A store was looted, a freeway was shut down and a man was hit with a hammer Sunday night during protests in Berkeley and Oakland that turned violent hours after they began.
The California Highway Patrol arrested eight "aggressive protesters" on California 24 after they threw rocks and bottles at officers who were trying to clear them from the highway, officials said.
Two officers sustained minor injuries and protesters dented and shattered windows on five patrol cars, the CHP said. Officers responded with tear gas to disperse the crowd, authorities said.
The crowd of 500 to 600 protesters gathered at 5 p.m. Sunday at the edge of the UC Berkeley campus and marched through downtown. At one point, some of the demonstrators smashed the window of a Radio Shack store. When a man in the crowd tried to stop them, he was struck by a hammer, Berkeley police said.
It was the second consecutive night that protests in the Bay Area over the deaths of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York ended with arrests and violence.
The previous night, three officers were hurt and six people were arrested when a protest turned unruly in Berkeley. Scores of officers from several surrounding agencies joined the Berkeley Police Department on Saturday night to quell the unrest that went on for hours.
Berkeley Police Officer Jennifer Coats said demonstrators threw wrenches, smoke grenades and other objects at officers, and some squad cars were damaged, according to the Associated Press.
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Copyright © 2014, Los Angeles TimesDec. 8, 6:11 a.m. This post has been updated throughout with additional details and background.
This post was originally published Dec. 7 at 10:53 p.m.
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