'Stop The Harassment:' Black Lives Matter Activists Hold 'Mass Rally For Justice' In Hollywood
Protesters carried photos of their loved ones as they marched. Others held signs reading, "Stop the harassment," and "Stop police brutality."
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Protesters carried photos of their loved ones as they marched. Others held signs reading, "Stop the harassment," and "Stop police brutality."
The Montpelier High School is believed to be the first public high school to raise a Black Lives Matter flag.
LAUSD said they supported the move and the discussions.
Cedric The Entertainer says he can't just stand by and watch what's happening in America in 2016.
Black Lives Matter activists have delivered thousands of signatures on a petition calling for the firing of Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck.
The chief says he's willing to discuss matters with BLM only if members will listen instead of making demands and screaming at him.
Race relations in America haven't been this bad since the LA riots in 1992. That is the finding in a new CBS News/NYT poll.
Black Lives Matter vowed to continue occupying City Hall until the mayor fires the police chief and police commission president.
Several hundred protesters converged in Inglewood Sunday night, marching through streets, and eventually blocking a busy thoroughfare for a brief time.
Many chanted slogans like "Hands Up, Don't Shoot."
Kirk Brown waited on line. He said recent violence has opened his eyes.
A Black Lives Matter organizer who interfered with an arrest by police in southern California has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.
While black males make up only about 6 percent of the US population, they accounted for 40 percent of the unarmed men shot to death by police last year, according to the Washington Post.
The clash was heated but never escalated to violence, officials said.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants his employees to stop crossing out "black lives matter" messages on the walls of their office.
Nine protesters disrupted traffic along the 405 Freeway in Inglewood just as the holiday getaway kicked into high gear.
President Matt Johnson said there were 23 officer-involved shootings last year. This year, there are 45 so far.
A coalition of South Los Angeles religious and civil rights leaders publicly denounced alleged threats made to a pastor by a group claiming to be affiliated with "Black Lives Matter."
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's attempt to return to a church where protesters disrupted him has been scuttled after his plan was leaked online.
"Sometimes when we're seeking change. The tactics have to be varied. We've given the mayor our agenda, and he's refused it," said BLM organizer Melina Abdullah.
"Sometimes people scream, sometimes people shout. I'm just going to continue doing the work that I was elected to do," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in response to being mobbed by members of the activist group Black Lives Matter during a town hall meeting in Jefferson Park Monday night.
An hour into the meeting, some people shouted and rushed the stage, forcing the mayor to cut short the meeting. The angry protesters even blocked him from entering his car as he tried to leave.
A Southland community organizer for the group Black Lives Matter is reportedly facing charges Thursday stemming from an apparent dispute at a Pasadena restaurant.
The Los Angeles Police Commission was expected Tuesday to consider a new rule that would allow for the removal of people who make "personal, impertinent or profane remarks" during a commission meeting.
Protesters disrupted a meeting Tuesday of the Los Angeles Police Commission on the one-year anniversary of the Ezell Ford shooting.
