A person holds a placard during a protest calling for Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies to be held accountable for the shooting death of 18-year-old security guard Andres Guardado, on July 11, 2020 in Compton, California. – The Los Angeles county coroner released an autopsy report July 10 revealing that Guardado was shot five times in the back during a foot pursuit on June 18. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
More demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality are scheduled Sunday despite a National Weather Service forecast of triple-digit temperatures in some parts of the Southland and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The nationwide movement sparked by the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in Minneapolis continues more than six weeks after he was killed while in police custody and now embraces a wide range of issues.
Events scheduled Sunday in the Los Angeles area include:
- 10 a.m. in West Los Angeles, at Culver and Centinela boulevards
- Noon in Sherman Oaks, near Sherman Oaks Galleria, Ventura and
Sepulveda boulevards - 2 p.m. in Los Angeles, ``Black & Brown Unity March'' gathering with
music and vendors; unity march starts at 4 p.m. 200 N. Grand Ave. - 6 p.m. in Santa Clarita, a protest for Vanessa Guillen, Valencia
Boulevard and McBean Parkway
