As The San Francisco Chronicle reported, the pain inflicted by the pandemic was just one of several reasons this week’s protests have been more “explosive” in the Bay Area.
On Friday, during protests, two officers were shot while protecting Oakland’s federal courthouse — one fatally. Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, called the shooting an act of domestic terrorism.
Violence and looting — the latter rising especially on Sunday — erupted in other Bay Area cities, like San Jose, Walnut Creek and Danville, which The Mercury News reported implemented curfews.
[Read more about how those protesting police use of force have been met with more force.]
Protests in the Central Valley and the Inland Empire
While demonstrations had some tense moments, protests in the Central Valley and Inland Empire largely remained calm, according to The Fresno Bee and The Press-Enterprise.
There were, however exceptions: In at least two instances, passing drivers appeared to target protesters.
In Bakersfield — the seat of Kern County, where The Guardian once reported the police killed more people per capita than anywhere else in the country — a 31-year-old man was arrested after the authorities say he drove through a crowd of protesters and struck a 15-year-old girl, according to KGET.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/california-george-floyd-protests.html
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