Del Amo Fashion Center Fortified With Buses To Protect Against Looting
Update at 7:00 p.m.: Windows at Walgreens in Hollywood were smashed as police blocks away were making arrests as a city-imposed curfew was put into place before sunset.
A large group of demonstrators gathered at North Lexington and Highland avenues in Hollywood and police were making their way to that location.
Update at 6:30 p.m.:Hollywood Protesters Drop to Their Knees in Street A large peaceful protest in the Hollywood area features a poignant moment with demonstrators dropping to their knees and holding up signs.https://t.co/xqBqIBsp34 pic.twitter.com/a1vZkMy1IZ — NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) June 2, 2020
Update at 6:15 p.m.: Business Owners in Long Beach Guard Their Stores City workers boarded up storefronts as National Guard troops stood watch during curfew on Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach on Monday night.
Tom West, the co-owner of Coffee & Tea, was the only one left on a virtual ghost town street Monday evening.He said he was preparing to donate hamburgers to the National Guard burgers and would stay open for those who rely on them for meals, a number of them homeless, he said.
Update at 6 p.m.:Demonstrations Take Place in Hollywood, West Hollywood, Downtown Protesters, some chanting and carrying signs marched on HollywoodBoulevard.The protests were peaceful as of Monday evening.The group marched to Sunset Boulevard.
In downtown Los Angeles, meanwhile, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of Los Angeles City Hall, briefly marching to LAPD headquarters before returning to City Hall.
Hundreds of people gathered peacefully outside the Laugh Factory comedy club, where the marquee had a photo of Floyd.At that demonstration, LAPD Cmdr.

Cory Palka spoke to the crowd and dropped to one knee in a sign of solidarity, which cheered in response.
Update at 4:30 p.m.:Protesters Block Stretch of 405 Freeway
A large group of protesters temporarily blocked a stretch of the 405 Freeway before police swept them off Monday afternoon.The protesters blocked lanes of traffic on the northbound lanes at Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood.All but one lane of traffic was briefly blocked.
At one point two people could be seen standing on the median of the freeway, waving at passing vehicles.One of the people jumped off the median in front of a big rig that slowly weaved around the protesters.
As the protesters gathered on the freeway, looters smashed into stores along Van Nuys Boulevard.Police clad in riot gear chased some of the looters away from a pharmacy at one point.One officer could be seen swinging a baton and trying to grab a looter by the arm, but the person got away.
Elsewhere, business owners braced for another night of looting.

In Long Beach, a business owner stood out front of a coffee shop.In Riverside, some 2,500 demonstrators converged downtown, with demonstrators clogging up much of a roadway.Businesses there were also boarded up for security purposes.So far the demonstration is peaceful.
Protesters were peacefully marching marching north on Bronson Avenue, fromSunset Boulevard toward Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood.This article tagged under:.