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        {"code":"24573","sect":"Centroam\u00e9rica","sect_slug":"centroamerica","hits":"1542","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/en\/202006\/centroamerica\/24573","link_edit":"","name":"\u201cWhy Did You Kill that Boy?\u201d Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Officers Fatally Shoot Salvadoran-American Teen","slug":"-ldquo-why-did-you-kill-that-boy-rdquo-los-angeles-sheriff-rsquo-s-officers-fatally-shoot-salvadoran-american-teen","info":"","mtag":"Violence","noun":{"html":"Francisco Lozano","data":{"francisco-lozano":{"sort":"","slug":"francisco-lozano","path":"francisco_lozano","name":"Francisco Lozano","edge":"0","init":"0"}}},"view":"1542","pict":{"cms-image-000033929-jpg":{"feat":"1","sort":"33929","name":"cms-image-000033929.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033929.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033929.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033929-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;9376 Andres Guardado's portrait's is the center of the shrine outside the body shop where he worked. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003E9376 Andres Guardado's portrait's is the center of the shrine outside the body shop where he worked. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033930-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33930","name":"cms-image-000033930.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033930.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033930.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033930-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Long time South L.A. activist Najee Ali (left) joins forces with Uni\u00f3n del Barrio Immigrant Advocacy Group Desiree Gayt\u00e1n (right) before the march started. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003ELong time South L.A. activist Najee Ali (left) joins forces with Uni\u00f3n del Barrio Immigrant Advocacy Group Desiree Gayt\u00e1n (right) before the march started. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033931-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33931","name":"cms-image-000033931.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033931.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033931.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033931-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;As well as Black Lives Matter, protesters\u00a0chanted and used the hashtag #latinolivesmatter in the days following Guardado's death. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003EAs well as Black Lives Matter, protesters\u00a0chanted and used the hashtag #latinolivesmatter in the days following Guardado's death. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033932-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33932","name":"cms-image-000033932.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033932.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033932.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033932-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Cristobal Guardado, father of Andres Guardado, at the march and rally wearing an LA Dodgers\u00a0mask, Andres's favorite baseball team. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003ECristobal Guardado, father of Andres Guardado, at the march and rally wearing an LA Dodgers\u00a0mask, Andres's favorite baseball team. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033933-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33933","name":"cms-image-000033933.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033933.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033933.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033933-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Aztec dancers joined the protest, and led the way for most of the three-and-a-half mile march. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003EAztec dancers joined the protest, and led the way for most of the three-and-a-half mile march. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033934-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33934","name":"cms-image-000033934.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033934.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033934.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033934-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003EPhoto: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033935-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33935","name":"cms-image-000033935.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033935.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033935.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033935-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Low riders from East LA showing up to demand justice for Andr\u00e9s Guardado. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003ELow riders from East LA showing up to demand justice for Andr\u00e9s Guardado. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033936-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33936","name":"cms-image-000033936.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033936.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033936.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033936-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Andres Guardado's uncle Noe Abarca (arm raised, center, in white and blue sweater) demanding answers from deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station. Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003EAndres Guardado's uncle Noe Abarca (arm raised, center, in white and blue sweater) demanding answers from deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station. Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033937-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33937","name":"cms-image-000033937.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033937.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033937.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033937-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Marine Veteran Devin Cejas was injured in the forehead by a projectile shot by L.A. County Sheriff deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station.