Hundreds of protesters gather in Leimert Park to rally against police abuse and to remember Ezell Ford, a mentally ill black man killed by LAPD officers in August, on Feb. 21. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters gathered and marched along Martin Luther King Jr. and Crenshaw boulevards in South L.A., shouting phrases such as “Black lives matter.” (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Linda Jay joins the rally against police abuse and to remember Ezell Ford in Leimert Park. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The march was organized by the Black Leadership Coalition to coincide with the 50th anniversary of civil rights leader Malcolm X’s assassination. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)