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LAPD investigates claims of excessive force at Wi Spa protest
Attorneys Humberto Guizar, left, and Christian Contreras, right, by the L.A. Police Department’s downtown headquarters with Vishal Singh, center, a documentary filmmaker who alleged he was struck with a baton by a police officer during a protest outside a Westlake spa on Saturday.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that officials were investigating allegations of excessive force by officers during dueling protests over transgender rights at a Westlake spa Saturday.
During a meeting of the civilian Police Commission, Moore said 41 arrests were made 40 failure to disperse after an unlawful assembly was declared and one for possession of illegal or prohibited items at a protest. He said officers recorded firing projectiles 10 times and striking people with batons nine times.
LAPD admitting some fault in South LA fireworks explosion seen as bittersweet news for displaced residents
LAPD admitting some fault in South LA fireworks explosion seen as bittersweet news for displaced residents
Some of the displaced families tell FOX 11 their homes are not yet fully repaired. Others say they are afraid to return home.
LOS ANGELES - They did what? asked one incredulous resident in Spanish, in the neighborhood rocked by a fireworks explosion last month.
We had just explained that Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has all but pointed to human error for the blast that injured 17 people and destroyed homes off 27th street in South LA.
Los Angeles police chief says weight miscalculation likely led to fireworks detonation that injured at least 17 By April Siese Illegal fireworks explosion in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore shed light Monday on the disastrous explosion that occurred last month after a trove of fireworks was placed in a containment vessel and detonated in a South Los Angeles neighborhood. Moore said bomb squad technicians likely miscalculated the weight of the explosives.
Moore explained that bomb technicians believed 16.5 pounds of explosives and countercharges were placed in what s known as a total containment vessel. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team, (NRT) which is investigating the incident, revealed that the total weight was likely just over 42 pounds.