OAKLAND — There were no marchers, no chanting, no raised fists on the quiet West Oakland street. Just the sound of a mother’s voice on the verge of tears.

“When one of our young Black men or Black women are killed, it should affect the community. This continues to happen in our community over and over. Black lives matter. All lives matter. Jeffery Chambers’ life mattered,” his mother, Dorothy Grant, told the few assembled reporters.