A California mayor was forced to flee for safety after Black Lives Matter activists at a town-hall meeting in a church in the southern part of Los Angeles grew too loud and angry, and swarmed the room.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti attended the event to address Black Lives Matter members' questions about the economy. But the crowd grew loud and angry, and Garcetti was ultimately forced to leave, surrounded by a sea of law enforcement.
Reverend Kelvin Sauls with the Holman United Methodist Church told the activists at one point, NBC News reported: "If you are interested in having a civil conversation, we are going to ask you to remain here. If not, I am going to ask you to leave."
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The crowd members only chanted louder, however, NBC News reported.
"Black lives, they matter here," the group chanted.
Garcetti, meanwhile, was rushed from the building, surrounded by Los Angeles Police Department officers.
Protesters blocked his car and one even ran across the hood.
"No justice, no peace. No racist police," the activists shouted, the news outlet reported.
The activists said they only wanted to communicate their needs to the mayor.
The mayor's office, meanwhile, responded to the chaos with this statement, reported by NBC News: "We had hundreds of South LA residents attend a community meeting, leaders, business owners, mothers and children, who took time out of their evening to discuss the critical issues that matter most to all of us. I am disappointed that our conversation was cut short when there is so much work for us to do together to make our neighborhoods stronger and safer. I believe in our city and my commitment to our shared concerns continues, stronger than ever."
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