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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
It was something few have ever seen in Salt Lake City.
Almost one year ago on May 30, angry rioters overturned a Salt Lake police car and set it on fire, vandalized numerous businesses and buildings in downtown Salt Lake City, including spraying graffiti on the grounds of the state Capitol and breaking windows at the Salt Lake City Police Department, and attacked police officers by pelting them with any object that could be thrown.
“Any claim that came out that this was mostly a peaceful protest is widely inaccurate. That day, officers were attacked with rocks, street signs, manhole covers, pepper spray, frozen water bottles, milk jugs, rags and bottles full of feces and urine, explosives, and anything else that could be used as a device to injure officers,” said Joe McBride, president of the Salt Lake Police Association.