‘It’s a slap in the face’: LA activists protest mayor’s police budget increase

Families of people killed by Los Angeles police called this week's verdict in Chauvin trial a win, but are pushing forward with demands to defund

Los Angeles activists denounced a budget proposal by the mayor that includes increases to the law enforcement budget, one day after the conviction of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis fueled renewed scrutiny of police across the US.

Protesters who gathered outside a local police union building near downtown LA on Wednesday celebrated the rare guilty verdict in a police murder case, but also called for systemic changes locally, including the defunding of the LA police department (LAPD).