Jacob Blake Protesters Clash With Officers Outside LAPD Headquarters
At least three officers were injured and tear gas was deployed.
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At least three officers were injured and tear gas was deployed.
A Los Angeles high school teacher began getting death threats after wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt while teaching.
A one-block section of Hollywood Boulevard is closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive through Sunday, Aug. 30.
The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating Wednesday after an apparent prank call brought armed officers to the home of Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles.
The Service Employees International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers, the Fight for $15, and the Movement for Black Lives are part of the nationwide strike.
Protesters came out in Huntington Beach on Saturday to speak out against a variety of causes.
In a free-enterprise, capitalistic system that believes in democracy and the right to vote, people need to go to the ballot box, Johnson said in an interview with CBS2 This Morning.
It is also demanding that protesters not be hit with batons and not be placed on buses for misdemeanor citations.
Non-sworn Ventura County Sheriff's Office and Ventura County District Attorney's Office employees were among the three people arrested this weekend in the vandalism of a Black Lives Matter sign in Thousand Oaks.
The first actions LMU will take is to make two Black therapists available to students, change the art and images in its University Hall to reflect a more inclusive and diverse representation of history, and make Juneteenth a paid university holiday.
The police force serving the Los Angeles County Unified School District is the largest independent law enforcement agency of its kind in the nation.
The words "All Black Lives Matter" were painted Saturday on Hollywood Boulevard ahead of a massive anti-racism march in solidarity with the LGBTQ community.
Money has been raised for an organization bearing a similar name but a different mission from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement decrying police brutality and injustice nationwide.
Thousands of people marched throughout the Los Angeles area on Saturday to highlight demands for justice for all black lives, particularly black LGBTQ+ people.
2020 Pride celebrations mark the 50th anniversary of annual LGBTQ+ Pride traditions as protests are erupting across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Organizers of the annual Los Angeles Pride festival said Tuesday that they would no longer be involved in the organization of an anti-racism solidarity march planned for Sunday, but would still participate and support the event.
A protest led by group "LGBTQ+ For #BlackLivesMatter" was underway in West Hollywood Wednesday at the intersection on Santa Monica and La Cienega Boulevard.
In the video posted to social media, activist Courtney Nichole can be heard screaming at two women dressed in black to stop vandalizing businesses, saying that the protest was peaceful and their actions were not helping the movement.
Community leaders said the only way to restore peace is to break the code of silence among sworn officers and to punish and prosecute those who use unnecessary force and break the law.
Just one day after protestors took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles, several Southland police departments issued statements condemning the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis.
A group was seen burning an American flag, and the front sign at LAPD headquarters was defaced with graffiti.
The early-morning protest – which included demonstrators in the driveway with signs, bullhorns and chairs – is calling for Lacey to come outside to have a community meeting. Police were called to the area and are standing by.
Dr. Melina Abdullah, a Cal State Los Angeles professor and Black Lives Matter organizer, alleged in her complaint that she was "falsely, wrongfully and intentionally detained, imprisoned and arrested," during a raucous May 8, 2018 meeting.
An Asian man seen on video wearing a shirt with an LAPD logo on it while shouting "white power" at a Black Lives Matter rally has been arrested, authorities said Friday.
City prosecutors agreed Thursday to a resolution of criminal charges against a prominent local Black Lives Matter activist.
