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U.S. Coast Guard personnel fired gunshots during a protest outside of a base at the edge of Oakland, where demonstrators were rallying against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Bay Area.
The shooting happened around 10 p.m. Thursday when a U-Haul truck drove backward toward Coast Guard security personnel, who shot at the driver after issuing commands to stop, according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard and video footage from television station KTVU.
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“When the vehicle’s actions posed a direct threat to the safety of Coast Guard and security personnel, law enforcement officers discharged several rounds of live fire,” the U.S. Coast Guard said on X. The U-Haul truck sped forward, away from the officers, after the shots were fired…