Watch: Protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders at California state Capitol

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Demonstrators scuffled with uniformed law enforcement officers in a vivid and tense protest at California’s state Capitol on Friday. Several people were arrested just before 1 p.m. as protesters lurched toward California Highway Patrol officers that had lined across the west steps of the building to prevent them from entering.

Defying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order and a CHP ban on protests on state properties, hundreds of demonstrators descended on the landmark downtown Sacramento building to demand the reopening of schools, businesses and churches despite the coronavirus pandemic.

»» Find full coverage and ongoing updates of the protest here.

See more videos from the protests today in The Bee’s Facebook Live feed here and in the videos below.

This story was originally published May 1, 2020 at 1:17 PM with the headline "Watch: Protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders at California state Capitol."