Protests

A professor is suing UCLA after his email rejecting a student's request to grade Black students more leniently in the wake of the George Floyd death prompted an investigation.

The bipartisan police reform talks in Congress ended with no deal. Rep. Karen Bass joined FOX 11's special report to discuss the now-failed negotiations.

The Los Angeles City Council finalized an ordinance that will prohibit protests within 300 feet of the target's residence.

Eric Cohen, 30, of Long Beach, has been arrested in connection with a stabbing outside of Los Angeles City Hall last month when violence broke out between pro-vaccine supporters and anti-vaxxers.

Jasmine Williams and Khalil White brought the proposed class-action complaint Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that Capt. Scott Dowling's efforts to make the city safer ended up with 105 out of 106 of the arrestees being Black. The civil rights suit seeks unspecified damages.

Two days after anti-vaccination activists showed up at the homes of two Los Angeles City Council members, the panel Tuesday directed city attorneys to draw up an emergency ordinance to prohibit protests within 300 feet of the target's residence.

Santa Monica police will be out in force this weekend ahead of a rally planned at the city's famous pier by people objecting to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

A coalition of groups including medical professionals, first responders, parents and students gathered in Santa Monica Saturday to protest Los Angeles' impending COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying it will segregate the city, breed more hate and violate the rights of tens of thousands of people.

Several people gathered in front of LA City Hall to protest the contentious issue of mandatory vaccinations against the coronavirus.

Several fights broke out between dueling protesters at a demonstration over trans-rights outside a Koreatown spa Saturday morning. 

Protesters from the Valley of Change nonprofit organization have gathered outside of the Sherman Oaks Galleria for a daily Black Lives Matter protest, and on Tuesday, there was a larger crowd to recognize the one year anniversary of George Floyd's death.

A rally was held in Anaheim on Wednesday to show support for Palestinians following the violence mounting overseas between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.  

Several hundred people took to the streets in the Westwood area Saturday to demonstrate in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The husband of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service, complete 13 anger management classes, complete a gun safety course and not to possess any firearm during his 18-month diversionary term.

Sage Moloney is suing the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, alleging a Los Angeles police officer needlessly hit him with a baton during a George Floyd protest in 2020 and that sheriff's deputies wrongfully detained and restrained him during another event days later.

Kyle Peterson, who took part in a protest in the Miracle Mile area in 2020 after the death of George Floyd, is suing the city of Los Angeles and numerous LAPD officers, alleging he suffered an injury to his right hand from a police projectile and that he still needs treatment to this day.

The Santa Monica City Council reviewed an independent report that found problems with how the Santa Monica Police Department responded to May 31 protests and civil unrest sparked by a Minneapolis officer's murder of George Floyd.