Columnist LZ Granderson spoke with protesters in downtown Los Angeles and found a readiness toward goodwill and solidarity.
Already gutted by a pandemic that has turned L.A. Live into L.A.’s ghost town, a once-bustling district is engaged in an awkward pas de deux with the National Guard, which has made the Convention Center a hub. An abundance of fish-out-of-water camouflage can be seen by day, the all-too-familiar ghetto bird hovering at night.
Clearly, they are there to prevent the chaos of the nights before; however, it still feels as if we’ve been occupied. I might beBecause of all of this, it’s easy to lose track of how we got here —and the horrifying moment was caught on tape. The looting and riots and fires make for great TV, but they should not be conflated with the message of the protesters, who took to these downtown streets because the circumstances surrounding Floyd’s death are closer to America’s norm than an anomaly.
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