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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“You isn’t from L.A.! This is L.A. No burning!”
Was there violence in Chicago after the recent Black Hawk victory for the Stanley Cup?
Is there violence in LA whenever the Lakers win a championship? This happened before, IIRC.
is there usually violence in other cities when their teams win a championship?
You can’t compare a ghetto to other cities. Los Angeles is a hell hole and needs a fence around it. They should have called in the National Guard on these people. Rubber bullets? Why? If police officers lives were in danger, I see nothing wrong with live ammunition.
A yob is a yob whether the setting is an English soccer ground or an Amercian basketball arena.
A fence, then a battery of 105’s from 5 miles...
Why risk valuable lives?
The picture isn’t very clear - I can’t tell whether these are illegal immigrants or Obama voters.
I could only imagine what would happen if they lost! Bunch of freakin animals out there.
You say that as if they're mutually exclusive.
Those morons would have done the same thing if the Lakers had lost!
Hey, idiots, it’s just a ball game!!
“The picture isn’t very clear - I can’t tell whether these are illegal immigrants or Obama voters.”
Illegal ALIENS ARE Obama voters! Why do you think they want amnesty for millions and millions more to come?
One in the same.
Wow, a bunch of skinheads.
“Rushed onto the freeway, disrupting traffic”????
Notice that with your TV sound muted you can’t tell if they won or lost..... or if it’s a Nat Geo documentary....
I bet the celebs quit going. It will be getting a little to hot for them. They will see the violence up close and personal.
When the Houston Rockets won their two NBA Championships there was no violence—just a lot of merry-making in the streets.
More:
[snips]2 officers hurt in Los Angeles Lakers victory clashes; downtown property damaged [Updated]
Crowds broke windows of storefronts, jumped on cars, set at least 15 small fires and threw objects at police.
The LAPD reported 38 arrests. There were also several injuries, but the exact number was not clear.
An LAPD officer was hit in the head by an object apparently thrown at him and suffered a broken nose.
A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy was hit in the head with a rock at a light rail station platform, said Sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker.
At 7th and Flower streets, a crowd of more than 500 people surrounded a Metro bus and numerous people attempted to pull the bus driver out through the driver’s side window, Parker said. Deputies deployed tear gas and sting balls, causing the crowd to disperse. They rescued the bus driver and the occupants of the bus.
A taxi driver was attacked, and his taxi was set on fire, Parker said. While rescuing him, rocks and bottles were thrown at deputies, who used sting balls and stun bags to break up the crowd, he said. They rescued the driver and, with the help of LAPD officers, took him out of the area.
Police fired non-lethal rounds to disperse a crowd at Figueroa Street and Venice Boulevard after several small fires were set. Fires were also set at 11th and Hope streets, and at 7th and Flower streets, a taxicab was engulfed in flames.
At least one person was beaten as fights broke out on Flower Street near Olympic Boulevard, officials said.
At La Bella Cucina, in the 900 block of Figueroa Street, customers began throwing bottles, knocking over tables and stealing bottles of liquor, said restaurant manager Christian LaBella.
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
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