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During the 2020 BLM Protests, one person holds a sign saying “Racism is still a global pandemic”.

This is a picture of a Black woman in a BLM Protest holding a controversial sign which reads, “If you think it’s hard to breathe in your masks [referencing the state mandates to wear masks in public during the pandemic], imagine being Black in…

A crowd confronts police in Hollywood, as part of the George Floyd protests. A black man holds a sign of an American flag with a lynched man in the blue region and the words “George Floyd USA KKK” on the stripes.

After the Floyd riots overcame the LAPD, the National Guard was called in by the mayor to end the citywide violence. This picture shows some of them in Koreatown.

A phone screenshot of a Public Safety Alert warning LA residents of an enforced curfew due to the Floyd riots. This hearkens back to the similar response taken by the government in relation to the LA Riots of 1992 (LA 92 (Full Documentary): National…

A phone screenshot of an app of the news during the wake of the George Floyd protests. This specific protest was on May 30 in LA to mayor Eric Garcetti’s residence, and significantly larger in contrast to other protests at the time.

In reference to the final outcome of the police that murdered George Floyd, some protestors stand atop a canopy of a bus stop, demanding prosecution and justice.

This picture is one of many BLM Protest art on the planked walls of a local business. The graffiti says “8:46”, the amount of time George Floyd was restrained in an illegal chokehold by police, until he died. Beneath, is an upright closed fist,…

Discusses details about the George Floyd protests, specifically regarding peaceful protesters, rioters, and police brutality.

A cofounder of Black Lives Matter LA, Professor Melina Abdullah was met with gunpoint while protesting against police brutality at the L.A. District Attorney’s residence.