Chief William Bratton Orders Elite LAPD Squad to ‘Stand Down’

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May 07

Police Chief William Bratton has ordered 60 members of an elite Los Angeles Police squad to “stand down” and have been taken off the streets due to their actions at the May Day immigration rally. After examining the videos of the MacArthur Park incident, Bratton said:

“I’m not going to defend the indefensible,” Bratton told journalists [...]

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May Day Violence at Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park

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May 02

Last night before I went to bed I thought I heard on the news that the Los Angeles Police Department fired rubber bullets and used tear gas on a group of peaceful marchers who were attending a the pro-immigration rally in MacArthur Park. This morning, RAW Story and Brad Blog confirmed what I thought I [...]

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