Posted on 05/04/2007 3:32:17 PM PDT by SmithL
Los Angeles (AP) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa cut short a trade mission to Mexico to return home Friday amid angry criticism of city police who clashed with protesters and journalists.
Villaraigosa's decision underscored the seriousness of the fallout from Tuesday's melee in MacArthur Park, where police beat reporters and demonstrators with batons and fired more than 240 rubber bullets into a crowd that included children. Officers say they responded after being pelted by rocks and bottles.
No one was seriously hurt but images of officers swinging batons and knocking people to the ground have been played repeatedly on cable TV newscasts, ramping up the pressure on Villaraigosa to return from the trade mission.
Villaraigosa planned an afternoon news conference to talk about the incident, which is the focus of four investigations, including one by the FBI.
State legislators, immigration activists and others gathered Friday at MacArthur Park to denounce police conduct during the altercation, which occurred at the end of a large immigrant rights demonstration.
"There are no excuses, a simple apology is not going to suffice," said state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, a Democrat and close ally of the mayor. "To say we are outraged is an understatement. We want those responsible in the highest levels of the LAPD to pay consequences."
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Now that Paris Hilton is heading to jail, Mayor Teeth came home for no reason...the cameras are gone
MS 13
Ain’t that the truth.
Hilarious!
The LAPD should cease all operations until the mayor, his administration and his illegal constituents have a change of heart. Let them see how MS-13 will police L.A.
Are you kidding? For a City Council that was going to bestow riches on firefighter Tenney Pierce for eating a mouthful of dog food, that's ... spins Wheel of Fortune ... a HUNDRED MILLION dollar bruise!
A higly successful operation by the radical left. Cause a
ruckus to bring the police down on the crowd, then disappear. This is a typical maneuver the left has used for many, many years. Notice the media play along by not delving into who is really behind these demonstations.
My, my! did I type that?
Higly should be highly, and demonstations should be
demonstrations. Sorry.
David Hernandez of Choose Black America was on the 1st hour (3 PM PST) of Roger Hedgecock today. He said that 15 LAPD officers were injured and taken away in ambulances, and that he could not find out anything about the extent of their injuries...
He said that there were more LAPD officers injured than the rioting illegal aliens...
I keep thinking that about the SFPD, too.
Stay tuned to Calif. politics at its best....Villaragosa mayor of Los Angeles for GOVERNOR of Calif...Bobby Nunez,California Assembly Leader, for Mayor of Los Angeles, the second largest “third world” city in the world..and Arnold the terminator,who promised not to take special interest money; he was going to blow up the boxes of the state government workers and educators...appears well situated to run for VICE PRESIDENT of United States either on the dem. or repub. party....or maybe both parties....Arnold never was a loser, ya know.....
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