Protests Continue Across Bay Area, Shut Down Golden Gate Bridge

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🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Demonstrators marched across the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, filling the whole length of the span and closing it to cars. The was just one of the many actions across the Bay Area over the weekend held to protest police violence. We talk with KQED's Queena Kim about the weekend's demonstrations and other recent news. We'll also check in with Derrick Sanderlin, who trains San Jose police on how to avoid bias -- and who was seriously injured by a rubber bullet at a recent protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:32.8	More than 10,000 demonstrators marched across the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, closing the span to traffic.
1:34.6	That was just one of the many local protests against police violence held across the Bay Area
1:39.0	over the weekend.
1:40.4	We'll hear about those actions and what's expected for the coming week.
1:43.9	We'll also check in with a San Jose man who trains police on how to avoid bias and who was seriously injured by a rubber bullet at a protest last week. Then conservative columnist George Will. He's long been critical of President Trump, but now he's also calling for voters to kick Trump's Republican enablers out of Congress,
2:02.5	and we'll find out why. Join us after this news.
2:10.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Demonstrators marched across the Golden Gate Bridge
2:15.0	on Saturday, filling the whole length of the span and closing it to cars.
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