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The Scenes From Wednesday's Breonna Taylor Protests In Downtown LA
Protesters gathered Wednesday evening in downtown L.A. to protest the Kentucky grand jury decision in the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville earlier this year. (Frank Stoltze/LAist)
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Several hundred people turned out to protests Wednesday in downtown L.A. in response to a Louisville grand jury's decision not to hold any police officers criminally liable for the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Here's the scene Wednesday evening:
Alameda and Temple @BLMLA #BreonnaTaylor protest. pic.twitter.com/uHO5QKPZMS
— Frank Stoltze (@StoltzeFrankly) September 24, 2020
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Serra Park Union Station #DTLA @KPCC @LAist pic.twitter.com/tiNmDTyYZF
— Frank Stoltze (@StoltzeFrankly) September 24, 2020
March has begun for #BreyonnaTaylor in #DTLA tonight. Chants of justice for Breonna Taylor. @LAist pic.twitter.com/J7Y1s0ZmvP
— Robert Garrova (@robertgarrova) September 24, 2020
Earlier in the day protesters gathered outside the Hall of Justice.
.@BLMLA protest outside the Hall of Justice @LADAOffice @LASDHQ, denounces the #breonnataylordecision & unfurls this scroll w names of ppl killed by #LAPD #LASD. They don’t distinguish btwn armed & unarmed individuals but 2015 @KPCC investigation found 1/3 unarmed. @LAist pic.twitter.com/TlD0EAQEFV
— Frank Stoltze (@StoltzeFrankly) September 23, 2020
Lots of chants of “Breonna Taylor” outside Hall of Justice downtown LA w @BLMLA activists comparing her killing to that of #DijonKizzee, Andres Guardado, Wakiesha Wilson, et al in LA. Lots of anger, frustration here over what they call a “white supremacist system.”@KPCC @LAist pic.twitter.com/qo2iWEk5u7
— Frank Stoltze (@StoltzeFrankly) September 24, 2020
One speaker here at the @BLMLA protest over the #breonnataylordecision at LA’s Hall of Justice called for “war on a white supremacist system of policing” in the country and said ppl need to stop expecting only peaceful protests. @LAist @KPCC pic.twitter.com/9g5KzuintX
— Frank Stoltze (@StoltzeFrankly) September 24, 2020
.@DocMellyMel speaks to crowd outside Hall of Justice. More than 400 here in the name of #breonnataylor. Organizers also drawing attention to local Angelenos killed by police, including Jesse Romero and Anthony McClain. “We gotta stay in these streets, this is not enough.” @LAist pic.twitter.com/k83yeNYVe5
— Robert Garrova (@robertgarrova) September 24, 2020
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