Police have shown up and formed a line on Montana avenue, changing the energy pretty quicklypic.twitter.com/8dFm31DoUq
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And in the most Santa Monica thing ever, a shirtless dude on his run down the street toward the beach as SWAT teams show up and workers board up Nordstrompic.twitter.com/SsTS1HJVUK
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Most All of the businessss on 4th street in Santa Monica have been looted: REI, jewelry shops, Jamba Juice. Some police but it’s a total free for all. People walking and running in taking arm fulls of clothespic.twitter.com/iLt4eY9dVX
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I asked LAPD officer Valenzuela, who was standing with a few other officers on 3rd street at a barricade blocking off the promenade, about the looting a block up. He said they don’t have the resources to handle it “Our job is to be here so people can peacefully protest,” he saidpic.twitter.com/Zi9gPT7T9F
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This woman ran up and stood outside a pillaged Vans and was begging people to stop looting because it will help get Trump re-elected. “We don’t want Trump re-elected, please don’t do this”pic.twitter.com/739dYfD8ZT
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A black woman telling a white photographer who just got pushed over how to stay safe right nowpic.twitter.com/hRgHSJFnVb
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Police from Beverly Hills, which was the site of yesterday’s protest, are here. Officer Lawrence said that the chaos here is “much larger” and encompass might a greater area than what they saw there yesterday. They only have enough officers to “try and contain” the situationpic.twitter.com/A3h1czM11j
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The woman in this car with her fist up is blasting Childish Gambino’s “This is America” as she drives past police in downtown Santa Monica, which is completely overrun right nowpic.twitter.com/a1rAgAwxKZ
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They’ve now busted into pottery barn and running out with plates, succulents, pillows, candles,pic.twitter.com/dLkNzRGhLc
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Sake House is now up in flames. Fire department trying to get throughpic.twitter.com/YIH5KZz63n
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Unbelievable. This place has been here forever. A Japanese family owns it.pic.twitter.com/bqMioTTRDF
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LA sheriff department arrived in tanks and started throwing rubber smoke grenades into the crowd on 4th street as LAFD still works to put out the fire. People throwing Bottles back at thempic.twitter.com/8eKQjrBsxp
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Police are actively moving the line of protesters up broadway toward 5th, angering protesters who are yelling I can’t breathe and holding their ground. People have lit a fire on fire, which is burning near bypic.twitter.com/Qj7GN7Z5E3
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Small group still here despite some tear gas, though most have dispersedpic.twitter.com/JAnbB8Fukm
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Police continue to push the line. Small group of peaceful protesters have sat down and put their hands uppic.twitter.com/EUMozvNF0b
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Still shocking this is Santa Monica. Small group of protestsss continue to hold their own line as police move and close them inpic.twitter.com/XXOwpNVIG3
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Police are making arrests. I’ve seen them put at least four people in handcuffs. The group here says they’re stuck and can’t leavepic.twitter.com/bkorEzSytb
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Brandon Mitchell says he was struck with a rubber bullet on his back while walking as police were moving the linepic.twitter.com/s393EabaEA
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Police are coming in and taking protesters away one by one. They now say they want to leave but are trappedpic.twitter.com/J1M8TQoa76
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This is david Brown. He’s lived in Santa Monica and was here for the Rodney King riots. He says this is worse and it’s heartbreaking to see. He wants peace and is against the looting and destruction. I just watched him get detained and put in zip tie handcuffs.pic.twitter.com/ZvbkcQoQC2
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Police taking david away. He wasn’t doing anything, just standing near by. I asked police if it was for violating curfew and they wouldn’t answerpic.twitter.com/9d9rRv6g9v
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Police also pulled me out of the crowd and put me in zip tie cuffs and I was able to convince them to let me go because I was media, which I know is pretty damn luckypic.twitter.com/EUXQ7T6bYR
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Brandon Mitchell was also detained, along with the first aid volunteers who helped him after he was hit with a rubber bullet. He’s been out here all day, he said.pic.twitter.com/gwTolwRPFB
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Returning to David, who has lived in SM since 1978. He said it was worse, and much different, than Rodney King because people targeted places like Beverly Hills and SM, making all of LA feel it. He felt the need to witness it, bc he’s heartbroken, and was doing so peacefullypic.twitter.com/K9nHxBHgad
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Now up around Lincoln and broadway, where there’s still a ton of looting and chaos. Several car dealerships sustained damagepic.twitter.com/pWhHVS90nu
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Police charging at groups of people and yelling at everyone to leave the area, disperse, and shelter in place otherwise they will be subject to arrestpic.twitter.com/yv86bH3EcK
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So much of downtown SM is now covered in graffiti and the messages are, over and over, are against trump and police, like “fuck Trump” and “kill cops”pic.twitter.com/lpNNkxySu3
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Police are trying hard to disperse and detain small groups who are still out on the streets and looting stores. I am calling it for the night, but going to share some stuff from earlierpic.twitter.com/J59Sa4dSN4
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Jessica Walker, 25, grew up in SM and isn’t surprised this happened. She recalled nooses and slavery taunts at her HS “It’s a surreal moment that everything that’s so shiny about Santa Monica is being destroyed in front of everyone’s eyes,” black pp are “showing their pain”pic.twitter.com/42wj3PPdaV
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Big Mijo, the co-creator of Krumping (a style of dance created in south LA in early 2000s), was also out there. He danced in front of police for a long time. He’s 35 and grew up in South LA and when I spoke to him after, asking how he felt, he said “tired”pic.twitter.com/ckZ51eGHLr
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“This is not new, that’s why I feel like I am old enough to now interject with something that’s peaceful,” Big Mijo said. “I used to be an ignorant kid out here. Looting and shit. But ya, I feel tired.”pic.twitter.com/99RPNCSwoc
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