Death of George Floyd

The Los Angeles Police Commission held its first meeting on Tuesday since the protests began in the city.

Peaceful marches followed by lawless looting and vandalism in Santa Monica over the weekend led to over 400 arrests. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, 95% of those arrested were not city residents. Luckily, no one was seriously injured but many local merchants suffered property damage.

A group of protesters was determined to get their voices heard and opted to protest in Venice Tuesday morning after a curfew was implemented across Los Angeles County. 

Good Samaritans who were trying to help the owners of a Los Angeles liquor store protect their business from alleged looters were handcuffed and detained by police who were confused after arriving at the scene Monday evening. The entire situation took place live on FOX 11.

Cleanup efforts were underway Tuesday morning in Van Nuys after several mom-and-pop stores were vandalized following a night of protests. 

Two very different stories can be told about what happened over the weekend in Los Angeles and across the nation. One demonstrates solidarity among people of all races, doing whatever they can to make sure that the message isn't lost in translation: black individuals are not being treated as first-class citizens in the United States and the death of George Floyd can't be another statistic. The other attempts to distract from that message by whatever means possible in hopes of capitalizing on a divided nation in order to shatter our dreams of unity.

California’s education chief said Monday he plans to lead an effort focusing on racism in public schools during emotional remarks about George Floyd, whose killing has left him struggling to answer his own children who asked, “Why did this happen?”

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore apologized Monday night for a remark he made earlier in the day, claiming that people using violence and capitalizing on George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis police custody were as responsible for his death as the now-fired officers.

A curfew expired in all of Los Angeles County at 6 a.m. Tuesday in response to days of looting and civil unrest following the in-custody death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, prompting the deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Lakewood and Santa Monica.

There are people -- voices in the community, who are not on the streets and have frustrations & feelings. We’ve been talking with them. One of those is the daughter of Muhammad Ali.

After a day that saw nearly 1,200 arrests, protests continued throughout the Southland on Monday in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and scores of looters, many of whom appeared to be unconnected to the demonstrations, raided businesses in Van Nuys and Hollywood.