Protests outside, a Zoom meeting inside: LAUSD weighs defunding school police
The L.A. Unified school board considers the future of the L.A. School Police Department.
![LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 23: Jesika Lee Foster, right, a LAUSD parent joins members of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and their supporters as they hold a demonstration outside LAUSD headquarters during the School Board Zoom meeting to demand that the Board of Education defund school police, reallocating funds to other student-serving initiatives. Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e360a29/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2288+0+0/resize/1440x915!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F38%2F24%2F7f106a054beea2f2499125bc1fcf%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-12-als.jpg)
Students, activists and others march to LAUSD headquarters Tuesday to urge the school board to defund school police. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Los Angeles School Police Sgt. Nestor Gonzalez and School Board member Monica Garcia.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ee9e310/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2405+0+0/resize/1437x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd1%2F1c%2F6d527f994d6f83d5c2ba87dd7603%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-2-als.jpg)
Los Angeles School Police Sgt. Nestor Gonzalez and school board member Monica Garcia have a discussion before the LAUSD Zoom meeting in Los Angeles. Garcia was the only board member who was at L.A. Unified headquarters in person. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter L.A., speaks to supporters.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bfc0413/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2444+0+0/resize/1414x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2F50%2Fdb10e3d5499f9d4b8a6b16e2d634%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-7-als.jpg)
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter-L.A., speaks to supporters at the demonstration outside LAUSD headquarters. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Teacher Johana Cervantes and others at Tuesday's meeting recite the Pledge of Allegiance.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ff74997/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2488+0+0/resize/1389x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2b%2F93%2F7cd2296741d3bf0e21695ab7cc46%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-10-als.jpg)
Teacher Johana Cervantes and others at Tuesday’s meeting recite the Pledge of Allegiance. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
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![Liliana Ruiz, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez at the protest.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/269852a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2303+0+0/resize/1440x921!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F63%2F4d%2F939a63c7496c95c6c403b6b03f8e%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-11-als.jpg)
Liliana Ruiz, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez, center, join members of Black Lives Matter-L.A. and others at the protest. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![School police Sgt. Nestor Gonzalez prays before the LAUSD board meeting.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3647efc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2258+0+0/resize/1440x903!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F01%2Fd7%2F2dc5aae8402aa69fb9729bd29e6e%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-1-als.jpg)
Los Angeles school police Sgt. Nestor Gonzalez prays before the LAUSD board meeting on defunding school police. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Activists demonstrate at Tuesday's meeting.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4780ded/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2400+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbf%2F26%2Fa7e185204ec682900440040f4b02%2Fla-photos-1staff-562649-la-me-school-police-protest-13-als.jpg)
Activists demonstrate at Tuesday’s meeting, demanding that school police be defunded. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)