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selfbnd411 -> Police riot in LA -- 7 reporters beaten (5/4/2007 11:39:36 AM)
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This video speaks for itself--the LAPD specifically targeted reporters for beatings--7 were injured, including several who were beaten live on the air. The LAPD fired projectiles indiscriminately, discharging 240 rounds in violation of department policy against the indiscriminate use of projectiles. Lest you think that the response was violent enough to warrant this level of force, consider that the officers did not make a single arrest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeO6D5tzag8
Chief vows full inquiry into violence
Bratton questions LAPD tactics in sweeping protesters out of MacArthur Park during May Day rally.
By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Times Staff Writers
May 3, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd3may03,0,3485988.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" about his officers' tactics in dispersing a crowd at an immigration rights rally, where police wielded batons and fired 240 "less-than-lethal" rounds at demonstrators and reporters.
Bratton promised an aggressive investigation as public outrage grew over the police actions Tuesday that left at least 10 people with minor injuries — including seven reporters — and raised serious questions about whether officers overreacted when they moved aggressively to disperse a largely peaceful crowd. Eight officers were treated for minor injuries at the scene.
Edit to add:
"L.A. news crews won the right to cover public protests even when police declare it an unlawful assembly as part of a lawsuit brought on behalf of a handful of journalists who were assaulted by the L.A.P.D. while covering the 2000 Democratic National Convention in L.A."
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2007/05/4348_lapd_at_it_agai.html
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