Several dozen take to sand and surf for ‘reopen’ protest in Hermosa Beach
Hemosa Beach Police Sergeant Bill Higgins speaks to Ashley Puida and Aaron Reed, who defied the beach closure order during a Friday afternoon protest. Photo and Ryan McDonald Shortly after noon on Friday, newly appointed Hermosa Beach Police Chief Paul LeBaron approached six-foot-seven Aaron Reed, who according to Flex Magazine is the world’s tallest bodybuilder, and told him, “If you step on the beach, you will be issued a citation. No hard feelings.” “No hard feelings,” Reed responded. Reed had organized a protest on social media against the county-wide beach closures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. About three dozen supporters showed up to Plaza, eventually marching on to the beach. Two citations were issued “to the organizer and his associate,” a Hermosa spokesperson said in an email, and images captured on a “drone, body cams and other technology” will be used “to identify any others who encouraged the crowd to go into the beach.” For the first half of the protest it was difficult to distinguish protesters from passersby. Half a dozen people, including a child, carried pieces of white poster board emblazoned with slogans urging the reopening of beaches and…
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