Protesters amped up the decibel level in Compton on Sunday, where the sound of rumbling motorcyles and the clip-clop of equestrians led hundreds in a march — and ride — for justice.
It was a different twist on a giant moment in American history, when nationwide mass protests have formed in the wake of the death of George Floyd, caught on viral video as a former Minnesota police officer kept his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
I've arrived at the protest in Compton where there may not be many horses, but there's a motorcycle escort, which is pretty cool. pic.twitter.com/ds2Zocio05
— Bradley Bermont (@bradleybermont) June 7, 2020
Like so many that have dotted the Southland and the world, the outcry in Compton was for an end to racial injustice and police brutality. And the din of a idling, suped up motorcycles did not drown out a fundamental theme: That black lives matter.
“My color is not a crime,” read one sign held up at the front of the Compton march. Another read: “Injustice Anywhere is a Threat EVERYwhere,” conjuring the words of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”
The Floyd arrest, on May 25, unleashed a wave of outrage across the nation, culminating in a weekend of massive protests throughout L.A. County in town’s large and small.
Found the horses! pic.twitter.com/WUNkXXVU29
— Bradley Bermont (@bradleybermont) June 7, 2020
Already, in L.A. County, the moment has spurred attempts at change. L.A. County Supervisors Janice Hahn and Mark Ridley-Thomas are urging the Sheriff’s Department and 46 other police departments in the county to to review their use-of-force policies with the goal to:
- Require officers to intervene to stop another officer from using excessive force;
- Restrict or prohibit the use of chokeholds, strangleholds, and carotid restraints;
- Require officers to de-escalate situations, when possible, before using force;
- Use a “Force Continuum or Matrix” that defines and limits the types of force that can be used to respond to specific types of resistance;
- Require officers to give a verbal warning before using deadly force;
- Prohibit officers from shooting at people in moving vehicles unless the person poses a deadly threat by means other than the vehicle;
- Require officers to exhaust all other reasonable alternatives before resorting to using deadly force;
- Require comprehensive reporting that includes both uses of force and threats of force;
A motion is on the Board of Supervisors’ agenda for its Tuesday meeting.
Compton joined Sunday demonstrations that dotted the Southland — reflecting the continued outpouring that that has filled each day in Southern California since Floyd’s death.
Protests were organized in Downtown L.A. and Glendale, Pomona and Carson, among others.
Another march — in support of Dalvin Price — was to follow Sunday afternoon in Compton, at 3 p.m. in front of the Compton Sheriff Station, at 301 S. Willowbrook Avenue in the City of Compton.
Price was arrested on suspicion of assault on a peace officer during civil unrest on May 31. A part of that arrest was captured on cell-phone video that has gone viral, showing deputies appearing to strike Price when he was on the ground.
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