Current Los Angeles Protests Turning Ugly (Thursday night)

FR | March 20, 2003 | self

[lainie]

Gathered information from KFI radio, local television, and police scanner:

The idiots at the corner of Wilshire & Veteran are growing in number, cops are starting to fight back (hear a lot of "double time" and "need it yesterday"), and reports are that the crowd is starting to burn flags.

Before its newscast ended, KABC-TV showed riot-geared police pushing folks out of streets and onto sidewalks. The poor reporter was obviously shaken and quake-voiced. Looked ugly and sounds like it's getting worse as of 19:02.

[hole_n_one]

Are you using a digital scanner?

[Palladin]

Pray for the cops. It's going to be a long night.

[NautiNurse]

anything capable of thought in the brain

Don't count on it...a protester in SF has commited suicide.

[lainie]

No, was going to buy one then realized there's nothing digital up here to listen to.

BC780XLT

[Wavyhill]

Not you, the protesters.

[Anamensis]

i pray for more dead hippies

May as well. I don't suppose they stink any worse than the live ones.

[lainie]

Oh. Heh!

[Cvengr]

I sortof liked hearing about the NPR 90lb female reporter hitting the officers with her megaphone and their immediate action to control her behavior.

[faithincowboys]

These kooks are alienating 99.9% of the American population.

As far as I'm concerned, let the left commit suicide!!

[hole_n_one]

I thought LAPD went digital......

My 200 channel scanner from Radio Shack will no longer pick up LAPD frequencies.

[CrimeOf73]

Kent State Revisited?

[sport]

Me too! The more the merrier.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I heard about that, but NOT what the police did back to her.....TELL ME! (please)

[Diddle E. Squat]

LOL

[Wisc Paul]

"I don't wish them any harm." - I wish them plenty of harm - they're not anti-war, they're anti-American (they were'nt out in the streets protesting the socialist when they were in power in the 90s engaged in wars). They should be charged with sedition when they cross the line from protest/free speach to disturbance, especially under code orange terror alert - not slap on the wrist, but felonies carrying at least 1-2 years in prison with hefty fines.

[CyberCowboy777]

Portland, OR protest getting out of hand...


lots of blocked roads, including I5.

Officer down at one point

[lainie]

Oh, this is LA County Sheriff I'm hearing.

Some details as of 19:15

Isn't Manny Medrano a lawyer?

[CFC__VRWC]

May as well. I don't suppose they stink any worse than the live ones.

That depends - are they puking and sh!tting in the streets yet?

[SW6906]

It's taking more and more for me not to go downtown Seattle and kick some protester ass......

[JusPasenThru]

"Well I don't like hippies, and I don't like cornbread, and I don't like much..."