The protest ended with eviction orders and arrests mostly peaceful “No Kings” group as the demonstration intensified this Saturday night in downtown Los Angeles.
He Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had not provided information related to arrests after the demonstration, but ABC reported that it had obtained a video showing several people detained as they were loaded onto a bus.
Los Angeles was the scene of only one of hundreds of protests by the “No Kings” movement that took place this Saturday in cities across the country.
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In downtown Los Angeles, hundreds of protesters gathered as the night wore on, prompting the LAPD to issue multiple dispersal orders.
mounted police officers They advanced near the Federal Buildingwhich made the crowd retreat.
“After thousands of people peacefully gathered earlier that day to express their constitutional rights under the First Amendment, almost a hundred agitators marched towards Aliso and Alameda“, LAPD reported on social media.
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“During the demonstration at that specific location, industrial-sized lasers and flashing lights (constant and strobe) were used. against the officers and the pilot of an LAPD blimp. “A dispersal order was issued and the protesters were dispersed from the area,” he added.
Several confrontations occurred, including one in which it appeared that an officer fired a non-lethal projectile. that hit a woman in the torso or lower part of the body.
The “No Kings” event attracted Thousands of people gathered in front of Los Angeles City Hall to demonstrate against the administration of President Donald Trump.
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The protest in Los Angeles was organized by SoCal 50501 and Service Employees International Union Local 721along with Black Lives Matter Grassroots of Los Angeles, Removal Coalition, Working Families Party, Black Women for Wellness, and the Human Liberation Coalition, among others.
SoCal 50501 is the Los Angeles section of the group 50501which calls itself “a peaceful and decentralized grassroots political movement with the mission of defending democracy and constitutional governance.” Its name comes from “50 protests. 50 states. 1 Movement”.
Some of the protesters said the protests occurred mainly for the immigration operations carried out in Los Angeles and in several Southern California counties.
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“I can’t go to Home Depot anymore without fearing for my life. At any moment, they could black bag us. We are forced to carry our passports. We no longer live in a free country“said Javier Zumaeta, a resident of South Pasadena.
The authorities No damage has been reported as a result of the demonstration. “No Kings” in downtown Los Angeles.
It was the second “No Kings” protest, after the one on June 14and was the third mass movement against the Trump administration this year.
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