Youth activists call for action following Monterey Park shooting
LA TimesYouth and community organizers Victor Shi, Shekinah Deocares, Anna Pham, Shaadi Ahmadzadeh and Sim Bilal, from left, participate in a moment of silence in memory of the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shooting victims in front of L.A. City Hall on Saturday. Following the string of mass shootings in recent days, youth activists gathered Saturday evening near the steps of Los Angeles City Hall to express their frustration and anger at the lack of action to end gun violence. The youth activists, including organizers with the March for Our Lives Los Angeles, gathered to honor the victims of last week’s Monterey Park shooting that left 11 people dead. “This blood is on your hands, and your inaction won’t be tolerated anymore.” Sim Bilal, 21, who is Korean and Black, said that he felt a sense of loss after the shooting in Monterey Park.
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