KTLA had a report on the May Day Melee last night. Apparently, the police department shifted their best trained riot police to another location shortly before the trouble started.
Ironic that a group of masked demonstrators, seperate from the peaceful protest, showed up after the shift change...now I am not saying they were tipped off, or that this was intentional...it could all be coincidence...but past protests have shown that there are well organized elements of anarchists and trouble makers who monitor police activity, are highly organized, and seek to cause the most chaos possible.
So this new element shows up, starts causing problems, and provoking the police...the remaining officers on site, lacking both training and experience for dealing with crowd control, respond in a disproportional manner.
The one sided media coverage of this controversy is sickening...I know the LAPD is known for going over the line, but investigations are under way, and from what I have seen, I support the notion that some of the police did not respond appropriately, and should face the consequences of their actions.
But again, where is the call for accountability from the community on the element that caused all of this to begin with...you won't hear the community hold their own accountable...but what I am starting to see is the parade of lawyers and lawsuits of those looking to cash in on this.
Amazing...the protestors don't care for our immigration laws, but they sure do love our civil litigation system.:roll: And I am not saying this is representative of the entire immigrant community, but I think this whole situation only illustrates everything that is wrong with our entire immigration system.