As I was talking to 3 Salvadoran guys on Sixth Street while people were out on the streets for the 3rd night protesting the police killing of a Guatemalan Mayan migrant day laborer, the cops rolled up, a cop jumped out gun drawn pointed at the head of the man I was speaking with, screaming "hands on your head, down on the ground, cross your legs". Luckily the guy spoke enough English to obey as 6 other cars rolled up, cops boiled out and arrested all three men. They justified the drawn gun bust claiming they were assault with a deadly weapon suspects. (Did they get videotaped throwing a bottle the night before?) A few minutes later, as I was on the corner of the vigil a block away, another half dozen cops ran by and busted a guy leaning on a fence, later claiming he had a screw driver in his belt (not unlikely for a day laborer either). Here's two more LA Times reports (don't forget they can't even report their lies accurately, they got the name of the RCP wrong yesterday):
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/lapd-squad-cars-chase-after-protesters-on-6th-street-in-westlake.html>LAPD squad cars chase after protesters on 6th Street in Westlake September 8, 2010 | 9:10 pm Riot-clad Los Angeles police officers in patrol cars Wednesday night were playing a cat-and-mouse game with throngs of protesters along 6th Street in the third straight day of violent clashes following the deadly shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant who allegedly threatened officers and passersby by with a knife. A few hundred people had gathered at Burlington Avenue and 6th in Westlake, where some hurled bottles at squad cars. Others shouted "Pig!" and profanities at officers as they got out of their vehicles, rifles in their hands. At least one fire was lighted, but it was quickly extinguished. Dozens of police cars, lights flashing and sirens wailing, chased after groups of protesters who were running along 6th, near the scene where Manuel Jamines, 37, was shot Sunday afternoon by an LAPD officer. The LAPD earlier declared a modified tactical alert, holding over extra patrol officers. -- Joel Rubin and Esmeralda Bermudez at 6th Street and Burlington Avenue LAPD Chief Beck heckled by angry crowd at Westlake community meeting [Updated] September 8, 2010 | 7:42 pm LAPD Westlake meeting2 Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck was heckled Wednesday night as he addressed an angry crowd that had gathered at a Westlake school for a community meeting in the aftermath of a deadly police shooting. The crowd shouted: "Boo!" "Killers!" and "Assassins!" as Beck took the microphone at John H. Liechty Middle School. "I hope we came here to have a discussion," Beck said. "Please, let's respect each other." Beck had to step away from the microphone as the heckling continued. [Updated 7:49 p.m.: Beck returned to the microphone after a few minutes and promised that the LAPD would conduct a "fair investigation" of the shooting.] The meeting was conducted in Spanish and English in the heavily immigrant neighborhood, where officials were hoping to ease tensions after two days of violent protest following the shooting Sunday afternoon of Manuel Jamines, 37. The LAPD said Jamines, a Guatemalan immigrant who worked as a day laborer, threatened passersby and three police officers with a knife and refused repeated commands in Spanish and English to drop the weapon. He was fatally shot by one of the officers near 6th Street and Union Avenue. Councilman Ed Reyes, whose district includes Westlake, also addressed the crowd. "We're here trying to air our concerns in a peaceful manner," he said. -- Esmeralda Bermudez in Westlake Photo: A standing-room-only crowd gathers at John H. Liechty Middle School for a meeting about the recent officer-involved shooting of a man. Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
