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Sacramento mayor condemns protesters who vandalized his Pocket neighborhood home

BY ROSALIO AHUMADA FEBRUARY 08, 2021 03:07 PM

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on Monday condemned a group of left-wing protesters who threw rocks at his house in the Pocket neighborhood, destroyed a cherished homemade art piece and repeatedly shouted his children’s names in what he called an “attack” on his family and his community.

“This was not protest. This was anarchy,” Steinberg said in a written statement about the vandalism and damage to his home. “You want to challenge me, challenge me at City Hall. Challenge me in the community. Challenge me at the ballot box.”

After the mayor’s home was vandalized, the officers moved in and dispersed “the destructive demonstration,” police officials said in a news release Monday afternoon. Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn said his department supports everyone’s First Amendment rights to free expression, but what happened at the mayor’s house was not free speech.