Crowd Marches To Protest Police Shooting In Rampart District

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second weekend in a row, protesters rallied near the spot where a Los Angeles Police officer shot a Guatemalan day laborer who was carrying a knife.

Police spokesman Cleon Joseph says demonstrators marched through the Rampart district starting about 9 a.m. Saturday to protest the Sept. 5 shooting death of Manuel Jaminez.

Joseph said the rally, which lasted about three hours, was peaceful and there were no arrests. He declined to estimate the size of the crowd, but said it was "small."

Less than a hundred people gathered in the same area last Saturday.

The 37-year-old Jaminez was shot in the head after a confrontation with officers on a street corner. Police said Jaminez was drunk and had attempted to stab passers-by.

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