Protests were underway in L.A. on Monday as people continued to take to the streets to protest the police killings of George Floyd and other black Americans.
The Compton Cowboys joined a caravan of motorcycles and demonstrators as part of a growing national movement to end police brutality and systemic racism.With the continued lack of violence, the National Guard pulled out of the Los Angeles area a week after being deployed.A small number of units will be stationed nearby until Wednesday “to provide emergency support if needed,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said Sunday in a statement.
Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators were arrested last week, many for violating curfew rules or for failing to disperse after the LAPD declared their protest unlawful. “I believe wholeheartedly in free speech and support the right of protesters to demonstrate peacefully against historic racial injustice in our criminal justice system and throughout our nation,” Lacey said in a statement.
Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer said Monday that his office would take a “non-punitive” approach to misdemeanor arrests arising from the protests. The approach will incorporate principles of restorative justice and allow the matters to be resolved outside of the courts, his office said in a news release.
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