\u00a0Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003EMarine Veteran Devin Cejas was injured in the forehead by a projectile shot by L.A. County Sheriff deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station.\u00a0Photo: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"},"cms-image-000033938-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"33938","name":"cms-image-000033938.jpg","link":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033938.jpg","path":"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/images\/cms-image-000033938.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000033938-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Photo: Francisco Lozano&lt;\/p&gt;","capt":"\u003Cp\u003EPhoto: Francisco Lozano\u003C\/p\u003E"}},"pict_main__sort":33929,"date":{"live":"2020\/06\/23"},"data_post_dateLive_YY":"2020","data_post_dateLive_MM":"06","data_post_dateLive_DD":"23","text":"\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EThe Central American community of Los Angeles was rocked by the news that,\u00a0on Thursday, June 18,\u00a0L.A. County deputies shot and killed 18-year-old Andres Guardado. The next day, the immigrant community turned out to the site of the killing in the Gardena neighborhood in protest, carrying signs demanding answers. This became yet another publicly-visible instance of lethal police brutality in America.\u00a0Guardado was the son of immigrants who left El Salvador in the 1980s, during the country's Civil War, in search of safety in the United States.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33929 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"9376 Andres Guardado's portrait's is the center of the shrine outside the body shop where he worked. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E 9376 Andres Guardado's portrait's is the center of the shrine outside the body shop where he worked. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EThe shooting sparked concerns amid the growing focus on rampant police brutality that has taken over U.S. streets over the last few weeks following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who was killed by white police officers in Minneapolis. Guardado was one of two men shot and killed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department in the span of 24 hours. On Wednesday, June 17, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-06-19\/sheriffs-shooting-robert-fuller-brother\"\u003Eplain-clothes deputies shot Terron Boone\u003C\/a\u003E, 31, in Rosamond, Kern County. Boone was the brother of African-American Robert Fuller, 24, who was found hanging from a tree outside Palmdale City Hall on June 10, 2020. The county coroner\u2019s office \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-06-13\/robert-fuller-palmdale-black-man-found-hanging-from-tree-family-protests\"\u003Erushed to rule Fuller\u2019s death a suicide\u003C\/a\u003E, sparking public protests that led state and county officials to call on the FBI to conduct a federal investigation. Protesters believe Fuller was lynched.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EIn its statement on Guardado\u2019s killing, the Sheriff\u2019s Department said that two deputies from the Compton Sheriff Station observed Guardado outside a body shop before he \u201clooked toward the deputies and produced a firearm.\u201d Guardado worked part time at the body shop, and also worked elsewhere as a security guard.\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33932 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"Cristobal Guardado, father of Andres Guardado, at the march and rally wearing an LA Dodgers\u00a0mask, Andres's favorite baseball team. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E Cristobal Guardado, father of Andres Guardado, at the march and rally wearing an LA Dodgers\u00a0mask, Andres's favorite baseball team. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EThe Guardado family and the body shop owner dispute the Sheriff\u2019s account. \u201cThe cops were in an unmarked car, in plain clothes. When they came out of their car pointing guns at Andres, he ran out of fear. He didn\u2019t know who they were. I would\u2019ve ran too if somebody pointed a gun at me. The cops were from a gang unit,\u201d the shop owner, Andrew Haney, told El Faro English.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u201cWhat witnesses have told us is that [Guardado] was outside the shop. When he saw the cops, he tried to go inside and the cops told him to stop and he didn\u2019t. Nowadays, we are all afraid of the police,\u201d Guardado\u2019s uncle Noe Abarca told El Faro English. \u201cThings look weird. The surveillance cameras were working before the shooting. After the shooting, some of them were ripped off the walls. Civilians were not allowed at the scene during the investigation, so the question remains: who broke the cameras?\u201d Abarca asked. The deputies took possession of the camera footage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAt a news conference on Saturday, Sheriff Alex Villanueva didn\u2019t explain why Guardado was shot. Captain Kent Wegener, head of the L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s homicide unit, stated that \u201cthe forty caliber gun that Guardado was carrying was not licensed and did not have a serial number.\u201d Yet family members say they doubt that Guardado had a gun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ECeline Abarca, Andres\u2019s cousin, described him as a \u201csweet young boy who cared for his grandma a lot. He would do anything for his grandmother.\u201d Guardado was attending Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the hopes of becoming a mechanic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33930 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"Long time South L.A. activist Najee Ali (left) joins forces with Uni\u00f3n del Barrio Immigrant Advocacy Group Desiree Gayt\u00e1n (right) before the march started. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E Long time South L.A. activist Najee Ali (left) joins forces with Uni\u00f3n del Barrio Immigrant Advocacy Group Desiree Gayt\u00e1n (right) before the march started. