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Oakland Police Department Site Down in Apparent Hack

Protests Continue In Oakland Over Grand Jury Decisions
Justin Sullivan—Getty Images A protester confronts a UC Berkeley police officer during a demonstration over recent grand jury decisions in police-involved deaths on December 10, 2014 in Berkeley, California. Protesters have taken to the streets of Berkeley for a fifth straight night after a Staten Island, New York grand jury declined December 3 to indict New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Hundreds of protesters have gathered nightly since Saturday.

The Oakland Police Department remained down on Thursday following an apparent cyberattack as protests continued over the treatment of minorities by police.

About 50 protesters blocked the entrances of the city’s courthouse on Wednesday night in a relatively quiet demonstration. A night earlier, authorities fired rubber bullets and arrested at least 19 people as crowds swarmed city streets for the fourth straight night.

Websites for the city, the Fire Department and the Police Department were all disabled beginning on Tuesday, according to the LA Times, though by Thursday only the police site remained down. The hacker collective Anonymous appeared to take responsibility for the cyberattacks in a tweet.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered at Berkeley nightly this week to protest in the wake of grand jury decisions in New York and Missouri not to indict white police officers over the deaths of unarmed black men.

Witness Protesters Taking Over the Streets After the Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision

Police Chokehold Death People Protest No Indictment in Eric Garner Chokehold Case Grand Jury Declines To Indict NYPD Officer In Eric Garner Death Protests Erupt Across Country After Grand Jury Does Not Indict NYPD Officer Over Chokehold Death Police stand guard on the West Side highway as protesters block traffic after the jury verdict in the death of Eric Garner in New York Demonstrators Gather In Philadelphia To Protest Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision BESTPIX - Demonstrators Gather In Philadelphia To Protest Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision Protests Erupt Across Country After Grand Jury Does Not Indict NYPD Officer Over Chokehold Death US-ERIC-GARNER-PROTEST People take part in a protest against the grand jury decision on the death of Eric Garner in midtown Manhattan in New York NYC reacts to Eric Garner Grand Jury decision US-CRIME-POLICE-RACE-UNREST Police Chokehold Death A man holding a child walks past protesters demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner in Manhattan People Protest over no indictment in Eric Garner's chokehold case in Atlanta, Georgia A demonstrator stands next to makeshift memorial where Eric Garner died during arrest in July in Staten Island borough of New York

[LA Times]

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