Demonstrations were held across the country this weekend to protest the fatal police shootings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.

Here in Southern California, hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists temporarily blocked traffic on the 405 Freeway and shut down a major intersection in Inglewood. 

Melina Abdullah is an organizer and original member of Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles. She said the purpose of the movement has changed since its inception almost three years ago after the acquittal of George Zimmerman.

She explained the group would like to see LAPD Chief Charlie Beck no longer in power, and see a shift in the use of city resources from policing to community building.

"While some outside of Black Lives Matter are calling for reforms that might modestly shift the way we're policed, we're calling for a fundamental transformation, a reimagining and redefining of public safety," she said.

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