Posted on 06/18/2010 3:41:47 PM PDT by traumer
Crowds hurl bottles and other objects at police, smash marquees, jump on vehicles, break windows and light a small fire along Figueroa Street. At least one person is beaten unconscious.
Despite a massive Los Angeles police presence Thursday night, sporadic violence broke out near Staples Center after the Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.
Crowds hurled bottles and other objects at police, smashed marquees, jumped on vehicles, broke windows, and set rubbish dumpsters and vehicles on fire along Figueroa Street north of Staples Center and on Flower Street.
Police fired non-lethal rounds to disperse the crowd at Figueroa and Venice Boulevard after several small fires were set, as well as at 11th and Hope streets. At 7th and Flower, a car believed to be a taxicab was engulfed in flames.
At least one person was beaten unconscious as fights broke out on Flower Street near Olympic Boulevard. A bicyclist was injured when struck by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department vehicle near 11th and Flower streets, according to the LAPD.
In all, there were multiple injuries but no loss of life, officials said. One police officer suffered a broken nose. As night wore on, fire crews responded to many rubbish fires and some vehicle fires, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The LAPD declared an unlawful assembly moments after the game ended.
Hundreds of officers in patrol cars, on foot and on horseback moved in to clear streets and break up the crowds. At least 12 people were arrested for crimes including public drunkenness, vandalism and inciting a riot. One person was arrested for assault on a police officer, authorities said.
Several dozen people rushed onto the 10 Freeway near Figueroa and Washington boulevards, disrupting traffic, the California Highway Patrol said.
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How do you like our Sanctuary City for illegal aliens now that we get some anglo media face time for a change
you racist bastards, in your face O’Rielly, Beck and Hannity,
Geraldo, wtf ???
love,
Paco
See, in that picture right there, you can see that these are mostly all illegals who don't fear the law because the socialist liberals have decided to not enforce our laws on these people as they will freely tell you, in LA it's Special order 40, in other areas, they don't like the public to know about it and try to ignore you if you are curious about it.
Sanctuary Cities are enablers of this and theft of taxpayers money with the blessing of a racist congressman/woman to keep the machine oiled with our dollars.
It's tough to defeat them when many areas in So. Calif have a 3 to 1 ratio of people to illegals, and guess who they get to represent them ... yep!
Not a law and order candidate either.
Just like the 6th Str. in Austin TX..... :o)
Aren’t these Undocumented Spectators just doing the Jobs that Americans won’t do?? Why did the Mayor Villar ask all the Undocumented Spectators to Stay Home?? Was it RACIST?? Why would the LAPD enforce laws against the Undocumented Spectators in the first place?? They are only UNDOCUMENTED SPECTATORS looking for a better life.
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