Holding signs with messages such as "Shut it down!" as they converged arm-in-arm outside the Sacramento Kings' home arena, hundreds of protesters demonstrated this week's fatal shooting of an unarmed black man before the Kings' game with the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.
The crowd moved from a nearby freeway to the outside of Golden1 Center, where protesters formed a human chain blocking fans trying to attend the game and surrounded main entrances to the arena.
Only a few hundred fans made it into the Golden1 Center before police decided to not allow anyone else to enter.