A large demonstration against a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for the shooting of a black teenager ended early Wednesday morning in downtown Los Angeles when police officers in riot gear surrounded a group of several dozen protesters.
At about 12:45 a.m., Los Angeles police told the group they were under arrest and ordered the crowd to sit down. Two police buses arrived near the intersection of Temple Street and Broadway. A police spokesman said the arrests were for disorderly conduct.
The LAPD also arrested 33 protesters at the intersection of Flower Street and 9th Street, according to Capt. Martin Baeza.
It was not immediately clear how many total arrests were made. Up until then, the LAPD had arrested just four people. The California Highway Patrol had also arrested four people in connection with multiple attempts to block local freeways.
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