May Day demonstrations for a variety of causes but most prominently centering on the police homicide of Freddie Gray carried well into the evening on Friday. As with previous days of uprising in downtown Oakland, marchers mixed with wanton vandals, and there were broken storefront windows, garbage bins lit on fire, and more property damage, including the targeting of an auto dealership where protesters smashed rows of cars.
KFC got it tonight in Oakland. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/FmZTe9uA1X
— AJ Vicens (@AJVicens) May 2, 2015
The sound of metal pipes hitting glass echoes in the streets. #oakland #Oakland2Baltimore pic.twitter.com/KCFKWF0R5p
— Katrina Cameron (@KatCameron91) May 2, 2015
#Oakland2Baltimore at least 7 large windows shattered at #Oakland Honda dealer. Lots if cops here
— Thomas Peele (@thomas_peele) May 2, 2015
Smells fresh #Oakland pic.twitter.com/dDQNmSf1D2
— Lorraine Oakland (@nishneb) May 2, 2015
Dumpster fire lit, then extinguished when women at building ask "There are old people here" #Oakland2Baltimore pic.twitter.com/Fxvw7BMgrU
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) May 2, 2015
An entire car lot is beingsdestroyed #m1oak #FreddieGray #MayDay pic.twitter.com/wrnuzWZgbP
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) May 2, 2015
More car dealerships #m1oak #MayDay pic.twitter.com/PW9k3MIFiz
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) May 2, 2015
KTVU reported that a photographer of theirs has been attacked.
#Mayday demonstrations turn violent in #Oakland. @KTVU photographer attacked, property destroyed & fires set along Broadway.
— Randee Deason (@2hip4tv) May 2, 2015
According to a photographer at about at around 10 p.m. a crowd of protestors headed into Oakland's First Friday Art Murmur event.
#mayday #Oakland crowd headed into first Friday event telegraph and 27th
— Thomas Hawk (@thomashawk) May 2, 2015
Lots of fun in Oakland tonight too. #Oakland pic.twitter.com/40NW50pLUU
— AJ Vicens (@AJVicens) May 2, 2015
#chase windows being smashed 14th and broadwAy #Oakland #Baltimore fights breaking out. pic.twitter.com/MJQ0oXwICF
— Patrick Tamayo (@PatrickTamayo3) May 2, 2015
Rite aid windows being smashed 14th and broadway. #Oakland #baltimore pic.twitter.com/RXQQn3VmAc
— Patrick Tamayo (@PatrickTamayo3) May 2, 2015
Oakland protesters have recollected at oscar grant plaza numbers are impressive! #oakland #Oakland2Baltimore pic.twitter.com/ZgJFq4S8Ey
— Chris Gerald Edwards (@ChrisGEdwards) May 2, 2015
14th and alice blocked #opd close by. #oaklandprotests #Oakland #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/hf3rThQLfY
— Patrick Tamayo (@PatrickTamayo3) May 2, 2015
Crowd at jackson and 14th mcdonalds windows being smashed. #Oakland #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/sdRGde1PGN
— Patrick Tamayo (@PatrickTamayo3) May 2, 2015
Apparently police are deploying flash bang grenades, making arrest.
Flashbangs delpoyed #opd rushed crowd #BalrimoreUprising #Baltimore #oakland #opd being confronted. pic.twitter.com/9BG1qTVZwa
— Patrick Tamayo (@PatrickTamayo3) May 2, 2015
Marcher in cuffs on the ground being held down by two #opd #Oakland #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/hfvGi2sV9q
— Patrick Tamayo (@PatrickTamayo3) May 2, 2015
As it neared 11 p.m., the protests are winding down with police in full force.
Cops charging march beating shields. #M1oak #MayDay
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) May 2, 2015
Last remaining people on #mayday march are corraled on sidewalk blocked by police #m1oak pic.twitter.com/xjLgXwvcQg
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) May 2, 2015
Cop just said the captain is on his way to decide whether this turns to a mass arrest #m1oak #FreddieGray #MayDay #BaltimoreUprising
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) May 2, 2015
Cops have said they are releasing the kettled people. Now releasing them two by two. If we reassemble they will arrest they say #m1oak
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) May 2, 2015
Update: Photographer Thomas Hawk was out among the protests and shows us this dramatic photo set, of which there are a few example shots below.
It's unclear how many arrests were made, but the Chronicle confirms that police did make arrests.
Previously: [Updated] May Day Protest Grows In Oakland As Hundreds Converge On Downtown
Photo: Thomas Hawk
