On June 19, Bay Area community groups CodePink, Stop Mass Incarceration Network, Occupy SF Action Council, Anti Police-Terror Project, Jewitch Camp, the Green Party, and World Can’t Wait gathered outside the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco to protest the presence of police chiefs from around the country during San Francisco’s Conference for Mayors. Many events were planned during the 4-day conference and protests were held at all of them.

The first few events included creative actions by CodePink, with a banner drop, a Hug-in, and a Die-in on the street in front of the SF Hilton, where President Obama later spoke to the mayors and police chief’s inside.

The protests were organized because many American citizens feel their voices are not being heard. Local activist organizations also cite the fact that the mayor's conference was to be attended by many corporate CEO's and executives, and not by ordinary citizens. The rallies demanded that the mayors of the United States rebuild infrastructure, protect and educate children, end police brutality, recognize that black and brown lives matter, house the homeless, feed the hungry, take control of corporate influence in politics, and fix the judicial system.

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