Thousands protest NYPD officer Liang's conviction

Protesters hold a rally in support of former NYPD officer Peter Liang in the Brooklyn borough of New York February 20, 2016. [Xie Yun'an for chinadaily.com.cn]

The conviction has sparked an uproar within the Chinese-American community in major US cities with substantial Chinese-American population.

After a series of speeches by community leaders, a representative of Ro Khanna, who had announced his bid to run for a seat at the US Congress in this election year, said on behalf of the Indian-American candidate that the ethnic India community in the Bay Area was on board to work for justice for all.

The crowd then paraded nearly 5 km along Market Street, a downtown commercial thoroughfare, to the U.N. Plaza.

With the historic City Hall in the backdrop, the demonstrators gathered again, chanting and delivering speeches.