake Merritt BART station. A fire was lit in a Dumpster on wheels that was rolled int"
- Thomas Hawk
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it looks like the riots might start sooner than the trial.
- Thomas Hawk
Oakland riot police responded, shooting tear gas and approaching the crowd with shields, helmets and batons drawn to force them to disperse. NewsChopper2 footage of the area showed police pursuing individuals from the group that was causing problems. So far, there are no reports of arrests or injuries.
- Thomas Hawk
When I read this headline and saw Thomas had shared it, I automatically thought there was some sort of photography protest.
- Matt
My brother's going down to try and check out what's going on downtown. Still debating whether I should go down there with my camera or not.
- Thomas Hawk
Definitely not going to make the situation any better... damn sad imho...
- Ross Miller
If you live in a police state where innocent people get shot by cops, this is what is going to happen more often. Though it's a bit sad to see protesters using violence as a method to protest a murder.
- Jared Mehle
lots of police and news copters circling around nearby here in oakland (i'm in lakeshore)
- Paula W
keep it streaming here! I have no live TV.
- Mauricio
Lake Merritt, Fruitvale, and 12 street Bart all shut down.
- Mauricio
I remember the king riots in SF, way back when... they destroyed small businesses, and completely changed the neighborhood... it was great for big businesses who could capitalize on the small businesses going out of business, and build huge flagship stores, but bad for average people... a trail of broken glass and dreams everywhere...
- Paula W
I obviously picked the right time to come home on BART, to miss all the excitement... I guess having to leave Macworld to go back to work was a good thing...
- Paula W
Not to justify rioting, or destruction of property, but the shooting was just below the radar until the rioting. Sometime you gotta jump up, yell, and wave your hands to get attention.
- Mauricio
Spidra, I've heard about it, my wife hadn't. We assume our social network circles are wider than they actually are sometimes. I'm guilty of it everyday. The below the radar in this case are the vast majority of the people, even in the bay area, who are not "connected".
- Mauricio
Spidra, You would, despite this, probably be right that the MAJORITY of the bay area knew about the shooting before the rioting.
- Mauricio
Spidra, I should add... no TV :( That's why I'm here enjoying this thread.
- Mauricio
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