San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Sunday morning denounced the damage done to city businesses Saturday night after a peaceful demonstration turned chaotic and confirmed that a curfew would be implemented from 8 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia said that while his department has “heard the calls for change, we’ve heard the calls for accountability,” after the police killing in Minneapolis of an unarmed black man, “we can’t allow our city to devolve into chaos. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group), SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MAY 31: Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department officers line up next to San Jose Police Department officers during a protest of the killing of George Floyd outside of San Jose City Hall in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, May 31, 2020. “That’s all you gotta do, we appreciate it!” yelled one demonstrator caught on video. Police continued to block off streets around Santana Row, as well as Valley Fair Mall.

In San Jose earlier in the day, after protesters chanted “take a knee,” Mayor Sam Liccardo joined protesters and did the same. “Opened in 2005, we have been an integral part of the South Bay dining scene. “We know people are hurt, are upset, are angry — all kinds of emotions.”, But, she added, assaults on people, and the damage done to businesses in the city — including from fires set and looting — “is really not something we can tolerate.”. San Jose, Walnut Creek, Danville declare…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), 2020 Latest: Arizona says 450K ballots still to be counted, San Jose, Walnut Creek, Danville declare curfews as conflicts and looting erupt again amid national protests, Bay Area demands ‘count every vote’ after Trump falsely declares victory, Letters: Baffled by jail threat | Opposing intolerance | Resist violence | GOP the threat | Progressives’ problem | ‘Rich corporations’, Bay Area Election Night live updates: Hundreds gather for outdoor watch parties, demonstrations, Bay Area streets calm as voters wait anxiously for election results, Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse’s bail set at $2 million. After the downtown demonstrations dissipated, the groups reorganized after it appeared a lagging group of white nationalist demonstrators showed up and parked a row … A bubble that shields people from the reality of the world around them.

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(Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group), WALNUT CREEK, CA - MAY 31: A Walnut Creek Police officer applies pressure to a bullet wound after a young female was shot in the left arm at the corner of Olympic Blvd. “It makes no sense that it was a suicide. Demonstrators were heard imploring others not to turn over dumpsters. “Next looting stop: SANTANA ROW IN SAN JOSE” ran another. Oakland Police arrested 8 looters at the shopping center. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group), WALNUT CREEK, CA - MAY 31: A young female grimaces in pain after being shot in the left arm at the corner of Olympic Blvd. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group), WALNUT CREEK, CA - MAY 31: Looters break into businesses in downtown Walnut Creek, Calif., on Sunday, May 31, 2020. and CVS along Stevens Creek Boulevard before making an unsuccessful run at Santana Row. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. “Just two years ago when I was a freshman a black student was brutalized by police for being intoxicated and instead of getting medical attention, the Cambridge police showed up and arrested them,” she said.

Demonstrations elsewhere in California included San Jose, San Francisco, Bakersfield and Oakland. 10/2 – San Jose – Slow the Row “Rise with Us or Fall Before Us” – Santana Row – 7pm; SATURDAY – October 3. No one was injured. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group), Protestors, more than 100 or so, staged a rally at Oakley Civic Center and then walked the couple of miles from Oakley to Brentwood, Calif., to the Brentwood Police Department on Sunday, May 31, 2020 the third day of Bay Area protests over the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group), WALNUT CREEK, CA - MAY 31: Police sweep the streets of looters after descended into downtown Walnut Creek, Calif., on Sunday, May 31, 2020. By 9 p.m. in San Jose, a half hour after curfew, rows of San Jose police moved demonstrators from City Hall down Market Street.

“I’m not getting arrested,” said Dana Walker, 40, of San Jose, who planned to leave downtown San Jose at 8 p.m. sharp. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group), SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MAY 31: People protest the killing of George Floyd outside of San Jose City Hall in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, May 31, 2020.

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