Anti-racism protesters rallied in Martinez, Calif., where two people had been charged with hate crimes after defacing a Black Lives Matter mural.
Instead of putting the burden on victims to sue, more district attorneys prosecute them for false police reports with laws already on the books.
“Bringing a weapon of any kind to a peaceful protest or illegally carrying a weapon into our community could serve as a flashpoint for an escalation of events,” Sappal said.“Tensions are high — people are just on edge,” Che Travers told the Chronicle.
A viral video showed the woman, identified as Anderson, dumping a bucket of black paint and rolling over the mural’s freshly painted yellow block letters. A man, identified as Nelson, says on camera that racism is “a lie” and that “all lives matter.”
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