Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA
April 24 2005
2,000 Armenians march for genocide recognition
By Press-Telegram wire reports
LOS ANGELES – About 2,000 Armenians marched to the Turkish Consulate
in Los Angeles Saturday to demand that Turkey recognize the killing
of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks as a genocide,
police said.
The march, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation, began in
Hollywood at 3 p.m. and arrived at the Turkish Consulate at 4801
Wilshire Blvd. about an hour later, said Sgt. David Brown of the Los
Angeles Police Department.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress