Thread: Officers in May Day Melee Off the Street

This is a disgrace, it was clear the officers reacted to a hostile crowd and did give verbal warning to clear the area. The same thing is happening with the Border Patrol, morale is way down and officers are leaving due to the fact that their superiors will not back them up when they do their job. I hope this video is played all over the internet so that all can see what Bratton is trying to do which is to cover up the fact that these protesters were unruly and created a riot situation that the police quelled immediately.Which by the way was the right thing to do

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

Bratton said up to 60 members of Metro's B Platoon are no longer in the field as a result of the incident. Additionally, the chief said, some officers "in all likelihood not be returning to the Metropolitan Division, as a result of our findings."

A 2002 agreement with media organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union called for, among other things, 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

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Bratton said up to 60 members of Metro's B Platoon are no longer in the field as a result of the incident. Additionally, the chief said, some officers "in all likelihood not be returning to the Metropolitan Division, as a result of our findings."

What will he be replacing them with?

ILLEGALS???

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Yep they are head hunting no matter what the provocation. One thing I learned during my 30 years. As a cop the media, your agency and the public consider you are guilty until you can show well beyond the shadow of everyones doubt you are innocent.

Chief takes May Day officers off street

LOS ANGELES - Police Chief William Bratton said Sunday that up to 60 members of an elite squad that swarmed into a park and fired rubber bullets during a May Day immigration rally are no longer on the street.


Bratton said he spent the weekend viewing video of the MacArthur Park incident and he 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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Bratton and Sutton. Sutton and Bratton.

Two peas in a rotted pod.

This Bratton is a wimp, can't even stand up for his officers, much like Bush can't stand up for his own countrymen. We need REAL men running this country.