The city of Beverly Hills announced that a curfew was being imposed starting at 8 p.m Saturday and lasting until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, mirroring announcements made for Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Pasadena.
Sign-carrying protesters chanting "Eat the rich" came to Beverly Hills' famed shopping street Rodeo Drive today as part of a series of demonstrations over the in-custody death of George Floyd.
Signs carried by protesters included, "George Floyd did not deserve to be murdered," "Justice for George Floyd" and "Black lives matter."
Many protesters ignored social-distancing recommendations.
Stores on Rodeo, like other nonessential stores throughout the state, have been closed since early March due to stay-at-home orders related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Shortly before 4 p.m., automated telephone calls were made to Beverly Hills residents saying protesters are entering the city and urging residents to stay to home and motorists should avoid the area.
The Beverly Hills City Council held what it described as an "emergency meeting to discuss the current ongoing civil unrest within Los
Angeles County'' earlier Saturday.
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Floyd died Monday after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white Minneapolis Police Department officer, Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on the 46-year-old man's neck for several minutes while three other officers looked on.
Video footage of the arrest, in which Floyd is heard saying "I can't breathe," spread widely online, and all four officers were fired.
Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree
manslaughter on Friday.
