Thread: LA mayor says "bad tactics" led to immigration ral

LA mayor says "bad tactics" led to immigration rally violence
Associated Press
Article Launched: 05/07/2007 07:25:24 AM PDT


LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Monday "bad tactics" led to a violent confrontation at an immigration rally last week, when police swarmed into a park and fired rubber bullets into a crowd of demonstrators.

"There was clearly a breakdown in the command structure here," Villaraigosa said in an interview on CNN Monday. "There was without question bad tactics."

Villaraigosa expressed confidence in police Chief William Bratton and the ongoing investigation into the incident that came at the end of last Tuesday's rally in MacArthur Park.

"We will do everything in our power together to get to the bottom of this," Villaraigosa said.

On Sunday, Bratton said that up to 60 members of an elite squad involved in the incident were no longer on the street.

Bratton said he spent the weekend viewing video of the incident and said LAPD failures were widespread with officers from the top on down culpable.

"I'm not going to defend the indefensible," Bratton told journalists groups during a meeting at a television studio in Hollywood. "Things were done that shouldn't have been done."

Journalists were among those roughed up as Metropolitan Division's B Platoon moved



through MacArthur and fired 148 rubber bullets to break up what had been a peaceful and lawful immigration rally.
Police said they moved in after rocks and bottles were thrown at them by 30 to 40 agitators, he said.

The Metropolitan Division is the city's premier police squad, made up of experienced officers who have extensive training in crowd control.

Bratton said up to 60 members of the Metro's B Platoon are no longer in the field. Additionally, he said, some officers will "in all likelihood" not return to the Metropolitan Division.

"Some of this will be career-impacting," Bratton said, adding that imposition of permanent discipline will await completion of the Police Department investigation.

Journalist organizations asked why officers ignored LAPD policies toward the news media worked out after reporters were assaulted during the 2000 Democratic National Convention.

A 2002 agreement called for designation of a safe spot for reporters covering news events. LAPD spokeswoman Mary Grady acknowledged reporters were not given "a designated safe spot" at MacArthur Park.

"There appears to have been here a failure to communicate," Press Photographers Association local president John McCoy said.


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It started going bad when the City of Los Angeles gave a permit to a bunch of May Day Commies. No one to blame but themselves!

Dixie

This developing travesty added to the homepage

Mayor Villaraigosa attacks LAPD for standing up to illegals, anarchists, gangs!
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The bad tactics would be the tactics of illegal aliens to try to fight for rights in a country that is not theirs. The bad tactics by them resulted in 15(?) officers being injured.

Bratton is a chickens*** toady of VillaLaRazaGhosta. Having been born in LA, I can tell you that city will not get back on track until Mr. V is out of office.

I still don't understand (well, in fact I do) why ICE doesn't use these opportunities to round 'em up and deport them.

The bad tactics began by electing a racist worm for mayor.

The city is no where close to gathering all the facts on the so-called riot and already the mayor and speaker of the assembly (both racist Hispanics) are condemning the police force. If brains were dynamite, neither of them could blow their nose

Originally Posted by pjr40

The bad tactics began by electing a racist worm for mayor.

The city is no where close to gathering all the facts on the so-called riot and already the mayor and speaker of the assembly (both racist Hispanics) are condemning the police force. If brains were dynamite, neither of them could blow their nose

They are screwing themselves, How many people want the positon of police officer in LA county, with the gangs and radicals, pretty soon they will have no one to protect them from the thugs, of course listening to the protestors this is exactly what they want, and they will reap what they sow.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess the education level of most of the people that spoke out in the video's, so LA just let these people take over, I don't care what race you are you will live to regret it.

Originally Posted by pjr40

The bad tactics began by electing a racist worm for mayor.

The city is no where close to gathering all the facts on the so-called riot and already the mayor and speaker of the assembly (both racist Hispanics) are condemning the police force. If brains were dynamite, neither of them could blow their nose

That's gets back to the original...........How many ILLEGALS with fraudulent documentation voted???

How many DEAD people voted????

Originally Posted by 2ndamendsis

Originally Posted by pjr40

The bad tactics began by electing a racist worm for mayor.

The city is no where close to gathering all the facts on the so-called riot and already the mayor and speaker of the assembly (both racist Hispanics) are condemning the police force. If brains were dynamite, neither of them could blow their nose

That's gets back to the original...........How many ILLEGALS with fraudulent documentation voted???

How many DEAD people voted????

I want to know if this will be the push for having a national ID card? Of course then it's just one more step to the NAU and the illegals will have them too.

In the last several elections in Los Angeles, anyone, including illegal aliens, could register to vote. At the time of registration it was not considered politically correct to ask if the registrant was a legal citizen or not. Consequently, only the Good Lord knows how many illegals were driven to the polls and instructed to vote for only the hispanic candidates.
Not a peep of protest was heard from the non-hispanic crowd, they were fearful of being labled "racist".

Originally Posted by Dagmar

Originally Posted by 2ndamendsis

Originally Posted by pjr40

The bad tactics began by electing a racist worm for mayor.

The city is no where close to gathering all the facts on the so-called riot and already the mayor and speaker of the assembly (both racist Hispanics) are condemning the police force. If brains were dynamite, neither of them could blow their nose

That's gets back to the original...........How many ILLEGALS with fraudulent documentation voted???

How many DEAD people voted????

I want to know if this will be the push for having a national ID card? Of course then it's just one more step to the NAU and the illegals will have them too.

We need to STOP THIS NOW!!!
Comments on REAL ID can also be submitted at www.regulations.gov docket number DHS-2006-0030.

QUESTIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY’S CALIFORNIA TOWN HALL MEETING, MAY 1st, 2007
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It's important for everyone to understand that they are doing everything to STOP THE PEOPLE FROM TALKING