By Amy Graff, SFGATE
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A view of a damaged shop after a protest earlier in the day in San Francisco devolved into roaming groups of looters along a stretch of Market Street and in the Union Square area following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 30, 2020 in California, United States.
A view of a damaged shop after a protest earlier in the day in San Francisco devolved into roaming groups of looters along a stretch of Market Street and in the Union Square area following the death of George
Photo: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency Via Getty Images
Photo: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency Via Getty Images
A view of a damaged shop after a protest earlier in the day in San Francisco devolved into roaming groups of looters along a stretch of Market Street and in the Union Square area following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 30, 2020 in California, United States.
A view of a damaged shop after a protest earlier in the day in San Francisco devolved into roaming groups of looters along a stretch of Market Street and in the Union Square area following the death of George
Photo: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency Via Getty Images
About 1,000 people marched through the streets of San Francisco Sunday, carrying signs and chanting “George Floyd,” and “Black lives matter.”
“We’re here because George Floyd was murdered in cold blood,” Aliasiah Allah said.
San Francisco police reported 80 arrests Sunday for violating the dusk-to-dawn curfew and looting in the Market Street, SOMA and Union Square areas Sunday night. Police officers seized firearms and explosives, said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.
A statement from the department said demonstrations were “overwhelmingly orderly and peaceful” and the majority of protestors dispersed without incident after an 8 p.m. curfew went into effect.
Some “defiant individuals” refused to disperse and threw bottles at officers and started trash fires in the Civic Center neighborhood, Scott said.
On Saturday Union Square saw people stealing leather bags from the Coach store and shoes from the Salvatore Ferragamo location, The Mercury News reported. Streets were littered with bras from Victoria’s Secret and cushioned jewelry boxes from Swarovski. Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters. Images from Union Square show stores with shattered windows.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the city’s 8 p.m. curfew would be extended indefinitely.
Breed expressed sadness about the destruction and said she was not going to tolerate the violence.
“I was extremely upset because unfortunately with some of the vandals, they thought this was a game, they thought this was funny,” Breed said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Amy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her: [email protected].
