Ezell Ford demonstrators confront Mayor Eric Garcetti outside Hancock Park home

HANCOCK PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A group protesting the shooting death of Ezell Ford remained outside Mayor Eric Garcetti's home on Monday and confronted him when he tried to leave.

The demonstrators have been camped out at the mayor's Hancock Park home since Sunday and have vowed to remain until Tuesday, when the LAPD Police Commission is expected to make a ruling on Ford's death.

The demonstrators said they will leave Garcetti's home by 7:30 a.m. and reconvene at the LAPD headquarters for the meeting.

When Garcetti tried to leave his home through a back entrance, some protesters rushed to him and tried to get their voices heard. A protester, who walked in front of the mayor's car, said she was grabbed and thrown to the ground by one of the mayor's security guards.

"One of the protesters was tackled by a member of the mayor's detail," said Jazmyne Cannick, a spokesperson with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, one of the groups staging the demonstration.

The demonstration is part of a 48-hour protest sparked by a Los Angeles Times report stating that LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Inspector General Alex Bustamante believe the two officers involved in Ford's death were justified in their use of deadly force.

LAPD Police Commission President Steve Soboroff declined to confirm or deny the validity of that report.

Garcetti, who was headed for Washington, D.C. on Monday, released a statement about the incident before he left.

In his statement, Garcetti said he couldn't reach Ford's mother Tritobia Ford over the phone but left a message, saying his heart goes out to her and her grieving family.

"I look forward to meeting with her in the coming days. Trust and transparency are the foundation of the relationship between the Los Angeles Police Department and people it serves. I have confidence that the Police Commission will conduct an impartial and fair-minded review of the investigations conducted by both the LAPD and the independent Inspector General," the statement read.

Ford was fatally shot by two officers near his home on Aug. 11, 2014. LAPD officials have previously said the unarmed 25-year-old was resisting arrest and grabbed an officer's handgun. Ford's family disputes that account and says they have no faith in the investigation or the LAPD.

The family has filed a $75 million claim against the city and a federal civil rights lawsuit against the department and the two officers who shot him.