US protesters flood highway, throw explosives at Police

From the streets of California to the shopping malls of New York, protesters are making sure no one forgets the case of Eric Garner.

But some are choosing to do so more violently than others.

Demonstrators flooded a highway in Oakland, California, prompting a heated standoff in the freeway between protesters and California Highway Patrol.

Some threw explosives, bottles and rocks at officers, authorities said. Others vandalized police cars.

Officers responded by deploying gas and arresting some of the protesters.

In nearby Berkeley, some protesters looted and vandalized businesses late Sunday night, police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats said.

One protester was struck in the head with hammer when he attempted to keep fellow protesters from damaging and looting a Radio Shack, Coats said. The man was hospitalized, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.