Demonstrators march west on 1st Street to Staples Center, the site of the Democratic National Convention in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, August 16, 2000. The march against police brutality departed from LAPD headquarters at Parker Center.

Police charge media members and protesters at the intersection of Olympic Blvd. and Figueroa Ave. Wednesday, 16 August 2000. The tense confrontation occured at the end of a march against police brutality.

Marchers observe a moment of silence Thursday, 17 August 2000, in honor of immigrants who died trying to gain entry into the U.S. Anti-sweatshop labor activists joined a march for immigrant rights on Figueroa Blvd outside the site of the Democratic National Convention.