Tag: La Mesa protests

On Aug. 11, La Mesa City Council unanimously voted to hire Hillard Heintze LLC as a consulting service for an after-action report and recommendations on law enforcement practices related to the events of May 30 after a peaceful protest over the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minnesota turned violent resulting in large and small businesses being vandalized, looted...

A group of La Mesa residents formed an unofficial security force in the wake of the May 30 rioting, which left the Union and Chase banks on Spring Street burned to the ground and countless businesses broken into and looted. The La Mesa Civil Defense, organized by local attorney Scott McMillan, met in person June 5 to strategize for that...