Peacful Protest in Santa Monica, CA by David Goldman

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Peacful Protest in Santa Monica, CA

Copyright David Goldman 2024

Updated Jun 2020

Location Santa Monica, CA

Topics Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Human Rights, Multimedia, Photography, Photojournalism, Protests, Racism

On May 31st, 2020 I was out getting a helmet to protect my head for who knows what. I was told that journalists were being targeted not only by the police but also by people attending protests. With this in mind I went out to get a helmet knowing I would very possibly be subject to some kind of violence weather directly or indirectly. At the sports store I heard a worker mention that there was going to be a protest at Montana and Ocean. Not 2 miles from my home. I went home to grab my gear and head out. At first I thought that the protest was a march that would be heading along Ocean and into Venice but it turns out it was pretty much staying at the corner of Ocean and Montana. I began to document what I saw....

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