Thu
May 3 2007
07:54 am

Bratton said officers fired 240 "nonlethal" rounds to clear MacArthur Park late Tuesday. News images showed police hitting a television cameraman to the ground, shoving people who were walking away from officers and injuries from the rubber bullets, including a Hispanic man with welts on his abdomen and back. Lines of officers moved through the park firing the rubber rounds.
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Seven officers suffered minor injuries, and another was pushed off his motorcycle, he said. About 10 people were treated for minor injuries, though authorities expected the number to rise.

The 600 officers at the scene included 100 from the elite Metropolitan Division, considered among the department's most highly trained, who cleared the park.
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"They were pushing children, elderly, mothers with their babies and beating up on the media," Sanbrano said.

Check out the video! Jack-booted police yielding weapons. Quite disturbing.

R. Neal's picture

The FBI is launching a civil

The FBI is launching a civil rights investigation:

(link...)

Bbeanster's picture

That was a sickening

That was a sickening display.
I inherited my Puerto Rican mamma's black hair and brown skin, and at the rate that anti-immigrant sentiment is growing into anti-Hispanic fever, I'm expecting to be asked to show my green card -- or get clubbed over the head, maybe -- any day now.

Andy Axel's picture

The FBI is launching a civil

The FBI is launching a civil rights investigation:

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE LAPD???

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Georgia's in Florida, dumbass!

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