A citywide tactical alert was declared after a pro-choice protest in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday turned violent. The protest was in response to the leak of a draft decision showing that the US Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade.
We are facilitating a group of 250 walking from federal building (broadway/1st)to Pershing square. Route will be sb broadway to e/b 5th street to Pershing square. Motors and central units facilitating. Expect traffic delays. pic.twitter.com/I65jYtBe3G
— Chief Michel Moore (@LAPDChiefMoore) May 4, 2022
Multiple groups including Rise Up for Abortion Rights and the Revolutionary Communists, converged on the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles at Broadway and 1st Tuesday evening, totaling approximately two hundred and fifty people, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Participants spanned the gamut of far-left activists, which included anarchists and anti-police activists.
RevComs leading the group in chants. pic.twitter.com/p4hmy2Q9Vh
— Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@ACatWithNews) May 4, 2022
Skyler Soloman, one of the organizers of the protest told Fox LA there will be more protests in the coming days. "This leak is not law yet, so we have a chance now to stop it from becoming law. This gave the people of this country an opportunity to rise up in mass numbers, to get out into the streets to compel the Supreme Court to do the right thing. If the Supreme Court has the audacity to overturn Roe v. Wade, it's going against the will of the majority of the American people. That is an assault on democracy and that is an affront to the American people."
Protestors making a call to action now. Calling for the group to “take it to the streets.” pic.twitter.com/qebQQy6RXk
— Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@ACatWithNews) May 4, 2022
After chanting and speeches, the protestors marched to Pershing Square where more speeches were given.
Update: A group of protestors began to take the intersection. Officers attempted to communicate, clear and provide dispersal order to the group. The crowd began to throw rocks & bottles at officers. One officer injured (unknown extent). Citywide tactical alert has been declared.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) May 4, 2022
However, as night fell, some of the protestors became more aggressive. The LAPD warned motorists to "If possible, please avoid the area and use alternate routes to avoid traffic congestion, street closures and delays," due to "police activity."
DHS Officers in riot gear coming out of vehicles. More DHS vehicles arriving. pic.twitter.com/CF88Jda1bH
— Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@ACatWithNews) May 4, 2022
According to the LAPD, "A group of protestors began to take the intersection. Officers attempted to communicate, clear and provide dispersal order to the group. The crowd began to throw rocks & bottles at officers. One officer injured (unknown extent). Citywide tactical alert has been declared."
LAPD attempted to make an arrest but were mobbed by rioters pic.twitter.com/dtNsfsf1oA
— AntifaWatch (@AntifaWatch2) May 4, 2022
Responding agencies included the Department of Homeland Security. Protestors grew more violent and smashed the window of a responding DHS vehicle and vandalized another.
LAPD being chased out by mob. One yells "stop with the peace policing" at the person trying to hold back rioters pic.twitter.com/0F7gbfQBko
— AntifaWatch (@AntifaWatch2) May 4, 2022
According to Fox LA, Rise Up for Abortion Rights is planning another protest for Thursday, May 5 at noon outside the federal courthouse.
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