‘#Bang4Change’ film presents an up-close look at the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis
Nearly 300 people turned out for the sold-out screening of ‘#Bang4Change’ at the Art Theatre of Long Beach Thursday.
His window cost $500 to replace but he got $10K from the community, so he paid it forward
“The dude just started calling around downtown businesses that were affected financially by the riots—all out of kindness and love for his community. It gave me goosebumps.”
‘I have no choice’: Protesting during COVID
Protests run in opposition to what has been ordered by public health officers: do not gather. So why are protesters doing it?
VIDEO: Skaters ‘Push for Peace,’ stand with Black Lives Matter during protest down Ocean Boulevard
The protest, “Push for Peace,” was organized by Devan Romo and local underground news platform The Daily Diddi.
Salon owner says man who defaced George Floyd mural returned to apologize
“He said ‘I want to apologize for what I did. I just told him ‘You need to get out, I’m with a client right now.”
George Floyd mural vandalized, but artists, community repaint
“In a messed up way, we have to thank the vandal for giving us the opportunity to make the mural better, bigger and now graffiti protected.”
‘We can’t watch our neighbors go down,’ so they banded together to protect them from looting
There was an awful moment Sunday for Leocadio Vazquez-Lopez when his happiness with the anti-police brutality protest suddenly turned to deep anxiety.
VIDEO: Coming to grips with Sunday, and all that’s left to do
“What do we have to do to get people’s attention that it has to stop? We cannot be killed and gunned down in the streets like animals.”
IN PICTURES/VIDEO: A quiet Downtown rebuilds with cleanups and art
Throughout Monday, Downtown was busy with volunteer cleanup crews, brooms and dustpans in hand, in what seemed a constant search for things to pick up or clean.
IN PICTURES: A night of chaos in Long Beach
These images reflect a city in turmoil.