Police Commander Takes A Knee With Crowd Of Protesters In Solidarity Amid Nationwide #GeorgeFloyd Protest

Los Angeles police commander Cory Palka took a knee with #GeorgeFloyd protesters during demonstrations on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood Monday. George Floyd died after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes despite Floyd’s repeatedly saying "I can't breathe".

Though Chauvin has since been arrested for third-degree murder, the protest is large a fight against all forms of racism at large.

An LAPD officer just took a knee with protesters in West Hollywood. The entire crowd took a knee with him. @LAPDHQ @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/gRawsK0g6Y

— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) June 1, 2020

Palka is seen holding a megaphone to speak with the hundreds of protestors around him.

"If I take a kneel with you guys, will you give me your verbal acknowledgment that this is a peaceful matter?" he asked the crowd.

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The protestors cheered and repeatedly chanted, "Take a knee," as Palka put the megaphone down, bowed his head, and kneeled on the street as the entire crowd joined him in kneeling as a sign that they all understood one another.

"We stand together," Palka told the crowd before adding that the police would stand down so long as the protestors remained peaceful during the rest of the demonstration.

"Within the next 30, 40 minutes if you peacefully go out and return to where you came from, I give you my commitment and honor that you will not see police officers in front of you. Fair enough?" he asked as the protestors responded with cheers.

The solitary act came just hours before police in Washington D.C. employed tear gas and flash grenades to clear a route of protestors for President Donald Trump, who was heading to St. James church for a photo op. I thought I read wrongly too (@photo op) before sharing this post with you

During an address from the White House Rose Garden earlier on Monday, Trump called himself the "president of law and order," and threatened to mobilize the U.S. military in response to ongoing protests across the nation over the death of Floyd.