IGD: Oakland Actions in Solidarity with #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile

If you're not organizing, now is a good time to start.

— ѕyndιcalιѕт (@syndicalisms) July 8, 2016

Looks like lots of ppl coming- i love Oakland #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/oLWgVJLRQ4

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Police line crowd being led in chants from overpass. #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling #Oakland pic.twitter.com/jURo8NELb3

— Jimi Devine (@JimiDevine) July 8, 2016

PICS FROM RN'S PROTEST IN OAKLAND, COME OUT YALL #BLACKLIVESMATTER pic.twitter.com/X9i1GQWEWt

— S (@mindyoursboo444) July 8, 2016

The #Oakland highway shutdown tonight is a beautiful thing. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/WKsrjDMxV6

— Oakland Uprising (@oaklanduprising) July 8, 2016

It is our duty2 fight4 our freedom! It is our duty 2 win. We must love & care 4… #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/BdJq3TFeSG

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

#Oakland stands off with #OPD in front of police dept. building.#PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/J2GEw9cOqi

— Sampson (@OfficialSampson) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/shelovesdresses/status/751275811324383232

Doors smashed at OPD building at 7th and Broadway. Paint thrown at building. pic.twitter.com/TbbGsFKrRo

— Don Clyde (@ClydeDon) July 8, 2016

#shutitdown in #oakland for #altonsterling #philandocastile #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/AdZyFRGUO1

— hyejin #freeliyah (@hyejinhere) July 8, 2016

In front of the OPD. #Oakland protest. pic.twitter.com/5Ryn8slfIl

— Carol Lee (@hellocarolcarol) July 8, 2016

They think it's a game! They think it's a joke real pain real action #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/42vR7S5uO5

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Nearly 1,000 protesters block 880 freeway for hour, still going, at #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile rally #Oakland pic.twitter.com/29M2q6oCtN

— Nick Miller (@NickMiller510) July 8, 2016

Protesters plan to occupy 880: "Tell your friends to bring blankets! We are not going anywhere!" #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/3tpD3vAGYv

— Beau Evans (@beauvans) July 8, 2016

Whose streets? Our streets great sign #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/xZpTle2Q0W

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

The Bay Area doesn't play. Clergy, activists, multiracial groups blocking the 980 freeway. #nojusticenopeace pic.twitter.com/DjejgCq9Jx

— #Asians4BlackLives (@Asians4BlkLives) July 8, 2016

#Oakland, #OurStreets occupied until gov't answers our #citizensummon for dialogue & an end to police killings pic.twitter.com/J78at8yzJX

— Al-Sharif Nassef (@alsharifpasha) July 8, 2016

#Oakland ppl shut down hwy 880 & are projecting #BlackLivesMatter onto a truck #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/qMY07Pgh0y

— Isabeau Doucet (@IsabeauD_) July 8, 2016

#FTP#Oakland #ShutItDown #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/UmXrzilGKp

— Dave Id (@DaveId) July 8, 2016

things are eerily quiet down on street level. #oakland pic.twitter.com/VNNrpiTSqP

— @[email protected] (@cayden) July 8, 2016

Mass sit-in on 880 frwy w/projections on semi #oaklandshutitdown … https://t.co/qoLOTWXqJs pic.twitter.com/Ug5kfUdHQz

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

Announcing Oakland I fucking love u! #AltonSterling #PhilandroCastile pic.twitter.com/bXJ7fxIKZl

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Young people, elders, community, all holding down the frontline of the 880 fwy! #Oakland #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/AMkBlhsUUb

— Sarita Ocón (@OaklandColibri) July 8, 2016

Taking a seat on 880, listening to live jazz & yelling, "no justice no peace no racist police" #Oakland #shutitdown pic.twitter.com/5z7B6PsWYJ

— Colleen Klus (@ColleenKlus) July 8, 2016

Well over 1k protesters took 880 freeway while hundreds more in standoff against OPD on Broadway. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/wahUUhsgsK

— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) July 8, 2016

Hundreds lock arms in both directions on both sides of freeway. We will not be moved.#Oakland #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/lA4pDTU6bJ

— Dave Id (@DaveId) July 8, 2016

Hard to see this, but people are projecting #BlackLivesMatter on the truck #oakland #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/JKqOtmhv7f

— APTP First Response (@aptpresponse) July 8, 2016

Protesters covered the Oakland police headquarters in symbolic blood. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/XN6zjnguLR

— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) July 8, 2016

Protesters on hiway in #Oakland commandeer truck, project #blacklivesmatter on it. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/u174ehi9U3

— Oakland Uprising (@oaklanduprising) July 8, 2016

#Oakland had shut down the highway! #OAKLANDisReady #BlackLivesMatter #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #Dallas pic.twitter.com/TeWET9VTJy

