A crowd of roughly 100 gathered outdoors Los Angeles Police Department headquarters Friday night time in protest of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols.
The protest noticed LAPD officers in riot gear face off in opposition to the gang, with one protester lobbing a firecracker at a patrol automobile. Later, a crowd banged on a police automobile with an officer inside.
The protests adopted the discharge by Memphis police of video footage of Nichols’ beating loss of life by the hands of police there.
Metal barricades surrounded the LAPD headquarter, however have been finally torn down by the group.
Elsewhere, protests have been seen in New York, Atlanta, Memphis, Portland, Oregon, Philadelphia, Boston and Seattle. Businesses boarded up home windows and a few federal staff have been despatched dwelling early in anticipation of unrest later within the night
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