On May 30, an estimated 2,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Beverly Hills in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer, as well as other African Americans killed by authorities in recent years. In condemnation of racially charged police brutality, throngs of protestors entered the City during the mid-afternoon, after demonstrators clashed with police in the Fairfax District by blocking traffic and setting police cars ablaze. Unrest saturated the City.
The turbulence and chaos that erupted last Saturday is unmatched in the history of Beverly Hills. The anger unleashed was evocative of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which broke out after the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen on all but one charge connected with the severe beating of Rodney King.
