Thousands of demonstrators swarmed the Fairfax District on Saturday, protesting the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The last time the National Guard patrolled L.A.'s streets was during the 1992 riots, after the officers who beat Rodney King were found not guilty.There were clearly divisions among protesters about the wisdom of vandalism and looting, and police said they believed the most violent actions might have been done by fringe elements.
“I saw this on the news earlier tonight,” she added, “and I thought, ‘No way is it really like that out there with the police.’ So I came out to see. And, yeah, it’s really like that.”Travon Walton, a 25-year-old student from Long Beach, arrived in the Fairfax area in the afternoon to join the protests.
“We thought we’d just come out here to have a peaceful protest,” he said, “but as you can see, it’s not that at all.”A 26-year-old protester shook as police fired another round of rubber bullets at the crowd gathering near Edinburgh Avenue and Beverly Boulevard.She had been encouraged to attend the protest — her first — by her boyfriend but had already been struck in the back of the leg by a rubber bullet.
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