Looters targeted downtown stores during protests against police violence in Santa Monica, California, on May 31, 2020, following the death of George Floyd This video shows a group of people breaking into an Amazon van in Santa Monica and stealing.

Protesters knelt by the pier Sunday afternoon in memory of George Floyd and other victims of police violence. (Matthew Hall) Until Sunday, Santa Monica had been largely shielded from the consequences of institutional racism.

A journalist for the Washington Examiner has deactivated her social media accounts after a video of her pretending to board up a Santa Monica business went viral.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was seen riding his bike around Santa Monica with a friend on Tuesday morning. The former Governor of California found a moment to stop and look at looted stores.

The famously wealthy enclave of Beverly Hills was the site of looting as windows were smashed at stores like Alexander McQueen, where thousands of dollars of goods were taken. In the upscale beach town of Santa Monica,

Santa Monica police said Monday hundreds of people were arrested - a majority of which were not residents - and multiple businesses were destroyed after mostly peaceful protests turned chaotic over the weekend.

Sunday brought destruction to Santa Monica, Calif. storefronts. Blocks from where protesters peacefully demonstrated, some individuals took advantage of a limited police presence — covering buildings with graffiti,

In a last-minute change, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills moved up their citywide curfews to 1:30 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, in response to the ongoing protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd.

America’s youth have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, in Los Angeles, in New York City, in Washington, D.C., and more, setting fires, burning businesses, looting stores, tossing Molotov cocktails and fighting police.