The Santa Monica Freeway was shut down around 2 p.m. Law enforcement prevented the protesters from moving further up the street, the Santa Monica Daily Press reported. If you saw the videos of looters cleaning out the Grove, 3rd Street in Santa Monica, and Melrose they were angry young, mostly Black men. Police responded with non-lethal rounds: smoke from tear gas canisters wafted up from the intersection, and rubber bullets whizzed by protesters who continued to confront police. So this is censorship at its most provincial level. Santa Monica extended its curfew, from 8 p.m. Sunday to 5:30 a.m. Monday. @ladailynews pic.twitter.com/RWzMOFAutF, — pierce singgih (@piercesinggih) May 31, 2020. Amid the protest, looting also broke out.
“Several acts of vandalism took place, at which point an Unlawful Assembly was declared and an Order to Disperse was issued to the protesters,” said Sgt. May 31 saw peaceful protests starting up in Santa Monica, California. This comment also makes a statement that has no evidence to support it: that a group of protestors wanted to damage homes in West Hollywood. Every legitimate news organization moderates comments. Videos shared on social media showed protesters chanting, “No Justice, No Peace,” “Eat the Rich” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot.”, Hundreds of people protesting at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. I will tell you one thing we have a beautiful city, we have beautiful people here. Deputies lined the westbound lanes of Santa Monica Boulevard at Robertson to keep the march from proceeding there.
One of the organizers, who declined to give her name, said there were five individuals representing different groups who cooperated in organizing the protest. Storefronts along the Santa Monica Promenade, up Fourth Street, and into the mall were all targeted.
“I live right up the street.
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Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Yes, I saw the videos.
I’m really perplexed by the rage over the grand jury’s decision.
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Learn how your comment data is processed. The protest on Sunset Boulevard apparently began at 5 p.m. in Hollywood at the intersection of Sunset and Vine Street. Another video showed a man with a hockey stick apparently trying to protect a biker on the ground in the process of being robbed, before another group surrounded the man and beat him. I just found it and posted it.
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FOX 11 Peaceful protests in Santa Monica get overrun by looters on May 31, 2020. Officials in Santa Monica ordered a curfew at 4 p.m.
California Penal Code 405a PC defines lynching as “a person who participates in the taking by means of a riot of another person from the lawful custody of a peace officer,” according to the California State Legislature’s web site. Thank you for holding your publication to a high standard and for always taking the time to cogently explicate your thought process when asked. Both parties have faults. WEHOville is not a platform for “alternative facts.”. Police cars blocked off the entrance to the Promenade, with officers stringing up police tape. At some point, a separate crowd of scumbags formed and have decided to go hit the Promenade area and loot it.”, We’ve arrived at rodeo drive. Why do the rioters go to Weho – One of the most tolerant and accepting neighborhoods in America? #GeorgeFloydProtests #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/hCTQPwkSlY, — ERIC BALFOUR (@ERICBALFOUR) May 31, 2020, FOX LA reporter Bill Melugin tweeted, “Here’s what happened in Santa Monica. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Along the way, she picked up awards from the Los Angeles Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists. National Guard …
In explaining that protection, one speaker called out the incident on Thursday in which the driver of a pickup truck drove into a similar protest on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, seriously injuring one of the protesters. Over the last several days, thousands of people have taken to the streets across the country to protest police brutality against minorities and in the name of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis pinned him to the ground under his knee for nearly nine minutes.
Later in the evening, looters returned to the Fairfax Village area, where Saturday’s protest first started, and broke into stores up and down Melrose Avenue.
Those commenters have no empathy for people. Police could be seen running to city hall at around 2 p.m. Officials haven’t said why the officers were responding there. A National Guard official, who asked not to be named, confirmed soldiers were in Santa Monica due to a “need” the city identified at some point on Sunday.
Dude you watch too much MSNBC. The West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station had announced that it was closing Sunset Boulevard to traffic beginning at 7 p.m. when the demonstrators were expected to enter WeHo.