A march in downtown Los Angeles set for Wednesday afternoon was expected to snarl traffic in the area as protesters rally against police brutality.
The protest, organized by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at Olympic Boulevard and Broadway, with a march planned at 2:30 p.m.
The march will continue north on Broadway, east on Temple Street, south on Judge John Aiso Street and west on First Street, ending with a rally in front of the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters at 100 W. First St.
The planned protest is one of more than five dozen across the country recognizing October as a "month of resistance to mass incarceration, police terror, repression and the criminalization of a generation."
LAPD officials urged motorists to avoid the area of the march between 2 and 6 p.m
