Compton Cowboys join spirited caravan through city to protest police brutality

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'I love the energy. I love that we have so many people from different backgrounds here today to support the same thing,' one Compton resident explained.

Straddled atop horses, the beloved Compton Cowboys joined a spirited caravan of motorcycles and hundreds of sign-waving demonstrators Sunday as part of a growing national movement to end police brutality and systemic racism in the United States.

“It really made me aware that I’m a black person and I need to be more aware of my surroundings,” he said. “I just hope this gives us all a voice.” The Compton Cowboys ride down S Tamarind Ave, along with a couple thousand protesters, during the Compton, CA, Peace Ride, culminating at City Hall, on Sunday, June 7, 2020.Several other protests and vigils were also held Sunday afternoon and evening in East Los Angeles, Glendale, Beverly Hills other communities across Southern California. As many as 20,000 people showed up for a demonstration in Hollywood organized by Black Lives Matter and the rapper YG.

“I’m proud that our city has been peaceful this week — and that our residents are leading a powerful movement to make Los Angeles more just, equitable, and fair for Black Angelenos, communities of color, and all of our workers, youth, and families,” Garcetti said.The march in Compton stopped at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument outside the civic center, where speakers played “Alright” by the Compton-born rapper Kendrick Lamar.

Mumford described an interaction with police in Lakewood during which he was handcuffed, put facedown on the ground and kicked by officers. He could have “died that day,” he said. He’s glad the charges against the officer who killed Floyd were upgraded; but “until we get a conviction, none of this matters,” he added.“We’ve got to continue to protest, continue to talk about what matters,” Mumford said.

“We go to work and pay bills just like everybody else and all we want to do is make it,” he said. “We want the white picket fence. You laid the dream out. We didn’t ask to come here, but you brought us here.”Latajaenia Pillors, 25, came out to the march with her 4-year-old son, Deshaun Woods and her friend, LaDana Reed.

 

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