Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton

9:20 AM PDT on June 1, 2020

Black Lives Matter/George Floyd/LAPD Protests Take Over L.A. Streets (LAist)...Saturday Protest and Looting In Melrose (LAT)...Sunday Protest and Looting Long Beach (LAT)...Sunday Protest and Looting In Santa Monica (LAT)...L.A. Calls In National Guard (LAT)
Black Lives Matter Explains Choice Of Higher-Income Areas (LAist)
SBLA Editor Sahra Sulaiman Tweets Ground-Truth Garcetti Speech Sunday
Several Cars Vs. Protestors Incidents, Including Police Cars (Reddit, mcas_LA, Daily News)
Metro Shuts Down Service Stranding Riders Saturday (LAT)...While Metro Buses Serves as Arrested Protestor Paddy Wagons (LAist Twitter)
More On Metro Budget and Ridership Woes Under COVID-19 (LAist)

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