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PHOTOS: Protests Against Police Brutality Continue Sunday Across LA

By  LAist Staff
Published May 31, 2020 6:14 PM
Scenes from a protest on 5th and Broadway in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Los Angeles is under curfew as the region heads into its fifth day of protests.

The protests began as an outpouring of anger and grief over the lives of black men and women killed by police -- a response triggered by the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer continued to kneel on his neck even after he stopped responding. But peaceful protests have been met with a heavy police response, and some people in the crowds have looted and vandalized property.

Our journalists report witnessing numerous instances of looting, but also a heavy use of force from law enforcement that has at times been directed even at those same journalists. Our own Adolfo-Guzman Lopez reports being shot in the throat with a rubber bullet.

Following are some of their images from Santa Monica, Long Beach, and Los Angeles.

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(Fair warning: Some of the images are graphic or contain language that some may find offensive)

(FOR THE LATEST UPDATES, READ: LA Protests Over Death Of George Floyd Stretch Into 5th Day)

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Protesters march in Santa Monica on Sunday. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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A protest on 5th and Broadway in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Scenes from 4th and Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020, where things quickly escalated after somebody began throwing bottles at a police squad car. Fully armored sheriff's deputies and police officers arrived with an armored vehicle and began dispersing the crowd with a water cannon. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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The protest Sunday in Santa Monica. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Armored vehicles and police arrive at 5th and Colorado in Santa Monica on May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Law enforcement squared off against protesters in Santa Monica at 5th and Broadway on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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A protest on 5th and Broadway in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Scenes from 4th and Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Scenes from 4th and Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Sheriff's deputies and police officers deployed a water cannon Sunday afternoon in Santa Monica, which quickly dispersed protesters. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Armored vehicles and police arrive at 5th and Colorado in Santa Monica on May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Scenes from 4th and Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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Protestors chant "I can't breathe" and "Hands up, don't shoot" at police officers holding a line on 5th and Colorado in Santa Monica on May 31, 2020. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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