
Protesters stand on a LAPD cruiser during a protest organized by Black Lives Matter-LA in downtown Los Angeles.
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Outrage over the the death of George Floyd, a black man killed after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee, spurred demonstrators to take to the the streets of downtown Los Angeles.
Organized by Black Lives Matter-LA, hundreds of demonstrators briefly blocked the 101 Freeway and marched around the Civic Center.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters link hands across the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

People tend to an injured protester on the 101 Freeway.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters walk along the 101 Freeway.
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LAPD officers form a line during a protest downtown.
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters surround a California Highway Patrol cruiser in downtown Los Angeles.
(Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
A protester confronts a line of LAPD officers in downtown Los Angeles.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters cross Broadway heading up toward Hill Street.
(Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
A protester occupies the intersection of Hill and Second streets.
(Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters set fire to a U.S. flag.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
Keni James of Los Angeles helps block a road downtown.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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