Zimmerman Protests Turn Violent In Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested 14 people late Monday in South Los Angeles, when members of a George Zimmerman protest began breaking windows and stomping on cars, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Screenshot via NBC Los Angeles.Screenshot via NBC Los Angeles.The Los Angeles Police Department arrested 14 people late Monday in South Los Angeles, when members of a George Zimmerman protest began breaking windows and stomping on cars, reports the Los Angeles Times.

About 350 LAPD officers moved into the area around Crenshaw Boulevard, after the once-peaceful protest turned violent. The protest had begun in Leimert Park on Monday.

Members of the protest attacked a TV reporter and his cameraman, and stormed a Wal-Mart at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza where they threw merchandise on the ground and tried to break open jewelry displays.

In Oakland, a crowd of several hundred people briefly shut down traffic on Interstate 880 on Monday evening. A group of 100 scuffled with police after 11 p.m., reports the Oakland Tribune.

Oakland Police officers deployed flash-bang devices, after protesters threw fireworks at officers.

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