Long Beach’s Black Lives Matter protests on third anniversary of Metro death
The Long Beach branch of Black Lives Matter organized a protest Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, outside Long Beach Police Headquarters for the three-year anniversary of Cesar Rodriguez’s death. The family of Rodriguez was joined by others who have lost loved ones to police, including family members of: Daniel Hernandez, Alex Flores, David Flores, Jesse Romero and Christopher Okamoto. (Hunter Lee, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Demonstrators from the Long Beach branch of Black Lives Matter gathered Saturday, Aug. 29, outside Long Beach Police Headquarters on the third anniversary of the death of Cesar Rodriguez, who was hit by a train after struggling with a police officer on a Metro platform in 2017. Around 3 p.m., more than 50 people marched nearly four miles from Long Beach Police headquarters on Broadway and Chestnut Avenue to the Wardlow Station, calling for charges against the officers in the case. After an invest.. […]
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