When people were finally able to march there was a very powerful sense of freedom combined with outrage and anger at the system that has stolen thousands of lives. The slogan "The Whole Damn System Is Guilty!" resonated deeply with people on the march, who have seen the way the system has covered up for Oscar's murder, not even charged the other cops involved, let Mehserle go on bail, arrested over 100 people who have protested against the murder, and now they were trying to stop family members of those they had killed from taking to the streets.