— Raquel Willis (she/her) (@RaquelWillis_) July 8, 2016

Pigshere riot gear we chant no justice no peace and sit #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile they shine lights block pic pic.twitter.com/fNwafaxi5R

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Battery is dying but #Oakland is Lit 4 #AltonSterling & #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/AQw5KcZDDQ

— Jessie Sandoval ?✍? (@slenderbutter) July 8, 2016

We have shut down the freeway! #opdguilty #blacklivesmatter #Frisco500 pic.twitter.com/qoAYAbEs5t

— HungerForJusticeSF (@hngr4justicesf) July 8, 2016

Call for blankets, water, support here on 880. Washington St. exit. Just come up the off ramp. #oakland #blacklivesmatter

— Scott Campbell (kolektiva.social/@susurros) (@incandesceinto) July 8, 2016

Live from the 880 freeway. #Oakland is shutting it down. pic.twitter.com/glSciCjWQl

— East Oakland Collective (@EOakCollective) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/epsalon/status/751265929166630913

Rev. Ben McBride calls for OPD to end violence on people of color or the dept. will "be torn down brick by brick" pic.twitter.com/Fo48WnGYzQ

— Beau Evans (@beauvans) July 8, 2016

Music, kindness, love #BlackLivesMatter join us – #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/8alHNY3HZZ

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

#Protesters stage sit-in on ALL lanes of I-880 in #Oakland at Broadway: https://t.co/KHGXzmU8Ss pic.twitter.com/2z3zCR9l93

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 8, 2016

#Oakland sights. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/Lg0tr855mT

— David DeBolt (@daviddebolt) July 8, 2016

Police are staging it seems further north on onramp, i think, constant siren wailing pic.twitter.com/tH9ADeY3TK

— Trash Night Heron (@hyphy_republic) July 8, 2016

We shutting it down #oakland #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/6LLQGddnS7

— APTP First Response (@aptpresponse) July 8, 2016

Some cars are empty on I-880 in #Oakland. Could be 1,000 or more on this freeway. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/TeaqrQfX6C

— David DeBolt (@daviddebolt) July 8, 2016

Chicano's for Black liberation #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile i try not yo get faces unless ask pic.twitter.com/65gRrQT7eD

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/RebecaNitti/status/751265333390880768

Protesters have climbed on big rig on 880 #Oakland. pic.twitter.com/Qy36Qmv8t5

— FlyingTails (@KenWayne) July 8, 2016

880 shut down – the people united will never be divided #Oakland #shutitdown #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/EtGsvHz4GT

— Colleen Klus (@ColleenKlus) July 8, 2016

For anyone looking to have eyes on the protest in Oakland. Stay safe, everyone. https://t.co/kEEmQ4q1eH @anthoknees #blacklivesmatter

— Morgan (she/her) (@MorganInStereo) July 8, 2016

People coming and going on offramp like its no big thing pic.twitter.com/ZOMM0qSUin

— Trash Night Heron (@hyphy_republic) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/elise_magno/status/751263989175185408

Crowd not moving until demand to charge OPD cops received by @LibbySchaaf and @NancyOMalley. #Oakland #ShutItDown pic.twitter.com/R3PZSgq9Jy

— Dave Id (@DaveId) July 8, 2016

#FTP #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling both sides of 880 shutitdown whose streets? Our streets pic.twitter.com/TzFu4uPDsP

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

880 freway in #oakland shut down with at least 1000 people #nojusticenopeace #blacklivesmatter #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/0IK5q8Hupv

— Valerie Love (@VMontanaLove) July 8, 2016

Freeway is shut down pic.twitter.com/G7jJMgLKFE

— Gabrielle Canon (@GabrielleCanon) July 8, 2016

#PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling music & dancing on the freeway getting loud pic.twitter.com/bok8lV3sPa

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

#oaklandshutitdown 880 takeover. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/nFJPWlA0TZ

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

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— Trash Night Heron (@hyphy_republic) July 8, 2016

Keeping it simple- chant Fuck the police #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/he30ujIfub

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/kiernanrok/status/751263562601861121

Ghost riding the semi. #Oakland pic.twitter.com/RUL4y2PGrR

— Victor "Punch Nazis" Licata (@VictorLicata1) July 8, 2016

Black and Brown united against police brutality#Oakland #AltonSterling#PhilandoCastile#BlackLivesMatter#Grief pic.twitter.com/77FU38XIqP

— Anirvan Chatterjee (@anirvan) July 8, 2016

Say their names. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter #oaklandshutitdown 880 frwy takeover pic.twitter.com/5hZznjchMC

