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#BREAKING: Protesters report LAPD officers are firing rubber bullets into crowd. http://t.co/JaZRnnz5sW
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) July 15, 2013
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#BREAKING Demonstrators protesting Zimmerman verdict have shut down SB 110 Fwy in Crenshaw District. Reports of bottles being thrown.
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) July 15, 2013
CRENSHAW (CBSLA.com) — Crowds of anti-Zimmerman protesters shut down part of the SB 110 Freeway in Crenshaw Sunday evening.
About 200 demonstrators stood on the freeway to block traffic.
There were reports that some of the protesters threw bottles at police near 39th and Crenshaw
Officers called for back up at the off-ramp and on-ramp at Vernon and Leimert to keep more protesters off the freeway.
Protesters marched onto the eastbound Interstate 10 near Arlington Avenue (map) on Sunday, shutting down the freeway for nearly an hour and leading to confrontations with police, authorities said.
Los Angeles Police Department officers fired bean bags at protesters after some people threw bottles and other objects at officers, LAPD Commander Andrew Smith told NBC4.
The mob was cleared from the roadway by about 7 p.m., when LAPD officers began firing rubber bullets, protesters said. Some of the first tweets showing photos of people on the freeway were posted shortly after 6 p.m.
The protest was one of at least two major ones in the city, beginning about 4 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr and Crenshaw boulevards.
The protesters took to the streets to protest a day after Florida jurors found George Zimmerman not guilty in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
Several people were struck by bean bags in a shopping center near 10th Avenue and Washington Boulevard in Mid-City, said Jasmyne Cannick, who tweeted photos of the protesters and said she and an attorney were observing the rally.
"They're in pain and I don't know what's going to happen to them," Cannick said.
She said that protesters seemed confused and panicked once officers began firing the bean bags at them from multiple sides.
Photos on social media showed a large group of people walking on the freeway with no cars in sight. Several of the people held signs and banners.
Twitter user Jasmyne Cannick (@jasmyne) tweeted "We are literally walking on the 10 freeway for Trayvon Martin! #NoJustice"
The Los Angeles Police Department has been placed on tactical alert.
Protesters marched onto the eastbound Interstate 10 near Arlington Avenue (map) on Sunday, shutting down the freeway for nearly an hour and leading to confrontations with police, authorities said.
Los Angeles Police Department officers fired bean bags at protesters after some people threw bottles and other objects at officers, LAPD Commander Andrew Smith told NBC4.
The mob was cleared from the roadway by about 7 p.m., when LAPD officers began firing rubber bullets, protesters said. Some of the first tweets showing photos of people on the freeway were posted shortly after 6 p.m.
The protest was one of at least two major ones in the city, beginning about 4 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr and Crenshaw boulevards.
The protesters took to the streets to protest a day after Florida jurors found George Zimmerman not guilty in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
Several people were struck by bean bags in a shopping center near 10th Avenue and Washington Boulevard in Mid-City, said Jasmyne Cannick, who tweeted photos of the protesters and said she and an attorney were observing the rally.
"They're in pain and I don't know what's going to happen to them," Cannick said.
She said that protesters seemed confused and panicked once officers began firing the bean bags at them from multiple sides.
Photos on social media showed a large group of people walking on the freeway with no cars in sight. Several of the people held signs and banners.
Twitter user Jasmyne Cannick (@jasmyne) tweeted "We are literally walking on the 10 freeway for Trayvon Martin! #NoJustice"
The Los Angeles Police Department has been placed on tactical alert.
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