Photos: Protest against Arizona immigration law in Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard at the Highland Avenue intersection was closed down for more than four hours Thursday as dozens of immigrant-rights activists rallied in protest on the first day of Arizona’s new immigration law.
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Carla Gonzalez with the Community Rights Campaign uses a megaphone to motivate protesters rallying on the first day of Arizona’s new immigration law. Their demonstration at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Highland Avenue closed all traffic for more than four hours.
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Marchers fill the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Highland Avenue, causing traffic disruptions for four hours.
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Ten protesters whose arms were chained together lay down in the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Highland Avenue to protest Arizona’s new immigration law. Traffic through the intersection was closed for four hours.
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Tamara Rettino gives a massage to one of the protesters whose arms were chained to others’ at Thursday’s rally at Wilshire and Highland.
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Tamara Rettino gives water to one of the protesters who chained themselves together and lay down in the middle of the intersection of Wilshire and Highland.
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Los Angeles police officers move in to arrest 10 protesters whose arms were chained together and who lay down in the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Highland Avenue, closing the streets for more than four hours. Officers had to use special equipment to cut the chains off before arrests could take place.
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