When people tried to march down Broadway, Oakland’s main downtown street, they were blocked by police, even though there is no law against marching on the sidewalk! There was a tense standoff for about 15 minutes as brave organized and determined protesters stared down rows and rows of these cops demanding the right to march to represent for the thousands of lives stolen by the police. Relatives of victims of police murder are forced by the system to endure indescribable agony, and then the police and the City of Oakland attempts to prevent them from even voicing their outrage and grief for a few hours. Once again, proof that there is a whole system behind police brutality.