Protesters in Downtown LA Block Freeway, Smash CHP Windows During Demonstration Over George Floyd’s Death

Hundreds of protesters halted traffic on the 101 Freeway near Union Station and shattered the windows of California Highway Patrol cruisers in downtown Los Angeles while protesting the use of force over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Black Lives Matter protesters took to the freeway near the Alameda exit after the videotaped in-custody death of George Floyd, who died after an officer kneeled on his neck over a forged check claim. Floyd was heard on the video saying, "Please, I can't breathe."

When a CHP patrol car arrived, demonstrators surrounded it. The car's back window was smashed by a skateboard and it jerked forward and moved away with several protesters who had jumped onto the hood. News footage showed one man finally hopping or jumping from the side of the moving car and then flopping onto the ground.

A second CHP car arrived and was attacked, with one demonstrator hurling what appeared to be a board through the back window before it moved off.