Hundreds of demonstrators marched in downtown Fullerton and the historic Orange Plaza on Saturday afternoon, chanting words of anger and pain. Some spoke from experience, the victims of excessive police force. Except for a couple of tense standoffs with riot-geared officers in Fullerton, the daytime demonstrations in memory of George Floyd — killed when a…
An overnight curfew went into effect for the entire city of Los Angeles at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 30, amid ongoing protests demanding justice for George Floyd, an African American man who died this week after a white officer kneeled on his neck in Minnesota. Mayor Eric Garcetti also called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to…
Some 100 protesters gathered Saturday afternoon at the Fullerton Transportation Center as violence and outrage continued to erupt nationwide from the death of George Floyd as he was being apprehended by a Minneapolis police officer. The location was symbolic. The transportation center has been dubbed by activists as Kelly’s Corner in memory of Kelly Thomas,…
Hundreds of protesters who had gathered Saturday afternoon at the Orange Plaza to protest police brutality in response to the death of George Floyd split off after circling the plaza for more than four hours. Roughly 150 protesters marched on Chapman Avenue, where they kneeled and held signs. The other group also marched briefly away…
Los Angeles police were preparing for another day of demonstrations on Saturday, May 30, a day after police vehicles were damaged, businesses looted and hundreds arrested while protesting the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis earlier this week. The Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday it plans on again deploying additional resources to maintain…
Protesters in the Bay Area blocked freeways and vandalized stores during protests overnight against the killing of George Floyd while in police custody.
By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and chanted curses at President Donald Trump outside the White House. Thousands also demonstrated peacefully, demanding justice for George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed…
Hundreds arrested after looting, vandalism sweep downtown L.A.
As looters broke into stores in downtown L.A. during demonstrations over George Floyd’s death, a desperate owner begs them not to hit his restaurant.
Safety-net programs that keep low-income Californians out of nursing homes are on the chopping block with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget, aimed at plugging a massive deficit.
