More than 100 & counting gathering in Gardena to march for Andres Guardado, the 18 yo shot by an LA Cty sheriff’s deputy Thursday evening. It is the second fatal shooting by a @LASDHQ deputy in a week.
A memorial to #AndresGuardado outside auto body shop by where he was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy last week. @LASDHQ says Guardado fled patrol officers on foot when they approached. His family says he was doing his job as a security guard, and disputes @LASDHQ account.
Family of #AndresGuardado has asked for a peaceful march for Father’s Day to the Compton sheriff’s station. This is his uncle Oscar Abarca.
Christopher Guardado, father of #AndresGuardado, thanks protesters in Spanish and English. His son was killed less than 72 hours ago. “I’m feeling really bad to talk, you know?”
Ron Gochez of @UniondelBarrio says he knows some protesters marching to @LASDHQ Compton station are “down to fight and I get it.”
But he asks for restraint on behalf of the family of #AndresGuardado.
Protesters prepare to march about 3 miles to @LASDHQ station in Compton for #AndresGuardado who was fatally shot by a deputy Thursday evening.
Someone shouts “Dignity for all!”
Bikers lead the march for #AndresGuardado, followed by Aztec dancers, other protesters then the lowriders.
Last but not least the lowriders, who are bringing up the rear to make sure no cars cut thru the march for #AndresGuardado
At Compton and Central, near the halfway mark for the march for #AndresGuardado
Seeing signs asking 4 video footage of what happened to #AndresGuardado. @LASDHQ said yesterday they’ve seized 6 or 7 cameras from outside the building, says 2 had ports for SD cards but were empty. Says a search warrant out for web-based footage. @LASDHQ does not have body cams.
.@LASDHQ deputies at Compton station awaiting arrival of protesters for #AndresGuardado as helicopter circles above.
Passersby brightly say “Happy Father’s Day!”
Crowd has grown to hundreds of protesters for #AndresGuardado as they approach @LASDHQ Compton station.
I see 16 @LASDHQ deputies in riot gear. They’re getting a lot of “eff the police” and “shame!” “Do your job!”
“Put the gun down!” 2 deputies in back by the fence are holding riot guns
#AndresGuardado, “enough is enough!”
Protesters for #AndresGuardado back up for the Aztec dancers.
For #AndresGuardado. The Aztec dancers acting as a buffer between @LASDHQ deputies and other protesters.
Ron Gochez of @UniondelBarrio tells some in the crowd to stop hurling a gay slur at deputies, says we’re better than that sh*t.
His take— saying deputies lick their masters’ boots
Christopher Guardado, father of #AndresGuardado, is spending Father’s Day with 100’s of protesters. He says his son was a good boy and this can’t happen anymore. Protesters shout back
“No Más!”
Protesters for #AndresGuardado are wrapping up.
“We‘ll be back!”
Protesters go silent out of respect as mothers of men slain by law enforcement speak, including the mom of Alex Flores here:
About 25 deputies now in my sightline, including on roof. Protest organizers have said they’re leaving.
.@LASDHQ threw at least 2 flash bangs and tear gas
Just got teargassed. So did dozens others worse than me. I stood with protestwrs holding my press badge.
Standoff right now at @LASDHQ in Compton
“You see that mural? Irony!” someone says
“Justice for Andres”
A protester turns around to show his Christopher Dorner hoodie. #AndresGuardado
This man has gotten hit twice by a riot gun #AndresGuardado
Protesters for #AndresGuardado have ended standoff and have moved to another area to chant his name.
“Where is the footage?” About 30 @LASDHQ deputies. About 125 protesters. 3 helicopters circling overhead.
Spoke with protester Devin Sejaa of Lon Beach who got shot with an object in his right temple and abdomen. He says he’s former Marines. He explains what went down.
Protesters anticipating action by @LASDHQ. These 2 white women have been at the front since arriving at the station.
A white protester just tried crossing the barricade with no consequences. Someone shouts that wouldn’t have been ok if that’d been a Black man.
I think it’s over. Protesters leaving this post
not over
One protester tries to defuse the sitch— tells people to come back to protest Tuesday
Deputies closing in, moving past barricades. Arrest the white protester who said he was trying to agitate them earlier.
Deputies move about 25 protesters out of the courthouse and civic center onto the sidewalk.
5 hours after protest for #AndresGuardado started. There are about 50 @LASDHQ deputies. They appear to now outnumber protesters.
I had to go. As of 7:30 pm
> 15 protesters left, incl. Kenton P. He says defunding police convo too focused on @LAPDHQ, has to happen 2 other dept’s. And that now other ppl recognize that.
“Everyone that’s not Black...they get to witness what everyday Black men women gay trans….goes thru in our comm.”
And where the day started. As night fell on Gardena, candles were lit for #AndresGuardado.
Sejas of Long Beach
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