FILE - Eldar Avital, 12, left, joins pro-Israel supporters to condemn a violent protest the previous weekend outside Adas Torah synagogue as members of the Jewish community gather at Simon Wiesenthal Center on June 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, June 27, 2024, that federal officials are investigating the weekend demonstration by opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence.
FILE - Pro-Israel and pro- Palestinian protesters argue opposing views near Adas Torah synagogue,. June 23, 2024 in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, June 27, 2024, that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration by opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside the synagogue.(Zoe Cranfill /Los Angeles Times via AP, File(
FILE - A pro- Palestinian protester shouts slogans near Adas Torah synagogue, June 23, 2024 in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, June 27, 2024, that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration by opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside the synagogue.
Feds investigating violence during pro-Palestinian protest outside Los Angeles synagogue
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside a Los Angeles synagogue
FILE - Eldar Avital, 12, left, joins pro-Israel supporters to condemn a violent protest the previous weekend outside Adas Torah synagogue as members of the Jewish community gather at Simon Wiesenthal Center on June 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, June 27, 2024, that federal officials are investigating the weekend demonstration by opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence.
Damian Dovarganes - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - Pro-Israel and pro- Palestinian protesters argue opposing views near Adas Torah synagogue,. June 23, 2024 in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, June 27, 2024, that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration by opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside the synagogue.(Zoe Cranfill /Los Angeles Times via AP, File(
Zoe Cranfill - member, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - A pro- Palestinian protester shouts slogans near Adas Torah synagogue, June 23, 2024 in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, June 27, 2024, that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration by opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside the synagogue.
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration against in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside a Los Angeles synagogue.
Fighting between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprotesters erupted Sunday outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood and police were called in to break it up. One person was arrested.
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