this has all happened before, the LAPD murdered journalist Ruben Salazar, the first journalist to cover the Chicano community in LA, at the Chicano Moratorium March by hitting him with a tear gas projectile

"a coroner's inquest ruled the shooting of the tear gas canister a homicide, but Tom Wilson, the sheriff's deputy involved, was never prosecuted" this was 1970

LA has a vibrant civil rights history that the people in charge of the city would prefer we know nothing about

there's a great and incredibly comprehensive new book out about LA and civil rights in the 60s by Jon Weiner and Mike Davis that I highly recommend! https://www.versobooks.com/books/3164-set-the-night-on-fire