Entries from LAist tagged with 'riot'
January 26, 2008
LAPD: "You have three minutes to disperse." See the story from earlier today: 9 USC Students Partied Too Hard Last Night From the blog, SketchyTown:It all started—as most things at the University of Southern California tend to generate from—on Facebook. Advertised by its creator, Mr. Al Ligator—a self-proclaimed party planner—as “the most epic party you have ever seen” with a projected “very large turnout,” the event drew RSVPs from over 1,800 USC students. Soon......
Continue Reading "Last Night at USC's 'Riot' -- 2 Videos*"May 2, 2007
The LAPD's civil rights consent decree just got extended this past summer for another three years. Do videos like this and witness accounts help end this decree and get more officers back on the street instead of desk duty for consent decree paperwork? Not really. Here is some excerpts from Daniel Hernandez's blog: "The sight of cops standing shoulder-to-shoulder menacingly holding batons drew more onlookers, which drew more cops, which drew more onlookers. The......
Continue Reading "Is the LAPD asking for an extended consent decree?"