Oakland protests Trump victory: The night in photos
on November 10, 2016
For the second night in a row, on Wednesday protesters took to Oakland’s streets to demonstrate against the election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States.
What started as a series of peaceful daytime walkouts and rallies largely led by students at East Bay high schools and in downtown Oakland turned violent soon after nightfall. Protest organizers urged women, children and the frail to leave, and soon after, Oakland police officers began forming skirmish lines and using tear gas as protesters broke windows, burned Trump in effigy and set a series of small fires on downtown streets.
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) estimated the crowd’s size at 7,000 people. According to a press release from the department, after 8 pm, members of the crowd began assaulting officers with “rocks, bottles, fireworks, M-80s, and Molotov cocktails.” The department requested “mutual aid” from a dozen other local law enforcement agencies.
In a second press release sent out Thursday morning, the OPD stated that officers made 30 arrests and issued 11 citations to protesters for “assault on an officer, vandalism, unlawful assembly, failure to disperse, and possession of a firearm.” Three officers were injured, three police vehicles belonging to the Pleasanton Police Department were damaged, and Oakland police and fire officials put out approximately 40 fires, including one set inside a downtown business.
More than a dozen Oakland North reporters captured the action in photos. Click through the slideshow above to see each photograph. You can also read our coverage of the evening and see raw video here. Our complete Election 2016 coverage is here.
Photos by Alessandra Bergamin, Mary Newman, Andrew Beale, Stefanie Le, Jacob Shea, Yesica Prado, Sawsan Morrar and Abner Hauge. Slideshow compiled by Tian Chenwei.
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- Protesters started fires throughout downtown Oakland. Photo by Andrew Beale.
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- Oakland police deploy a BearCat armored vehicle during the protest. Photo by Andrew Beale.
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- OPD officers arrest a protester in downtown Oakland. Photo by Andrew Beale.
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- Anti-Trump sentiment was strong and organizers called for protestors to avoid graffitiing or vandalizing local, small businesses. Photo by Alessandra Bergamin.
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- Eboni Stallworth, a school teacher in Oakland said, “we are no longer afraid, we’ve been through too much to be afraid.” Photo by Alessandra Bergamin.
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- At 11pm, protestors lingered despite police calling for them to disperse and leave. Photo by Alessandra Bergamin.
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- An anti-Trump protestor passed out flowers to Oakland police officers during the march in downtown Oakland on November 9, 2016. Photo by Stefanie Le.
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- Anti-Trump protestors march through Oakland on November 9, 2016. Photo by Stefanie Le.
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- Anti-Trump protestors and members of the Oakland police department meet in Oakland on November 9, 2016. Photo by Stefanie Le.
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- A couple takes a moment together during an anti-Trump protest in Oakland on November 9, 2016. Photo by Stefanie Le.
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- Oakland police used to tear gas to push people off of Telegraph avenue after protesters started a large fire. Photo by Andrew Beale.
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- An organizer with a megaphone leads protesters in chants of “1! We are the people! 2! A little bit louder! 3! We ant justice for our people!” Photograph by Abner Hauge.
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- A young queer-identified couple marches holding a sign that says “Fuck Trump.” Photograph by Abner Hauge.
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- A police skirmish line assembles just north of the 14th St. BART station on Broadway. Photograph by Abner Hauge.
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- Protesters gesture with their signs to a police line as others run past the haze of smoke from a freshly thrown flash-bang grenade. Photograph by Abner Hauge.
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- In front of police barricade a smoke bomb is released to disperse the remaining protestors. The police force became very strong after 8 PM but protestors remained on the streets as long as they could. Photo by Mary Newman.
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- Three patrol cars were vandalized on 20th Street between Telegraph and Broadway. Officers were on edge as they directed protestors off of the block. Some confusion ensued and officers began telling protestors different things, but it was clear they were just trying to get everyone away from the vandalized vehicles. Photo by Mary Newman.
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- A large fire was started at the intersection of William Street and Broadway. Dozens of trash fires littered both Telegraph Avenue and Broadway throughout the night. The Oakland Fire Department arrived to distinguish fire around 10 PM after OPD’s efforts dispersed the large crowds. Photo by Mary Newman.
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- Protestors flee down Telegraph Avenue after Oakland police sent tear gas into the crowd. The police surrounded a large crowd outside of the Fox Theater, dispensing tear gas from both sides. Protestors headed towards Broadway to escape the chemical fumes. Photo by Mary Newman.
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- A young woman holds an upside-down flag, traditionally a mayday or distress symbol, with ‘AMERIKKKA’ in marker over it. Photograph by Abner Hauge.
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- Many protestors seemed to advocated for peaceful means, like this man here. Photo by Jacob Shea.
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- Tear gas canisters drop into a crowd on Broadway and protesters disperse. Photo by Jacob Shea.
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- An officer speaks calmly with onlookers, many of whom were filming or photographing. Photo by Jacob Shea.
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- Shop keepers gather in a store hours after it was vandalized. Photo by Jacob Shea.
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- Crowds throng around burning refuse bins. Photo by Jacob Shea.
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- Oakland Police officers march in unity down Broadway street, mantaining the conduct in the crowd at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- A woman stands on a bench watching over the large crowd at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- A customer watches the large crowd occupy the streets of Oakland through a restaurant window in a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- Protestors burn an American flag in front at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- A protestor blows bubbles with a toy gun as he marches down at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- Protestors take precautions and cover their noses after Oakland Police officers use tear gas against the crowd at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- Protestors began to move away from the tear gas at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- Protestors stare at the Oakland Police officers line after using tear gas on the crowd at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- Oakland Police officers start boxing in the crowd after a few protestors begin acts of violence at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- California Highway Patrol join Oakland Police officers to help mantain conduct at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- A protestor stares deeply into an Oakland Police officer at a Anti-Trump protest that sparked responding to the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- Painted hands and graffitti appear at a bus stop near Frank Oagawa Plaza were the protestors met to protest the national election results on the victory of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Yesica Prado/Oakland North)
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- An Oakland protestor arrives at the Anti-Trump protest ready to march with his gas mask. Photo by Sawsan Morrar.
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- A child marches in Oakland with fist and sign in the air. Photo by Sawsan Morrar.
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- Restaurant patrons look on as an anti_Trump protest passes through. Photo by Sawsan Morrar.
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- Protestors fan a fire, burning signs and a luggage on Washington St. in Oakland. Photo by Sawsan Morrar.
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- A restaurant patron looks on as protestors walk through Oakland’s Chinatown. Photo by Sawsan Morrar.
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