Demonstrators and CHP officers face off at the west steps of California’s Capitol, with people sitting in trees and chanting “I can’t breathe.” pic.twitter.com/jVbpHqshSQ

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The march moved down K Street toward the Sacramento Kings arena. At the Golden 1 Center, demonstrators discussed where to go next, with chants of “Freeway!” heard from the crowd. They removed barriers and entered the former downtown mall plaza area.

The march has taken down barriers and is entering the former Downtown Plaza mall area. I hear a loud banging. pic.twitter.com/s6EsB5SqFW

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The protest then moved across the Tower Bridge into West Sacramento, shutting down traffic over the bridge.

Stevante Clark leading chants as a much smaller group, which separated from the main march, catches up and crosses Tower Bridge pic.twitter.com/9Piqg0x7FO

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Younger Saturday Protest

Some who attended the Friday demonstration in Oak Park noted that the Saturday crowd was younger, and many who attended said they heard about the day’s protests on Instagram.

Demonstrator Christina Lensworth said while she wasn’t able to attend the previous protest in Oak Park, she was happy to make it to one and glad to see so many young people.

“I feel like even in the past election, the younger generation didn’t pay attention,” the 21-year-old Lensworth said. “This generation’s going to be the one to make a change so it’s good to see them out here.”

Ryan Royster was also out at the demonstration and said he felt it was important to show up because recent events have reminded him of why his family chose to move to California a generation ago. He said that yesterday was the second anniversary of the death of his grandmother.

In Sacramento, Demonstrators Face Off With Law Enforcement, Block Highway During ‘Solidarity With Minneapolis’ Protest

“What she has seen, was the echoes of the same things she has seen growing up in the south and moving to California” Royster said. "It is the collective echoes of decades of violence that has reverberated throughout the fabric of Americana since its inception.

Jamier Sale with the Sacramento ANSWER coalition was part of the group that organized the Capitol event. He felt that the nation was going through another moment of upheaval.

“For me I’m having flashbacks to 2014, '15, '16, when we saw the whole nation rise up against police terror,” Sale said. “We’re seeing a lot of years with pent up frustration with law enforcement, and the fact that we’re at the capitol is really about the entire system that’s overseeing the police terror.”

He added that he also saw a correlation between the protest and the higher rates at which African Americans were dying from the coronavirus. Though most participants were wearing masks, social distancing was difficult to maintain.

“The pandemic has really just added to it,” Sale said. “We see how black people are more likely to die during this pandemic. So even before we were seeing these incidents of police terror we were seeing black people basically targeted by this lack of resources and literally dying, that’s a big part of it.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.