Marty had been tear-gassed in Portland during the protests against George Floyd’s murder, stood up for refugees in Northern France, and marched through the streets of D.C. in 2020. But the most violent police forces she has ever encountered were here at home in Los Angeles.
“There's something about Los Angeles police that just insinuates violence as a part of their job, and that's fucking scary,” Marty told L.A. TACO during an interview earlier this month. “That is a scary distinction.”
Marty, who is using an alias for her own protection, experienced this violence first-hand from local law enforcement here in L.A. last month.
On June 14, like millions of other Americans, Marty hit the streets of Downtown Los Angeles for “No Kings Day,” a national protest against the Trump Administration.
The protest started off peacefully and relatively calmly.