George Floyd protests in the San Francisco Bay Area

This is a list of protests that took place in the San Francisco Bay Area following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody.A group of protesters demonstrated outside Antioch City Hall on June 29, calling for the removal of two officers, one of whom shot a homeless man in San Francisco.[16] On July 25, initially peaceful protests in solidarity with Portland, Oregon against the deployment of federal agents there turned violent and saw the Oakland Police Department headquarters vandalized and the Alameda County courthouse set on fire.According to police, an estimated 700 people attended the overnight protest, with some demonstrators shooting fireworks, breaking windows, spraying graffiti, pointing lasers at officers and helicopters, chanting racial slurs at residents, and setting "multiple small fires in the downtown area".[18] On June 5, in Pleasanton, more than 2,000 demonstrated in a march that started at Amador Valley Community park and included an 8-minute and 46 seconds moment of silence in remembrance of the time George Floyd spent being murdered by Derek Chauvin.On June 11, Nurses for Racial Justice organized a march for health-care workers from CPMC Van Ness Campus to San Francisco City Hall at 7:45pm.[24] On June 19, demonstrators in Golden Gate Park toppled or otherwise vandalized statues of Catholic missionary Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key (author of the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner), Ulysses S. Grant, author Miguel de Cervantes and his fictional characters Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.[37] A peaceful protest led by high school students attracted hundreds of participants took place on June 3 in San Mateo.[45] A 17-year-old boy was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon a week after allegedly trying to run over protesters with a pickup truck near Old Courthouse Square, and accelerating towards Fourth Street.[52][53] On Sunday, May 30, groups of looters indiscriminately looted and vandalized many businesses in Walnut Creek and other East Bay communities,[54] separate from peaceful demonstrations earlier in the day.[55] On June 1, a few hundred protesters attempting to walk onto I-680 in Walnut Creek were almost immediately met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and dogs.[4] The officer involved, who was not named but was identified as an 18-year veteran, fired five shots at Monterrosa through the window of the unmarked vehicle he was driving.[62] On June 6, Erik Salgado was shot and killed by the California Highway Patrol while allegedly driving a Dodge Hellcat looted from a San Leandro dealership several nights beforehand during the George Floyd protests.