As I approached the crowd it was noticeably smaller than in previous years. The eventual cheering that came in response to the March's organizers was hearty but not the massive roar I had heard in the three previous marches. Still it was a big crowd, full of dissatisfied and articulate people of both sexes and multiple classes.
Anti Choice protesters attempted to disrupt with Very Tall Signs and a bullhorn or two but were contained by Women's March peace keepers and the LAPD (pictured in photo set 1).
The national movement has been going through changes resulting in three of the founders leaving the board of directors. Their departures were due to remarks or alliances with the BDS movement or pro Palestinian, anti Zionist political stances. Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam also had a major role in the argument.
Also, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles was not invited to participate in the final stage event due to similar criticisms.There were however plenty of Black Lives Matter folks of various ethnicities in this fourth Los Angeles Women's March.
Another division was evident in some of protest graphics which addressed the stance of "trans-exclusionary radical feminists" or TERF's who do not accept transwomen as female.
So the crowd was smaller but everyone seemed to be in sync with the original goal, to defeat Donald J. Trump.
Story and photos (seven sets): Fourth Women's March Los Angeles by Robert Stuart Lowden
Women's March 2020