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"This was a planned incident," Massive illegal fireworks show in downtown LA prompts investigation
CBS ^ | January 22, 2024 | Dean Fioresi

Posted on 01/23/2024 8:58:21 AM PST by Twotone

Police are investigating a "massive illegal fireworks show" that lit up the night sky over downtown Los Angeles late Sunday.

Reports of the nonstop fireworks first started coming in at around 10:45 p.m., with dozens of social media users posting videos questioning the incident.

The display woke up hundreds of people living around the area, many of whom said that their doors and windows were shaking as the powerful explosives continued.

DTLA Little Tokyo, 20 minutes ago, I don’t think these fireworks were planned. Also saw a drone. Then a helicopter flying over with a spotlight minutes later. pic.twitter.com/4x9tmILZjW — Daryl Nash (@chaos_sleeps) January 22, 2024

"Central Division is investigating the massive illegal fireworks show that occurred late last evening," LAPD investigators said in a statement posted on X. "We ask our stakeholders in the area to please contact us with surveillance video."

Some people said that the show continued between three and five minutes.

So far, police say that no one has come forward to claim responsibility, and they're hopeful that surveillance camera footage from the surrounding area will point them in the necessary direction.

"This was coordinated and planned," police said.

There have been no reports of injuries stemming from the incident.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; fireworks; losangeles
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"We ask our stakeholders in the area to please contact us with surveillance video."

Now that's a creepy comment!

1 posted on 01/23/2024 8:58:21 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Most of LA is an unlivable third world rathole. Soon almost all of LA will be unlivable.


2 posted on 01/23/2024 9:00:44 AM PST by allendale
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To: Twotone

Just think of it as a test for some offensive weaponry.

What else did those cadres bring in over our unprotected borders?


3 posted on 01/23/2024 9:03:57 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Twotone

Butt, butt, butt.......


4 posted on 01/23/2024 9:05:22 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Twotone

Too early for Chinese New Year (Feb 10 this year)...is there a college in the area?


5 posted on 01/23/2024 9:08:32 AM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Twotone

Why investigate? “Nothing will be done.” says Captain Obvious.


6 posted on 01/23/2024 9:09:36 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Twotone

A free, spontaneous fireworks show.
Pretty cool if you ask me; but I’m not a Stakeholder.
I’m sure some local Karen’s were offended when they were interrupted watching their Hallmark movie.


7 posted on 01/23/2024 9:11:43 AM PST by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: Twotone

The city and county of Los Angeles has been sending out the message that anything goes and there are no consequences for unlawful actions. This kind of thing should surprise no one. The only surprise is that there’s so little of it going on.


8 posted on 01/23/2024 9:11:58 AM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: Twotone

non stop, lasted 3-5 minutes



9 posted on 01/23/2024 9:11:59 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: scrabblehack

“is there a college in the area?”

Yes, Ghetto U.


10 posted on 01/23/2024 9:12:59 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Twotone

Fireworks are the priority?
Good thing there’s no violent crime, drugs, or illegal gangs operating in LA.


11 posted on 01/23/2024 9:13:11 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Twotone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkxNx5AxPH8


drive by fireworks


12 posted on 01/23/2024 9:13:54 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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"This was coordinated and planned," police said

Oh No it wasn’t

Those Mortars were abandoned there after the Civil War.

The star shells fell in to the mortars when a passing bred truck hit a pot hole.

A passing firefly lit the fuses.

The LAPD couldn't investigate the missing sprinkles on a donut.

If they did it would be RACIST.

13 posted on 01/23/2024 9:15:59 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Twotone

The fireworks display was just pulsing the system,


14 posted on 01/23/2024 9:19:13 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Twotone

The Illegals show their muscle, more to come.


15 posted on 01/23/2024 9:20:03 AM PST by Rappini ("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
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To: allendale

https://nypost.com/2021/07/05/national-geographic-tweet-suggests-july-4th-fireworks-are-racist/


16 posted on 01/23/2024 9:29:22 AM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Five minutes of non-stop professional-grade fireworks isn’t cheap.


17 posted on 01/23/2024 9:30:19 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Twotone
Los Angeles is a "Sanctuary City" - the rule of law doesn't apply there.

So sorry, no refunds.

18 posted on 01/23/2024 9:32:51 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Carl Vehse
The fireworks display was just pulsing the system,

Yup. This is a very similar pattern to the flash mob beta testing from few years ago. That has now has been exploited into a no-notice rent-a-mob for the left.

19 posted on 01/23/2024 9:33:02 AM PST by pfflier
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"We ask our stakeholders in the area to please contact us with surveillance video."

We're talking South Central LA. Snitches get stitches.

20 posted on 01/23/2024 9:33:12 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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