In LA Protests Emrerge for Ferguson Solidarity and the Police Killings of Ezell Ford and Omar Abrego

Bethania Palma Markus @ Truthout - As tear gas hung over protesters Sunday in Ferguson, Missouri, parallel feelings of being worn down and dehumanized by ongoing police violence on communities of color hung over the hundreds of people who came out to demonstrate in Los Angeles.

The August 17 protest outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters downtown was both in solidarity with Ferguson and to demand accountability for the deaths of 25-year-old Ezell Ford and 37-year-old Omar Abrego - an unarmed black man and unarmed Latino - at the hands of LAPD officers within the span of a week.  Read more.