Riot Police Break Up SoCal Immigration Rally

NBC San Diego ^ | May 1, 2007 | Associated Press

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Riot Police Break Up SoCal Immigration Rally

POSTED: 7:47 pm PDT May 1, 2007 UPDATED: 8:13 pm PDT May 1, 2007

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- There were tense moments at an immigration rally in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon.

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Riot police were called to a MacArthur Park near downtown and fired rubber bullets at a crowd, officials said.

The incident was caught on tape by several media organizations.

Numerous officers were deployed to the area at dusk.

Police arrested several people suspected of throwing rocks and bottles at officers, said Officer Mike Lopez, a police spokesman.

Police used batons to push several people who had spilled into the street back onto the sidewalk.

There are no reports of injuries. Copyright 2007 by NBCSandiego.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[NRA2BFree]

Do you have the link to the video?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hang on, I’ll ping you to the thread.

[hosepipe]

Civil War is not far off.. Some States are LOST to insurgents already..

[BurbankKarl]

MacArthur Riot 2007
by Jim Anarchrist Tuesday, May. 01, 2007 at 8:31 PM
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LAPD dispersed protesters, because of gangsters throwing bottles and batteries at officers.

I just came back from MacArthur Park. I got hit w/ an LAPD rubber puck on my behind. I’m gonna try to sue. Everything was going well. I was wearing my Anarchist black hoodie w/ my black backpack and black bandana to hide my face, and of course my video camera which I dropped while I was running away.

My Mexican friends were wearing their Zapatista ski masks. We just wanted to protest for equal rights and violence and peace. But these local gangsters, my Mexican friends called them chulos began to aggitate the police. They look very scary, some had ‘XVIII’ tattooed on their heads, others I saw w/ ‘MS 13’ on the back of their necks. They began throwing batteries and bottles at the cops.

We wanted to stop them, but these chulos were out of control. So, the cops formed their lines and began to disperse the crowds. I hate cops, but this time I guess I don’t blame them because these gangsters were undermining our protest.

My friends and I were there to protest w/ our brown worker friends against free trade and oppression and immigration amnesty, but these gangsters ruined it.

We were going to go back to my friend’s house in Echo Park to watch all our videos where we made fun of the cops and drink beer and smoke pot. To me this is the most fun part of being an Anarchist, when we get together and get to stick it to the Man and hang out w/ friends. I usually feel good afterwards because I’m fighting for a good cause.

Now I just have a bruised behind. I hate those gangsters for ruining my 1st protest experience here in Los Angeles. I hope something gets done about those gangsters. As a college educated person who has always worked hard for what I believe in, these gangsters just ruin society as a whole.

[SFC Chromey]

In the You Tube video I saw a cop firing crowd control rounds and this guy next to him was just walking along pushing a stroller like nothing was even happening. I found it odd and a little stupid.

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That is a tactic from the Commie ANSWER group. Picture ‘peaceful’ demonstrators alongside ‘overzealous’ cops. Take advantage of the situation, if the police ‘forget’ that the ‘toddler’ is there, cameras are waiting.

Bastages.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Just like the cowardly Jackals in the middle east send their children out to blow themselves up. The cowardly jackals hell bent upon destroying America, use their children as shields and for propaganda purposes.

If they were this loud, vocal and violent back in Mexico, they would either not have to come here, or would be too dead to do so.

We are not their enemy or their problem. That septic system from whence they came, is.

[Brad’s Gramma]

No. You made that up, right?

[BurbankKarl]

No, its on a lefty board.

[Brad’s Gramma]

How does a person “protest for violence”?

Never mind.....

[weegee]

So many Red Dupes. They are Stalin’s useful idiots and will be mulched up by those carrying the badge when they attack those carrying the badge.

Just as the National Guard should be expected to return fire when the Left take their arms to the streets for Civil War 2.

At what point are ADULTS carrying small children as human shields to be reported to CPS for child abuse? Oh wait, these are the invisible people who cannot be prosecuted as commoners in the States are.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Take advantage of the situation, if the police ‘forget’ that the ‘toddler’ is there, cameras are waiting."

Makes complete sense. If the child is somehow hurt in the process it's no matter cause with that kind of turd the end always justifies the means.

[omnivore]

Wow. Gangsters (organized) can ruin even an anarchist (non-organized) event, to the point where they welcome police (organized). Why do I get the idea that the anarchists will forever be vulnerable to this problem? Or until they organize. At which point they’d have to change their name to the Archists.

[weegee]

We have the Mexican government providing aid to those who are invading our country, whether they come for economic reasons or to escape the corruption does not matter. What is significant is that the same government that sponsors this activity does not permit non-Mexicans protesting in Mexico.

We also have Saudi Arabia sponsoring the establishment of new mosques in the US at the same time prohibiting the practice of any faith other than Islam in Saudi Arabia (Jews are not even permitted to enter the country).

These nations are not our friends and take advantage of our “open” nature.

[Tall_Texan]

Someone left a cake out in the rain?

[boop]

This person who wrote this is incredibly stupid. Anarchy is “fun” and his “brown brothers” ruined his “fun time” at the protest? It completely reads like parody. Although it’s so close to the truth, who knows.

[GraniteStateDad]

Hey buddy, it’s time to get back on your medication...

[KTM rider]

[SARC] it looks like we lost the war in Los Angeles to the insurgents, time for congress to introduce legislation for a timetable for police withdrawal [/SARCASM]

[Tall_Texan]

The unintentional comedy of this blog is just priceless. It practically deserves its own thread just to pick it apart, line by line.

[hosepipe]

[ These nations are not our friends and take advantage of our “open” nature. ]

I wonder if the Iraq War is really a diversion(to allow this) to happen domestically.. All/most eyes are on Iraq.. Pretty smart move if it is..

The Mexican Drug Cartels(governnment) and Muslims are really getting entrenched..

[Bush gal in LA]

‘’Riot police were called to a MacArthur Park near downtown and fired rubber bullets at a crowd, officials said.’’.......MacArthur Park is a terrible area! Lots of homeless, bums,gangs,drugs,and crime go on down there! I guess the ‘’Immigration rally crowd’’ felt right at home!