Hundreds of angry workers, police victims, and youth marched through the streets of Oakland yesterday demanding an end to police brutality.

The crowd, largely dressed in black attire, marched from 14th and Broadway to the central Oakland police station where police were denounced as an occupying force in poor communities in the U.S. The march ended with a rally at Frank Ogawa P laza in front of city hall, where the families of victims mourned their loved on es, and local youth spoke out against the police. A number of local hip-hop groups also performed.

There were 15-20 police officers on hand, but no major confrontations took place . There were no arrests.

The organizing group, the October 22nd Coalition said that over two thousand people have been murdered by police in the United States since 1990.

Pictures 1 | 2. The October 22nd Coalition