A peaceful protest in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday over the death of George Floyd descended into chaos after some of the protesters started looting local businesses, with the ransacking caught on video.
descended into chaos after some of the protesters started looting local businesses, with the ransacking caught on video.
Hundreds of people gathered around noon to march down Ocean Boulevard, holding signs that read: “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe,” among others.Santa Monica Daily Press reported . The crowd and police mostly dispersed, but a smaller group of the protesters started looting some stores and setting off fireworks.
City officials imposed a 4 p.m. curfew – up from an 8 p.m. curfew that neighboring cities had also implemented to quell the unrest. The Santa Monica Freeway was shut down around 2 p.m.Fox 11 reportedThe protest followed several nights of unrest across the U.S. sparked by the death Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes.
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