HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CNS) — Demonstrators clashed with police in Hollywood while commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky home and whose death has triggered angry protests nationwide.
Video from the scene Saturday showed protesters climbing onto a Los Angeles police car and helmeted officers taking up positions near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street to contain about two dozen demonstrators.
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- Demonstrators clashed with police in Hollywood Saturday while commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor
- Videos also show broken storefront windows at several businesses and other vandalism in the area
- Some who were at the Saturday demonstrations said on social media that they were deliberately hit by police squad cars and with batons
- Taylor, 26, an emergency medical technician in Louisville, was gunned down by police during a botched narcotics raid after officers forced their way into her apartment
Another video posted to social media shows several protesters pounding the hood of an LAPD vehicle as it stopped with its siren blaring. The police car then slowly starts to drive off with the protesters still pounding the hood, then abruptly accelerates as the people tumble onto the roadway.
Other videos also show broken storefront windows at several businesses and other vandalism in the area.
Some who were at the Saturday demonstrations said on social media that they were deliberately hit by police squad cars and with batons.
'LAPD just ran over two protesters at the Hollywood Breonna Taylor march,' one activist stated beneath a video of the incident.
It was unclear whether any arrests were made.
The Los Angeles Police Department's Operations Center had few details, according to Officer D. Orris. There were calls for backup but it appeared the LAPD Hollywood Station managed the situation, he said.
Hundreds of activists took to the streets in Los Angeles for a march on Saturday night, as part of a nationwide day of action in memory of Taylor.
Memorials for Taylor were held in Hollywood at 11:30 a.m. and near the Hollywood Forever Cemetery at 7:30 p.m. A vigil earlier in the day was held near the Sherman Oaks Galleria.
The demonstrations came one year to the date when Taylor, 26, an emergency medical technician in Louisville, was gunned down by police during a botched narcotics raid after officers forced their way into her apartment in the early morning hours of March 13, 2020.
Taylor was not the target of the raid and the suspect police were searching for was not at Taylor's home.
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None of the officers who fired their service weapons — an estimated 32 rounds — face criminal charges for Taylor's killing. At least three officers with connections to the raid have been terminated from the Louisville police force.
One day before the anniversary, Kenneth Walker — who was Taylor's boyfriend, and in the home when police raided it — filed a federal lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department, alleging his constitutional rights were violated.
The officers have said they opened fire after Walker fired one shot at them, thinking they were intruders, according to multiple reports.
Her mother, Tamika Palmer, has filed complaints with the police department's professional standards unit against six officers for their role in the investigation that included the raid and told interviewers she was frustrated with the lack of accountability in the case.
In a tweet Saturday, President Joe Biden called Taylor's death "a tragedy, a blow to her family, her community, and America."
He added, "As we continue to mourn her, we must press ahead to pass meaningful police reform in Congress. I remain committed to signing a landmark reform bill into law."
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