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On May 30, Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti authorized the deployment of the California National Guard overnight. [27] On May 30, 2020, protesters put an LAPD officer in a chokehold and kicked the officer. [28] Also in Los Angeles, a wheelchair-bound man was shot in the face with a rubber projectile; pictures of the man's bloody face were ...
Los Angeles descended into chaos Wednesday night as belligerent baseball fans set a bus on fire while others clashed with cops and looters ran amok following the Dodgers’ World Series victory.
Los Alamitos: On June 2, about 100 students and a few adults gathered near Los Alamitos High School to protest. They chanted "I can't breathe" and "Black Lives Matter". [83] Newport Beach: On June 4, four peaceful protests were held. [84]
In Minneapolis–Saint Paul alone, the immediate aftermath of Floyd's murder was the second-most destructive period of local unrest in United States history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Over a three night period, the cities experienced two deaths, [ 39 ] [ 40 ] 617 arrests, [ 8 ] [ 38 ] and upwards of $500 million in ...
The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [5] [6] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.
The 2007 MacArthur Park rallies were two May Day rallies demanding amnesty for undocumented immigrants [1] [2] which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park, in Los Angeles. When the protest overflowed onto city streets, police drove motorcycles through the crowd, then ordered the crowd to disperse.
However, the sentence was suspended, and she was instead placed on five years' probation with 400 hours of community service and payment of $500 restitution, as well as Harlins' funeral costs. [4] [5] The sentencing was widely regarded as extremely light, with a failed appeal reportedly contributing to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [6]
Consisting entirely of archival footage, the documentary chronicles the 1992 Los Angeles riots after 25 years have passed. [7]It includes film and video from the 1965 Watts Riots, the 1973 election of Tom Bradley, the 1978 promotion of Daryl Gates, the shooting of Latasha Harlins, the Rodney King videotape and the subsequent riots and violence that erupted after the acquittal of the officers ...