Demonstrators take to the streets of L.A. in protest of Minneapolis shooting

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A planned demonstration and vigil in support of a 37-year-old man shot and killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis concluded Saturday in downtown Los Angeles without incident, but a number of protesters lingered well into the evening, police said.LAPD officers issued a dispersal order before 9 p.m.to a crowd gathered on Alameda Street between Temple and Aliso streets, requiring them to leave the area or be subject to arrest.Though the planned vigil concluded at 8 p.m., demonstrators were still gathered near the downtown federal building at 9:30 p.m.A police spokesperson said he was unaware of any major conflicts shortly before 10 p.m.Earlier in the day, crowds gathered first at the historic Placita Olvera marketplace.

A banner fluttered above reading, “From Los Angeles to Minneapolis, stop ICE terror.” As the afternoon light began to fade, speakers led chants to “abolish ICE” and urged “ICE out of Minnesota, ICE out of L.A.” They carried signs printed with messages including “America hates ICE” and “Drop the charges on Minnesota activists.”Aida Ashouri, a candidate running for city attorney, said she couldn’t imagine if she had been snatched as a child and deported to Iran, where her family is from.Adi Renee, an educator who spoke at the rally, said that the Minneapolis protests, during which thousands of workers walked off the job and hundreds of businesses shut down on Friday, had shown that labor unions could help to lead a political strike against ICE and the Trump administration.“I’m really grateful to Minneapolis,” she said.

“They’ve shown us that our public unions can call a political strike and they need to do it now.”A speaker at the rally who identified herself as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America denounced violence by federal agents in Minnesota.“We are here again after another shooting,” she said into a megap...