With thugs like the Black Panthers — “new” or old — hanging around, police have every good reason to be on alert.
Crowd of 100+ gathered in Leimert Park Plaza to protest #TravonMartin #GeorgeZimmerman verdict. More @KTLA at 10pm pic.twitter.com/y7zzmc8nGI
— Kacey Montoya (@kaceymontoya) July 14, 2013
Black Panthers join crowd in LA's Leimert Park as part of peaceful protest after #GeorgeZimmerman not guilty verdict pic.twitter.com/HCFTEbfx4i
— Kacey Montoya (@kaceymontoya) July 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/MissMorena05/status/356279543906041856
LAPD South Bureau is on MODIFIED TACTICAL ALERT due to "unusual occurrence" in Southwest. Zimmerman protest march. Vernon/Crenshaw.
— @LAScanner (@LAScanner) July 14, 2013
LAPD just went to full Citywide Tactical Alert. Leimert Park protest remains peaceful. All officers remain on duty until Tac Alert ends.
— @LAScanner (@LAScanner) July 14, 2013
The scene from Leimert Park at the #ZimmermanTrial acquittal protest. pic.twitter.com/9HP0QCJXgn
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) July 14, 2013
not all people are with that turn the other cheek and kumbaya talk. Oppressed people are fed up. And all protests don't end up like 1992.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) July 14, 2013
#LAPD monitoring Zimmerman verdict protests on Crenshaw Blvd in #SouthLA. #zimmermantrial @NBCLA pic.twitter.com/x0A5lTQKjO
— Tena Ezzeddine (@TenaNYCLA) July 14, 2013
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20-30 motorcycle cops headed toward #justice4Trayvon march @ Expo & Crenshaw. Police are trying to push them back to Leimert Park. #SouthLA
— #OccupyLA (@OccupyLA) July 14, 2013
Scanner: #LAPD will facilitate peaceful march up Crenshaw for #TrayvonRally. #LeimertPark #LosAngeles
— THE L.A. SCENE (@TheLAScene) July 14, 2013
Helicopter sirens have been my lullabies for the past 21 years. Aint nothing new.#LeimertPark
— Columbus Trey (@ColumbusTrey) July 14, 2013
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