About 70 people gathered in the rain at Lake Merritt on Sunday to honor the victims of police shootings that most recently sparked protests and violence around the country when a Ferguson, Mo., policeman was not tried for shooting 18-year-old Michael Brow

About 70 people gathered in the rain at Lake Merritt on Sunday to honor the victims of police shootings that most recently sparked protests and violence around the country when a Ferguson, Mo., policeman was not tried for shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown. Several groups gathered to remember victims of police shootings and find alternatives to the violent protests that plagued Oakland, Calif., Sunday evening, November 30, 2014. A group of about 70 people gathered at the pergola and colonnade at Lake Merritt for the Vigil for Fallen Angels, and a similar number joined for a Community Prayer Vigil at Beebe Memorial Cathedral. (Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)