People looted a watch and jewelry store on Monday in Van Nuys.

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Scenes of looting, violence amid George Floyd demonstrations

Images show people smashing in doors and windows, taking things from businesses in Los Angeles County cities.

A Van Nuys watch and jewelry store is broken into Monday. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

An LAPD officer arrests a looting suspect in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Arrests were made after the looting of a watch and jewelry store on Monday in Van Nuys.

A looting arrest in Van Nuys. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

AJ Lovelace tries to stop looters from breaking into a Walgreens store at Santa Monica and Highland. "We need peace, and we need someone to talk to each other," he said after the looters fled the scene.

AJ Lovelace tries to stop people from breaking into a Walgreens store at Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue. “We need peace, and we need someone to talk to each other,” he said after they fled the scene. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

An LAPD officer arrests a suspected looter in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store.

An LAPD officer arrests a looting suspect in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Hollywood, CA, Monday, June 1, 2020 - Looters steal bundles of clothes from a laundry on Highland Ave. as hundreds of protestors demonstrating against police brutality and the death of George Floyd pass by. They were shoed away by some protestors. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

People break into and burglarize a store in Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

National Guardsmen outside Santa Monica Place mall at 4th & Broadway in Santa Monica watch the dog “Koa” as it’s owner, Michelle Villamaire,46, far right, is joined with others to clean a graffiti filled wall Monday morning.

National Guardsmen outside Santa Monica Place. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA MAY 31, 2020-Looters grab merchandise at REI in Santa Maonica Sunday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

People exit a looted store in Santa Monica on Sunday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Monica, CA, Sunday May 31, 2020 - Suspected looters sit handcuffed on Santa Monica Blvd. after being spotted running from a CVS store nearby. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

People are taken into custody for curfew violations suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA MAY 31, 2020-Protestors embrace as another is led away in handcuffs on 5th St. in Santa Maonica Sunday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

An arrest in Santa Monica on Sunday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA MAY 31, 2020-A mannequin sits on a sidewalk after looters damaged buisnesses near the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Maonica Sunday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

A looted store in Santa Monica. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Looters ransack stores in downtown Lonng Beachat on Sunday, May 31, 2020

People exit a looted store in Long Beach on Sunday. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Monica, CA, Sunday May 31, 2020 - A police officer inspects the damage to a Vons supermarket hours after it was looted. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A police officer inspects the damage to a supermarket. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

LONG BEACH CALIF. - MAY 31, 2020. Looters ransack a strip mall at the intersection of Seventh Street and Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Looting in Long Beach on Sunday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Looting in Long Beach. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Monica - One uses a hammer, the other a skateboard to smash windows at the Converse Store.

A man smashes windows in Santa Monica. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA MAY 31, 2020-A looter walks away with a surf board in Santa Maonica Sunday as ivil unrest continues over the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

People walk away with stolen surfboards in Santa Monica on Sunday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Monica - Looters rush out of the Patagonia Store on 4th St.

A person rushes out of a looted store in Santa Monica. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES-CA-MAY 31, 2020: A storefront on Melrose Avenue is shattered on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

A shattered storefront on Melrose Avenue on Sunday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES-CA-MAY 31, 2020: Smashed windows at a BevMo on La Cienega Boulevard catch a bicyclists attention on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Smashed windows on La Cienega Boulevard. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 30: People carry items taken from stores that were broken into, in the Fairfax District on Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Protests erupted across the country, with people outraged over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

People taking stolen goods on Saturday. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

People carry items taken from stores that were broken into in the Fairfax District on Saturday in Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 30: Protester kicks in the door of a Whole Foods Market in the Fairfax District of Lo Angeles on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Protests erupted across the country, with people outraged over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

A person kicks in the door of a Whole Foods Market in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles on Saturday. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 30: Police arrests looters Whole Foods Market in the Fairfax District Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Protests erupted across the country, with people outraged over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Police arrest looters at Whole Foods Market in the Fairfax District on Saturday in Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA -- MAY 30: Looters steal from the Appel Store at The Grove as protestors demonstrate at W 3rd St and S Fairfax Ave. in the Fairfax District on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, CA. The protestors demonstrate in response to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Last night more than 500 arrests after looting and vandalism sweep downtown L.A. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

A man leaves the broken-into Apple Store with merchandise at the Grove in the Fairfax District in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA -- MAY 30: Los Angeles police contain protestors at the Farmers Market as they demonstrate at W 3rd St and S Fairfax Ave. in the Fairfax District on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, CA. The protestors demonstrate in response to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Last night more than 500 arrests after looting and vandalism sweep downtown L.A. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles police contain protesters at the Farmers Market as they demonstrate in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - MAY 30, 2020. Looters ransack a Walgreens store alog Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, May 30, 2020. About 200 people marched through downtown streets, slowing traffic and keeping ahead of police trying to cut them off. Looting and the destruction of public and private property has spread across the country in the wake of the the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Looters ransack a Walgreens store along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA -- MAY 30: Looters and vandals ransack Spokes 'N Stuff at Melrose Ave. and Ogden Dr. in the Melrose District on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, CA. Several businesses on Melrose Avenue, a trendy row of design and clothing stores, were looted. Earlier in the day protestors demonstrated at the corner of Fairfax and 3rd Street in response to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. More than 500 arrests after looting and vandalism sweep downtown L.A. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

People ransack Spokes ‘N Stuff in the Melrose District of Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - MAY 30, 2020. Protesters break windows along Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, May 30, 2020. About 200 people marched through downtown streets, slowing traffic and keeping ahead of police trying to cut them off. Looting and the destruction of public and private property has spread across the country in the wake of the the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Protesters break windows along Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MAY 29, 2020-Looters run from a jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. Protestors protested across the nation after the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

People run from a burglarized jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in downtown Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MAY 29, 2020-Looters run from a jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. Protestors marched across the nation after the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

People run from a burglarized jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in downtown Los Angeles. (Wally Skali/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MAY 29, 2020-A protestor breaks a window with a bat to a buisness in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. Protestors marches across the nation after the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

A man breaks a window with a bat in downtown Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MAY 29, 2020-A looter steals liquor bottles from Terroni restaurant on Spring St. in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. Protestors marched across the nation after the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

A man steals liquor bottles from Terroni restaurant in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MAY 29, 2020-A Starbucks is looted along Spring St. in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. Protestors marches across the nation after the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Police officers stand outside a damaged business in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - MAY 29, 2020. Looters break into a Rite Aid store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown streets, blocking traffic and venting their rage over the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. As the night wore on some protesters resorted to vandalism and looting. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

People break into a Rite Aid store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - MAY 29, 2020. Looters take liquor and beer from a Rite Aid store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown streets, blocking traffic and venting their rage over the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. As the night wore on some protesters resorted to vandalism and looting. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

People take liquor and beer from a Rite Aid store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - MAY 29, 2020. Looters take jewelry from a store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown streets, blocking traffic and venting their rage over the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. As the night wore on some protesters resorted to vandalism and looting. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

People take jewelry from a store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MAY 29, 2020-Looterslook for jewelry on the floor at a jewelry store in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. Protestors marched across the nation after the death of George Floyd. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

People look for jewelry on the floor at a jewelry store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

People run from a looted jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - MAY 29, 2020. A man smashes the window of a business in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown streets, blocking traffic and venting their rage over the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. As the night wore on some protesters resorted to looting. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

A man smashes the window of a business in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)