Civil Unrest 2020 City of Los Angeles
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On June 30, 2020, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a motion which instructed the Los Angeles Police Department to complete an analysis addressing the department’s crowd control tactics and compliance with existing departmental policies and legal mandates during the civil unrest resulting from the death of George Floyd.
The civil unrest and protests started on May 27, 2020 and continued for several weeks.
Initially the protests were initiated by individuals so that they could verbally express themselves in a non-violent way as guaranteed under their 1
st Amendment
. marching to show and voice their concerns and anger in how George Floyd died and questioning national police (Law Enforcement) policy surrounding the use of force and demanding national police reform. What subsequently evolved from peaceful marches and verbal freedom of expression within the city of Los Angeles and surrounding cities, escalated into massive civil unrest.