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Riot Police Break Up SoCal Immigration Rally
NBC San Diego ^ | May 1, 2007 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/01/2007 9:05:31 PM PDT by I_Publius

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.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images: Riot Police Called To L.A. Rally --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; anarchy; assaultinganofficer; california; chaos; crime; illegalimmigrants; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; lapd; losangeles; riot
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I saw the video of this on my local Spanish news channel tonight and did not see anything about this on my local English channels. The Spanish stations are showing the riot police beating and pushing people, including children, reporters, and others.

Does anyone have any other information on this?

Just curious.

1 posted on 05/01/2007 9:05:39 PM PDT by I_Publius
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To: I_Publius

There’s a cnn report on YouTube


2 posted on 05/01/2007 9:09:07 PM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: I_Publius

Good, hope they busted some leftscum skulls.

The left is more of an enemy of life and freedom than the Islamists. Anyone who doesn’t realize that is not paying attention to history or the objective world.


3 posted on 05/01/2007 9:13:21 PM PDT by piytar
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To: I_Publius

The police were beating children?


4 posted on 05/01/2007 9:15:13 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: Texas_Jarhead

"Let me introduce you to Special Order 41!"

5 posted on 05/01/2007 9:16:42 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: piytar

yeah, I wish.

However, the Communist left have lead these sheep-els along to the slaughter and they in turn have brought their children along. Innocents, the non-leaders, are going to get hurt, which is a shame.


6 posted on 05/01/2007 9:17:00 PM PDT by I_Publius
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To: I_Publius

Press Conference upcoming with LAPD Chief Bratton


7 posted on 05/01/2007 9:18:24 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

If that photograph depicted the violence it pretends to portray, there’d be a crack in the camera objective.

Staged rubbish.


8 posted on 05/01/2007 9:18:41 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Texas_Jarhead

No. I saw a repeat of the video and they showed children crying and being comforted by their Mothers, but I didn’t see any children get beat. I did see, however, a riot officer take a swing with his baton at a father carrying a toddler as the father was running past. I couldn’t tell if the father and child were actually hit, though.

Wrong place...wrong time, I guess.

I just hate it that so many innoncents were lead out to marches like this under the guise of peace, not knowing that today is the national communist/anarchist holiday.


9 posted on 05/01/2007 9:19:57 PM PDT by I_Publius
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To: SpaceBar

I turned my police scanner off around 4pm after hearing about the middle school boy molested by someone in the crowd...

letting kids ditch school has bad consequences...


10 posted on 05/01/2007 9:20:33 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: SpaceBar

Nope. Not staged. There were too many live videos I have seen from various resources. Unfortunately, I’m betting there was too much pressure on the officers and a few lost their cool, which, as I can imagine, could happen easily in that environment.


11 posted on 05/01/2007 9:21:37 PM PDT by I_Publius
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"I did see, however, a riot officer take a swing with his baton at a father carrying a toddler as the father was running past."

Yikes. 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.
12 posted on 05/01/2007 9:22:36 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: I_Publius

They were being rock and bottled. Standard response. Happens nearly every week during the summer.


13 posted on 05/01/2007 9:23:02 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: I_Publius
I’m betting

Me too,how much?

14 posted on 05/01/2007 9:24:26 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
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To: BurbankKarl

LOL!


15 posted on 05/01/2007 9:25:28 PM PDT by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: I_Publius

When I mean staged, I mean the protestor knew what the limits were, and the police knew what the limits were. In real conflicts there are no such boundaries. This is pablum for the masses.


16 posted on 05/01/2007 9:25:46 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: NRA2BFree

Those are all SWAT officers manning those less than lethal weapons....


17 posted on 05/01/2007 9:27:12 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

15 LAPD officers received medical attention...


18 posted on 05/01/2007 9:27:51 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Illegal Trash

Get the hell out!

19 posted on 05/01/2007 9:32:14 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: I see my hands

LOL


20 posted on 05/01/2007 9:33:18 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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