A Beverly Hills rally protesting the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini drew an enormous crowd on Nov. 3. Shoppers and tourists stopped to watch as the crowd, estimated by the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) to be more than a thousand people, marched over a mile from City Hall, bringing the Business Triangle to a standstill on a busy Saturday afternoon.
Amini died in police custody in Iran on Sept. 16 after the Iranian morality police allegedly arrested her for wearing her headscarf too loosely, violating the country’s strict Islamic laws. Iranian authorities said Amini died of heart failure, which her family has denied.
