Small groups of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood Saturday.
Some in the crowd outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters surrounded parked police cars -- banging on them and smacking windows -- but no arrests were made and most left after being warned by officers at the scene, authorities said.Tensions briefly rose in downtown Los Angeles as demonstrators and protesters took to the streets to demand justice for Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man who died in police custody in Memphis, Tennessee.
The group had marched through downtown Los Angeles carrying Black Lives Matter banners before gathering at First and Main streets shortly after 8 p.m. for a candlelight vigil for Nichols and alsoProtesters knocked down metal protective barriers and someone spray-painted the word "kills" on the building under the words Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Similar demonstrations took place across the nation Friday night following the release of the video that was widely decried by citizens, elected officials and law enforcement. "The grotesque actions I watched in the video were incredibly disturbing, cruel and inhumane," Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said in a statement. "To witness former Memphis police officers engaged in such unjustified and excessive force at the expense of Tyre Nichols' life angers me as a police officer, as an American.
"This behavior goes against every principle of the law enforcement profession and is in direct contradiction to the dedication and sacrifice of the vast majority of our members who strive to protect and serve. The violation of trust tarnishes our badge and has a caustic effect on the public's trust.""The acts committed have no explanation and illustrate disregard for human life," the group said in a statement.
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