The amount of May Day protesters in Los Angeles on Thursday did not come anywhere near the expected number, or that of previous years, totaling only 8,500 in three separate demonstrations in Downtown. Many different groups joined to support their own causes, including Native Americans, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance (LGBTA), and immigrants from South Korea, the Philippines and Japan, all competing for attention.

Photos by Brian Mount, Daily Sundial

Billy Down thought that he would never ride again after he broke both his tibia and fibula in his lower left leg while riding in the hills behind Moorpark in 2003. Down had to have surgery, where doctors inserted a metal rod into his tibia bone, attaching both parts of the bone with metal screws to keep his leg in place while they were able to heal.