A woman shows her support for Ferguson in front of LAPD HQ (Heidi Carreon/Neon Tommy)

It has been just two days since the Ferguson grand jury decided to not indict Darren Wilson, but marches and demonstrations have become an almost familiar sight in Los Angeles, with drivers honking to show their support. Protesters from all over L.A. stood in front of the courthouse with signs calling for justice for victims of police brutality.

One speaker noted the diversity of the crowd, equating the struggles of all ethnicities by saying, "We are all poor… all lives matter."

Some non-black protesters acknowledge that they will never understand the experiences black people go through, but Evelyn Yoshimura, the Community Organizing Director at Little Tokyo Service Center, can sympathize. Yoshimura grew up in a community of Japanese and blacks, and has witnessed the way police treated minority residents in her area, going so far as to blindly accuse kids of being in an Asian gang. 

Members of the Asian-American community, Yoshimura believes, need to care about the issues surrounding Ferguson. A person's ethnicity "doesn't even matter," she said. "Whoever is going to be the chosen target at the time, we have to stand up against it because eventually, it's going to be our turn."

While some of the protestors were turning out for their very first walk along the picket line, other protestors arrived with long histories of fighting for social justice. 

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Owen Edinger, who grew up in China and was in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square protests, moved to the United States to be in a country that "didn't commit horrible crimes against their own people." Edinger came to protests in support of Ferguson because he has witnessed the damage done by authorities with unchecked power.

"When something like this happens, it is a sign of outright racism and outright corruption in the system," said Edinger. 

Other protesters like Munera Gardezi came to stand in solidarity with Ferguson despite anti-black sentiment from some members of their ethnic community. Gardezi thinks that it's important for all South Asians to care about Ferguson. "We will never experience being black in this country, but we do face other oppressions," she said. "And it's important that we all come together in order to face our own anti-blackness too."

Many gave speeches in front of the courthouse as individuals listened, chanted and clapped. Some of these speakers included a city council candidate's daughter, a member of the Revolution Club and a member of Radical Women. They all discussed the importance of coming together in protest and opposing police brutality.

A member from the Coalition for Community Control Over the Police mentioned Damon Turner. He is a member of the organization Black Lives Matter, and was arrested this morning due to protesting. The crowd applauded as the speaker honored Turner's efforts.

LAPD officers escorted protesters down the street as they joined a crowd chanting and marching in front of LAPD Headquarters.