Police arrested 15 anti-police brutality protesters who blocked Metro Blue Line service by standing and sitting on the train tracks just south of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday.
A few dozen demonstrators were blocking the tracks at Broadway and Washington Boulevard about 5 p.m.
LAPD officials said protesters were given 20 minutes to disperse. Those who refused to leave were taken into custody.
Aerial footage showed stranded Metro passengers jumping out of the train just feet away from where the demonstration took place.
Metro advised commuters to use the Silver and Green lines for alternative routes.
The protest, which moved had moved its way south on Broadway, was organized by members of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network.
