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Peaceful Protesters March At Cal State Northridge
A gathering organized by Black Lives Matter Northridge and local citizens marched peacefully in the area around campus mid-day Tuesday.
NORTHRIDGE, CA — Protestors gathered at Cal State Northridge Tuesday afternoon as demonstrations over the death of George Floyd break out all over Los Angeles County. The protest was organized as a peaceful sit-in by Northridge Black Lives Matter, Northridge citizens, and Cal State Northridge students, according to the Northridge BLM's Instagram page.
The group of peaceful demonstrators gathered at the lawn of CSUN’s Oviatt Library at around noon, according Jeff Noblitt, CSUN associate vice president of marketing and communications. Noblitt said that it was not a CSUN event, but he attended part of it with his family.
After prayers and opening remarks on the lawn by the protest’s organizers, Noblitt said that the group marched down Reseda Boulevard onto Lassen Street and down Zelzah Avenue before returning back to campus for more speeches.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that it detoured line 166 near the Nordhoff/Reseda stop.
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LAPD Officer Rosario Cervantes said that the police department had not received any reports about the protests, though she gathered from various social media postings that it dissipated at 3 p.m. Cervantes could not comment on the number of demonstrators or the police presence, but said that since the LAPD didn't receive many reports about the protest, it is safe to assume that it was peaceful and there were no arrests.
Cervantes and a representative at the Devonshire LAPD station said that police were more focused on larger, more unruly protests taking place throughout Monday in downtown Hollywood.
The protest is one of numerous taking place before the county and citywide curfew takes effect at 6 p..m. On Tuesday marches have also taken place in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Manhattan Beach and Venice.
Monday saw the first major protest to hit the San Fernando Valley. Hundreds marched in Van Nuys where looting broke out and a ransacked strip mall was set ablaze. On Monday night, looters broke into the Westfield Topanga & The Village in Woodland Hills .
— Paige Austin and Michael Wittner contributed to this report. Refresh for updates.
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