A tale of two coasts

In Los Angeles, the crowd for the annual Kwanzaa parade and this year's bonus Black Lives Matter rally afterward numbered three.

The local CBS affiliate tried its best to doll up the proceedings:

Here’s how Mills’ employer, CBS Los Angeles, covered the event:

The 38th annual KwanZaa Gwaride parade made its way down Crenshaw Boulevard Friday, marking the start of the seven-day festival of Kwanzaa.

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The gwaride began at the corner of Crenshaw and Adams boulevards, headed south along Crenshaw to Leimert Park, where organizers held a “Black Lives Matter” rally.

Some participants walked the parade carrying signs underlining important issues to the community, such as police brutality, home foreclosures, judicial corruption, transparency in government and environmental racism.

No mention that the parade lasted only 10 minutes. No mention of the lack of attendees. Hooray for real journalism!

Meanwhile, in New York, at Rafael Ramos's funeral, thousands of police officers turned their backs when De Blasio started speaking.