LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. Hear our news on-air at our partner site:
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
This is not what you expect to see on Halloween night, but so be it. Hollywood Boulevard last night was so packed--at one point, pedestrians were not allowed to cross Hollywood and Highland--that if expressing free speech was impeding the flow of foot traffic, the police asked you to move on. In this case, it appeared, a group preaching the Lord's word would not move on. After a few minutes of arguing with LAPD officers, the group's apparent leader was put in cuffs and either detained or booked.
Later in the Evening: Two Shootings in Hollywood Leave 5 Injured