Protesters chain selves to door at Oakland police headquarters

Protesters on Thursday chained themselves to a side door at Oakland police headquarters. The group of mostly white people said they were demonstrating in solidarity with national Black Lives matter protesters. Protesters on Thursday chained themselves to a side door at Oakland police headquarters. The group of mostly white people said they were demonstrating in solidarity with national Black Lives matter protesters. Photo: Rachel Swan / / Photo: Rachel Swan / / Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Protesters chain selves to door at Oakland police headquarters 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

With chains wrapped around their necks, several protesters on Thursday morning locked themselves to a door at the Oakland Police Department headquarters one day after Black Lives Matter activists performed a similar demonstration at the Oakland police union building.

Thursday’s group, made up of mostly white folks supporting national Black Lives Matter protesters, chained themselves to a side door of police headquarters at 455 Seventh St. around 9 a.m. while holding a sign reading “No one is free until we are all free.”

"I've been on the sidelines for too long as a white person,” said 28-year-old Oakland resident Sarah Raridon. “I have been really inspired by what Black Lives Matter is doing, but so far I've been paralyzed by guilt and fear. Today, I'm taking action."

Raridon chained herself alongside Corazon Amada, 44, of Oakland. The two said they want Oakland to spend less money on police and more on schools.

Other groups plan to hold a series of protests Thursday at the police department and later at Frank Ogawa Plaza. One police officer monitored the group outside the station early Thursday.

Oakland police temporarily locked down the entire building. At least one Oakland resident who was trying to get into the station to retrieve a police report Thursday was extremely livid at the protesters but declined to be interviewed.

On Wednesday, four protesters hooked U-locks around their necks and looped them through the door handles of the Oakland Police Officers’ Association building at Fifth and Clay Streets while two others chained themselves to chairs.

That group was demanding Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf be recalled and city funds be diverted away from police and put toward housing and community centers.

About two dozen supporters and several officers looked on. Police did not remove the locks or shut down the protest. The group eventually dissipated sometime overnight.

Rachel Swan and Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: rswan@sfchronicle.com esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @RachelSwan, @EvanSernoffsky