LAPD Seek To Control Celebratory Crowds

[Joanie Baloney]

Source: CBS2-KCAL

LOS ANGELES (AP)

LAPD Seek To Control Celebratory Crowds

Members of a crowd celebrating the Lakers' NBA championship damaged at least one police cruiser and were setting bonfires in the street Sunday night, according to police.

LAPD officers declared the increasingly rowdy crowd gathered near the Staples Center an unlawful assembly.

Officer Karen Rayner said one or two police cruisers were damaged and reinforcement officers were called in from throughout the city to help disperse the crowd.

Aerial video footage shown on KCAL-TV showed people jumping on a police car, rocking vehicles attempting to pass through the crowd and throwing flares set up by police. No injuries were reported.

No injuries had been reported.



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Beaking now - the Lakers won.

sigh

-JB

[rcrush]

1. Setting fire to a LAPD cruiser is only an improvement.

[Joanie Baloney]

3. I don't know...

All the L.A. cops I've met were polite and cute. Not sure about their cruisers.

[WillParkinson]

4. Sounds like you were the one cruising.

:-)

[Joanie Baloney]

6. Got a Badger sticker on your car?

I thought that was you! How ya been??

Ha! :D

-JB

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Whoopety de do.

:sarcasm:

[ddiver]

5. Private property damage is always so funny.

My insurance company thinks it is a hoot.

[Joanie Baloney]

8. No - not funny at all

How this kind of thing became celebratory is a mystery to me. We just used to go to bars and get soused.

-JB

[Strong Atheist]

12. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Arctic Dave]

7. Every stinkin' time. What is it that makes people go stoopid

just because "their team" won?

[Joanie Baloney]

9. I have no answer

Maybe being on TV news footage shot from a helicopter is their idea of 15 minutes of fame?

???

[emilyg]

10. Stupid people.

[MichaelHarris]

11. I watched

kids riot for beer on campus at WSU in Pullman, funny what people think is important.