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A Juneteenth celebration at Lake Merritt in Oakland took a dramatic turn as gunshots rang out, leaving four people injured.The Oakland Police Department said over two dozen officers had been monitoring the crowd of 5,000 people celebrating at the lake on Wednesday."The crowds were peaceful until around 8:15 p.m. when an illegal sideshow involving vehicles and motorbikes occurred near Grand Avenue and Bellevue Avenue," the police department said in a press release.
Robinson said she had arrived at the celebration around 7 p.m. and noticed things started to go south around 8:45 p.m."We all came out here to celebrate our culture... Our freedom. You see people are still out here singing and dancing. This is not fun. Just two or three years ago this happened, and it seems to be a repeating cycle. There needs to be a change in the community," she said.Robinson also claimed police used excessive force.Oakland police could not confirm any deaths.
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