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

No business as usual, Justice for #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile now! Oakland in solidarity ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/64FAMIkaT9

— Kenny Foster (@KentFosterSF) July 8, 2016

Protesters shut down Interstate 880 in downtown. @oaklandpoliceca @CHPoakland LIVE STREAM: https://t.co/rYQE9gTgfe pic.twitter.com/TnPAogYM87

— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) July 8, 2016

The Constitution doesn't protect Black lives. Say their names. #BLACKLIVESMATTER #oaklandshutitdown pic.twitter.com/yWNtPHw4cF

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

No justice no peace no racist police #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling i love Oakland pic.twitter.com/rNWgTNCJe6

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Protesters in #Oakland have marched onto both lanes of I-800 and set off fireworks. https://t.co/elLHLkem8Phttps://t.co/518p0Dsrlf

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 8, 2016

#oaklandshutitdown #BlackLivesMatter #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/WWJISjHd2q

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

People getting comfy on the s bound pic.twitter.com/OY649Hc1ng

— Trash Night Heron (@hyphy_republic) July 8, 2016

BREAKING: All lanes closed 880 by protesters downtown #Oakland. pic.twitter.com/AHntCUVyOw

— FlyingTails (@KenWayne) July 8, 2016

Over 1000 people on 880 chanting #BlackLivesMatter.#Oakland #ShutItDown #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/qLGU2HWdLg

— Dave Id (@DaveId) July 8, 2016

solidarity protest is taking the high road via 880 freeway #blacklivesmatter #oakland pic.twitter.com/pSg9wCtz6u

— Nancy Mancias (@nancymancias) July 8, 2016

But I'm ready to run to. Not going to jail. They will have to catch me #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/UumTjwIRzR

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Traffic backed up on 880 due to mass blockade. #oaklandshutitdown #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/RNnQ6BlS2s

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

Fireworks going off on 880. #oakland #blacklivesmatter

— Scott Campbell (kolektiva.social/@susurros) (@incandesceinto) July 8, 2016

#Oakland Freeway Shut Down 4 #PhilandoCastile #PhilandoCastile , with Uncle Bobby #OscarGrant pic.twitter.com/m3JngLakza

— Jessie Sandoval ?✍? (@slenderbutter) July 8, 2016

Huge blockade on 880 frwy #oaklandshutitdown #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/uROfcsWlWe

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

Protesters sit on 880 freeway. I'd estimate 500 blocking both directions #oakland #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/SQTuIQBMH0

— Nick Miller (@NickMiller510) July 8, 2016

880 takeover #oaklandshutitdown #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/0W4ynCEerM

— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/fosterjb/status/751259388346667008

#oakland protesters overtake both directions of 880 freeway #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/cRzShj4ziu

— Nick Miller (@NickMiller510) July 8, 2016

It wasn't even a question. Protesters easily took the 880 freeway in #Oakland. No cops on sight. pic.twitter.com/1l1N4G95hz

— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) July 8, 2016

Traffic stopped in both directions 880 fwy downtown #Oakland. pic.twitter.com/MiHj8BHryA

— FlyingTails (@KenWayne) July 8, 2016

taking freeway sharing stories it stops 2daywedon't have3live this way sitting down #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/w52ZcyjdeR

— Betulapendula (@Betulapendula22) July 8, 2016

Interstate 880 has been shut down in both directions. #Oakland #blacklivesmatter

— Scott Campbell (kolektiva.social/@susurros) (@incandesceinto) July 8, 2016

#BREAKING: Protesters in #Oakland are blocking all NB and SB lanes of I-880 near Broadway. https://t.co/AinBbccNeV pic.twitter.com/wCoXtoTqrV

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 8, 2016

Now. 880. #oakland. pic.twitter.com/Hjoh02yCQY

— #whoisdebavery (@jazzpastord) July 8, 2016

Highway is shutdown. Official. #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling #Oakland pic.twitter.com/4vQXvtCiLo

— Jimi Devine (@JimiDevine) July 8, 2016

LIVE on #Periscope: #shutitdown https://t.co/vWafZubMvs

— The Anti Hero (@PatrickSimmons1) July 8, 2016

Oakland march taking the 880 freeway. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/WAqnvgaWTQ

— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) July 8, 2016

We are shutting down the freeway #Oakland #BlackLivesMatter #frisco500 pic.twitter.com/U92cRNXREE

— HungerForJusticeSF (@hngr4justicesf) July 8, 2016

Clergy is painting OPD red while crowd chants "OPD guilty." pic.twitter.com/EuetYNQYC7

— kate conger (@kateconger) July 8, 2016

"Whose streets, our streets! Shut t down!" #oakland #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/HVF5jX9mr7

— Katrina Cameron (@KatCameron91) July 8, 2016