A peaceful protest was replaced by a chaotic crowd of looters around eight o’clock this evening in downtown Oakland, where a group of 1,000 people converged at the corner of 14th and Broadway to voice their displeasure over the BART murder verdict.

A peaceful protest was replaced by a chaotic crowd of looters around eight o’clock this evening in downtown Oakland, where a group of 1,000 people converged at the corner of 14th and Broadway to voice their displeasure over the BART murder verdict.