9:45am
(Venice, CA) — A major protest is already underway in Venice and it’s mobile. Hundreds of people gathered at Venice and Abbot Kinney Boulevards at 8:00 a.m. and now the crowd is moving down Venice Boulevard, passing Lincoln. The protesters are chanting and holding signs saying Black Lives Matter while cars whizzing by are honking in a show of support. The crowd is peaceful at this point, but there are many high end shops in the area.
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7:45am
Chief Moore Walking Back Protest Comments
(Los Angeles, CA) — The Los Angeles Police Chief is walking back some comments made about violent protesters. Chief Michael Moore originally said at a Monday evening press conference that the people causing the violence in the streets have the blood of George Floyd on their hands. He later tweeted an apology for the comments saying the cops involved are the only ones responsible for Floyd’s death. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti also tweeted after the comments saying Chief Moore regrets his words. Floyd, a black man, died after a white cop was seen kneeling on his neck for several minutes in Minnesota.
Garcetti Vows To Crack Down On Looters
(Los Angeles, CA) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is vowing to crack down on looters. He says that he will be throwing everything the city has at maintaining the peace. Despite the tough talk, there were several stores vandalized by looters Monday night in Van Nuys and Hollywood, along with other stores across the region. L.A. County has implemented curfews the past few nights which has done nothing to stop the violence and it’s unclear if the curfew will be in effect again tonight.
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5:30am
As curfews begin lifting around the area…
(Hollywood, CA) — As many as 500 people were reportedly arrested in Hollywood overnight. NBC 4 says somewhere between 400 and 500 out on the streets were taken in. Most of the arrests were for breaking the nighttime curfew, but looting was also reported at several of the city’s shops.
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10:30pm
Trump Will Deploy Military To Quell Protests If Needed
(Washington, DC) — President Trump is vowing to deploy the military to quell protests if governors do not take action. He said governors need to deploy enough force to dominate the streets. He listed acts of violence across the country and said they are acts of domestic terror. Trump said they are not acts of peaceful protests. His remarks come amid violent protests across the country over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest.
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Mayor Garcetti said the L.A. curfew is in effect from six p.m. tonight until six a.m. tomorrow. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, he urged protestors to wear a face covering, continue to social distance and get tested. Once again, Garcetti encouraged peaceful protesting but pleaded with residents to not engage in criminal activity or violence. Last night alone, just under 700 people were arrested for violating curfew. In addition, the mayor said businesses do not have to pay to have debris removed and city workers will help clean up affected areas. He said he will propose additional financial assistance to help businesses economically recover. He did not say how the city will pay for this, nor did he address any tax increases.
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President Donald Trump declared himself “your president of law and order” during remarks Monday as peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas and flash bangs. With the constant sound of helicopter blades overhead and a steady succession of bangs from nearby, Trump said he was committed to upholding laws and mobilizing military resources to end nationwide looting. “My first and highest duty as president is to defend our great country and the American people,” Trump said. “I swore an oath to uphold the laws of our nation and that is exactly what I will do.” Trump said justice would be served for George Floyd, the unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck as he was being arrested. And he said he was an “ally of all peaceful protesters.” But in striking terms, Trump said he would use his entire presidential prerogative to ensure violent protests end, declaring he would deploy “thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement officers” to bring order. Before his address, crowds of protesters were beginning to gather outside the White House gates.
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The nation’s unrest has made for an unprecedented nightly action show on television, with control rooms that switch quickly between cars ablaze, police officers advancing on demonstrators and ransacked stores in cities across the country. What’s easy to get lost are peaceful protesters concerned about police treatment of minorities _ the raw wound reopened by George Floyd’s death. Floyd’s brother, Terrence, publicly asked Monday for those people outraged by how George died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee to his brother’s neck to make their feelings known peacefully. That’s daytime television, however. When darkness falls and prime-time television begins, earnest activism is replaced by tense scenes of conflict unique in their breadth. Scenes of urban unrest have been visible before in the nation’s history _ the 1968 riots were more frightening and deadly _ but not in so many cities at the same time, with so many cameras to observe.
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