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Berkeley continues to demand justice

HUNDREDS of Californian protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through Berkeley’s streets again on Tuesday night.

 

The protesters stopped at City Hall, where a councillor told the crowd that he would demand an investigation into the police hand­ling of the protests.

Bay Area Rapid Transit officials said the station in Berkeley had again been closed as a precaution.

The Amtrak passenger train service was suspended between the Oakland Coliseum station and Richmond because of the protest, officials said.

And a council meeting scheduled for Tuesday night was cancelled after Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates alleged there had been threats to disrupt it.

The California Highway Patrol arrested 223 people on Monday on suspicion of resisting arrest, obstructing police and other charges. Another nine people were arrested on Tuesday night.

Those arrested face bail of up to $50,000 (£32,000).

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