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Videos: Black Lives Matter Protestors Form Giant Peace Sign In Front Of Randy's Donuts

By  Carman Tse
Published Jul 10, 2016 11:00 PM

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Hundreds gathered in Inglewood on Sunday evening for a Black Lives Matter protest that briefly blocked the 405 freeway.

According to KTLA, the march began around 7 p.m. and eventually found its way to the 405 freeway near West Manchester Avenue. Around 10:30 p.m., protestors made it onto the freeway, briefly stopping traffic.

The march comes after police shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile outside St. Paul, Minnesota last week.

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However, law enforcement officials were eventually able to safely get the crowd off the freeway:

WATCH: About 100 protesters with #BlackLivesMatter briefly brought traffic on I-405 in Inglewood to a standstill. pic.twitter.com/CEjddCrCY9

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) July 11, 2016

A few hundred protestors made their way back to the intersection of West Manchester Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard, where they eventually formed a peace sign.

#Inglewood protestors form a peace sign in the middle of Manchester x La Cienega @FOXLA @Inglewood_PD @CHPsouthern pic.twitter.com/CijvKwq9MX

— Lisette_g (@lisetteg) July 11, 2016

So far there have been no reports of injuries or arrests from the protest.

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