Over 3,500 Protest Karabakh Attacks in LA, Staging Spontaneous Sit-In

Over 3,500 gathered at the Azeri Consulate General in LA to protest attacks on Artsakh

BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN

LOS ANGELES—More than 3,500 community members heeded the calls from the Armenian Youth Federation on Friday and gathered in front of the Azerbaijani Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard to protest Baku’s savage attacks on Artsakh, where civilians and children were also targets of the Azeri aggression.

At one point during the peaceful rally, the protesters, who were huddled on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Granville Avenue, began to cross the street northbound and staged a spontaneous sit-in in the middle of the street, blocking eastbound and westbound traffic.

Chanting, “Not One Inch,â€