UNITED STATES: POLICE ARREST 45 DEMONSTRATORS ON SECOND DAY OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN LOS ANGELES

Record ID: 338306

  • Title: UNITED STATES: POLICE ARREST 45 DEMONSTRATORS ON SECOND DAY OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN LOS ANGELES
  • Date: 15th August 2000
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 15, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV: POLICE HOLDING PROTESTERS AT BAY AT INTERSECTION 0.11 2. PULL OUT: POLICE FORMING LINE OF DEFENCE 0.17 3. MV POLICE IN STREET PAN TO POLICE BUS 0.25 4. VARIOUS OF POLICE LOADING HANDCUFFED PROTESTERS INTO BUSES (2 SHOTS) 0.58 5. SV: ARRESTEE BEING PLACED INSIDE POLICE CAR 1.08 6. PAN: POLICE BUS DEPARTING FOR JAIL 1.33 7. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMANDER DAVID KALISH OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (LAPD) SAYING "Some of the individuals covered their faces to mask their identity, then they attacked the business of the 600 block of South Olive (Street), banging on the doors and threatening the people on the inside. At that time, officers moved in and detained indificuals and arrested them. 45 people under arrest, 45. It appears at this time, fifteen may be juveniles and the rest, another thirty, may be adults. 2.00 8. VARIOUS OF ARRESTEES POSSESSIONS LAID OUT ON GROUND, INCLUDING ALLEGEDLY DANGEROUS WEAPONS 2.06 9. SCU: KALISH DEMONSTRATING TO MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, SLINGSHOTS, AND OTHER WEAPONS, CONFISCATED DURING THE ARREST 2.28 10. PAN: POLICE MARCHING IN FORMATION 2.44 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAF3RGAJJM8M5QA5ITOVEWH5H9H
  • Story Text: Day two of the National Democratic Convention has seen
    a building of tensions between police and protesters,
    resulting in dozens of arrests in downtown Los Angeles.


    45 demonstrators were arrested Tuesday (August 15)
    afternoon for what police say was a conspiracy to commit
    felony crimes.

    According to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
    spokesman David Kalish, a gathering in designated protest area
    Pershing Square got out of hand when dozens of demonstrators
    donned masks and began harassing local business owners,
    attempting to destroy property in the process.

    The 30 adults and 15 juveniles were processed in a parking
    lot and loaded onto police buses after being separated from
    their belongings, which police claim contained homemade
    weapons.

    Kalish identified these weapons as homemade flame throwers
    and sling shots along with paint balls and explosives.

    Those arrested yelled for their attorneys, stating the
    peacefulness of their protests as they were carted away in
    police buses to a holding pen at police headquarters.

    The arrests followed in the wake of criticism leveled by
    human rights groups over LAPD conduct during a riot outside of
    the Staples Center Monday evening (August 14).
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