George Floyd protests in San Diego County, California
On June 3, the county requested the Army National Guard to "assist with security in the region due to recent civil unrest.The mayor and chief of police knelt in silence with the group [10] On June 8, a 2:00 p.m. protest started again at Chula Vista Community Park and then marched down Eastlake Parkway.The event, called "Paddle Out for Unity in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter", had demonstrations taking place along the beach, cliffs, and in the water.The organizers aimed to help memorialize and mourn Floyd, as well as other black lives taken that year, including Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.[15] On June 5, hundreds gathered for a protest held in front of the Magic Carpet Ride sculpture to show continued support for the fight against police brutality.[16] On June 7, around 200 people, mainly families with children and surfers, gathered at Cardiff State Beach for a "paddle-out" memorial and demonstration.On May 29, La Mesa was the site of the first protests in the county following Floyd's murder, partly attributed to a video of a local arrest of another unarmed black man named Amaurie Johnson.[29] Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the La Mesa Police Department following a viral video of the Wednesday arrest at the San Diego Trolley station at Grossmont Transit Center, which resulted in a white officer being put on leave.[41] On June 10, Leslie Furcron gave a press conference after her release from the hospital after being shot in the face with a rubber bullet by La Mesa Police on May 30.[47] On December 16, Furcron announced a lawsuit accusing Detective Eric Knudsen and the city of La Mesa of battery, emotional distress and civil rights violations.[48] On January 6, 2021, San Diego County District Attorney announced no criminal charges would be brought against officer Knudson, who shot 59-year old protester, Furcron, with a rubber bullet in the face.[49] On January 3, 2021, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that Officer Dages was charged with filing a false police report in regards to the incident at the trolley station.[52] On April 12, 2022, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled that his firing from the La Mesa Police Department was "supported by the weight of the evidence."[53][54] On March 17, 2023, the La Mesa City Council settled with Furcron, who experienced a medically induced coma and lost vision in one eye.[66] On June 2, several hundreds (possibly over 1000[70]) gathered on the Bankers Hill side of Balboa Park, marched to the County Administration Building where they listened to speakers, marched through downtown, past San Diego City Hall, the Hall of Justice, and ending the protests around 8 pm at County City Administration building.[79] OANN CEO and founder Robert Herring Sr. asked the protesters to prove that a conspiracy theory about the Buffalo police shoving incident retweeted by Donald Trump[80] is false.[84] On July 6, the San Diego NAACP's president released a statement calling for the firing of Sheriff's Deputy Mark Ritchie, who is accused of emailing an altered photo of George Floyd.The image edited a nude black male porn star kneeling on top of Floyd with the text added reading "Quit resisting...".[85][86] On June 2, a man and a woman were arrested in Santee on weapons and child endangerment charges after allegedly pointing a semi-automatic handgun at Black Lives Matter protesters at a major intersection.In early June 2020, San Diego State University promoted healing circles after the tragic event that lead police officer Derek Chauvin to murder George Floyd.SDSU provided multiple events that helped promote the end of Police violence, which allowed people around campus to come together and express their feelings.[95] On June 6, 2020, Many people gathered in cars and in person to protest against police brutality around UCSD campus in the La Jolla area.[98] On May 24, 2021, the organization "Cops Off Campus Coalition - UCSD," hosted an event marking the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder.On April 20, 2021, the Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District came out with a statement about the three guilty verdicts in George Floyds case.[101] In early June, the San Diego City Council voted to create a new office of race of equity and to maintain the police budget.In the public comment portion of this city council meeting, the majority of the 10 hour period was focused on decreasing the police budget.[102] In early June 2020, all of the law enforcement agencies operating within San Diego County banned the use of the cartoid neck restraint, the same hold that Officer Derek Chauvin used in the murder of George Floyd.[109] Preceding the conviction of Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd, Mayor Todd Gloria made a statement over the San Diego Police Department radio.This assessment seemingly praised and comforted members of the SDPD, but Gloria responded saying that he "heard from individual officers that appreciated the check-in... in a highly polarizing time".Racism, QAnon and ‘cold civil war’: Inside the 20,000-strong Defend East County Facebook group San Diego Union-Tribune.
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