Riot Police Break Up SoCal Immigration Rally

POSTED: 7:47 pm PDT May 1, 2007
UPDATED: 8:13 pm PDT May 1, 2007
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- There were tense moments at an immigration rally in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon.


Images: Riot Police Called To L.A. Rally

Riot police were called to a MacArthur Park near downtown and fired rubber bullets at a crowd, officials said.

The incident was caught on tape by several media organizations.

Numerous officers were deployed to the area at dusk.

Police arrested several people suspected of throwing rocks and bottles at officers, said Officer Mike Lopez, a police spokesman.

Police used batons to push several people who had spilled into the street back onto the sidewalk.

There are no reports of injuries.

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