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EOn Father\u2019s Day, the immigrant advocacy group Union del Barrio was one of several community organizations to lead a march of over 2,000 people from the site where Guardado was gunned down to the Compton station where the involved deputies work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ERon Gochez, a Salvadoran organizer with Union de Barrio, said in a statement to the media: \u201cWe are here to denounce what happened. If la migra comes to our neighborhood, we protect each other and we expel them. When cops come and kill immigrants, we need to expel them from our streets.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33933 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"Aztec dancers joined the protest, and led the way for most of the three-and-a-half mile march. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E Aztec dancers joined the protest, and led the way for most of the three-and-a-half mile march. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAs the protestors gathered in front of a line of deputies dressed in riot gear in an intense standoff in front of the Compton station, Cristobal Guardado, Andres\u2019s father, addressed the group, eliciting cheers and applause. \u201cI see a lot of young people here. What happened to my son I don\u2019t want it to happen to any of you,\u201d Guardado said. \u201cAs a father, we feel this deep pain. We wouldn\u2019t want our young children, who have a whole life ahead of them, to be unjustly destroyed.\u201d\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33936 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"Andres Guardado's uncle Noe Abarca (arm raised, center, in white and blue sweater) demanding answers from deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E Andres Guardado's uncle Noe Abarca (arm raised, center, in white and blue sweater) demanding answers from deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u201cWhy did you kill that boy?\u201d and \u201cwhere is the camera footage?\u201d were among the repeated cries from the angered crowd. At one point, as tensions rose between the deputies and the protestors, a group of Aztec dancers moved to the front of the group and started their dance with chants of protest, which seemed to calm the mood for the duration of their dance. People stopped shouting at the deputies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1385&ImageId=33935 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"Low riders from East LA showing up to demand justice for Andr\u00e9s Guardado. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E Low riders from East LA showing up to demand justice for Andr\u00e9s Guardado. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAfter about two hours of the tense standoff, deputies in anti-riot gear fired tear gas and what appeared to be rubber bullets at the crowd. At the sound of the shots, people began to flee. Devin Cejas, a Marine veteran, was hit in the face with a projectile. Emily Valdez, a reporter for KNX 1070 News Radio, was sprayed in the face with a chemical irritant and was treated by protesters who poured milk on her face.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u201cProtesters didn't do anything violent for the cops to shoot at them,\u201d said Alexis, 36, a Los Angeles resident, of the police violence she witnessed. She declined to give her last name for safety reasons, worried about being harassed online. \u201cThe cops were just antagonizing them,\u201d she said in reference to the protesters. Other protesters who knelt in front of the deputies with their hands up were arrested after more shots were fired.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33937 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"Marine Veteran Devin Cejas was injured in the forehead by a projectile shot by L.A. County Sheriff deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station.\u00a0Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E Marine Veteran Devin Cejas was injured in the forehead by a projectile shot by L.A. County Sheriff deputies outside the Compton Sheriff Station.\u00a0Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u201cIf you are a troublemaker, you will be arrested,\u201d a Sheriff\u2019s helicopter flying overhead said via loudspeaker. \u201cThis is an unlawful assembly. You need to leave the area or you will be arrested.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003EThe Salvadoran community was joined in the protest by the Mexican community and supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. Najee Ali, a long time South Los Angeles activist, who is African American and helped direct the march, told me, \u201cEveryone across America is talking about Black Lives Matter, and they do. Latino lives matter, too, and it is important to support the Latino community when they need us the most.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E    \u003Cfigure class=\"pict pict_land pict_move_posc 0 cs_img cs_img--curr rule--ss_c\" data-shot=\"pict\" data-hint=\"pict\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"pict__pobj text-overflow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=https:\/\/elfaro.net\/get_img?ImageWidth=2048&ImageHeight=1366&ImageId=33931 class=\"pobj\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" rel=\"resizable\" alt=\"As well as Black Lives Matter, protesters\u00a0chanted and used the hashtag #latinolivesmatter in the days following Guardado's death. Photo: Francisco Lozano\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfigcaption class=\"pict__text cs_img_caption folk_content typo_buttons line--ss_s0c line--ss_s0c--auto block full-width text-overflow rule--ss_l relative\"\u003E \u003Cdiv class=\"__content block-inline full-width align-top tint-text--idle relative\"\u003E As well as Black Lives Matter, protesters\u00a0chanted and used the hashtag #latinolivesmatter in the days following Guardado's death. Photo: Francisco Lozano \u003C\/div\u003E \u003C\/figcaption\u003E \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"}

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