Officers Disperse Birthday Party Crowd Amid COVID-19 Pandemic In Los Angeles

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A birthday party for a little girl was dispersed by police amid the state's 'stay at home' order enacted to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Officers responded to reports of a gathering involving 30 to 40 people at a home in the 5500 block of 4th Avenue in the Hyde Park area around 6:00 PM.

Units arriving on scene learned that the group was celebrating a birthday party for a little girl. The officers advised the partygoers that they had to disperse from the area due to the state order to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Several partygoers became irate prompting officers to request additional assistance. Eventually officers declared the gathering an unlawful assembly and formed a line to push out the partygoers.

It was unclear if any citations were issued.

https://onscene.tv/hyde-park-officers-disperse-birthday-party-crowd-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

[CottonBear]

1. These young people don't understand the extreme danger of gathering in large groups.

I feel very sorry for the young children and babies who are being exposed to the virus.

The police aren’t wearing gloves and masks. None of the party goers are either.

I wonder what is the best way to inform these folks about the effectiveness of social distancing?

[tblue37]

3. Why are all the attendees at a little girl's birthday party so old? nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Maybe a quinceanera? I didn't see the girl's age.

The party is a chance to dress up and bestow gifts.

Not a great idea in these times.

[jmowreader]

14. Not likely to have been a quinceanera

The attendees were dressed way too casually, and all of them were African-American - quinceanera is a thing in the Latin American community, not the African-American.

This looks like just a birthday party for a small child whose parents have a LOT of friends.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. Thanks for additional info. I didn't see the photos.

Anyway, we have our own special stupidity here in MI. Trumpers marching against the social isolation rules. May they hold hands and do group hugs.

That's in addition to "normal" gatherings among friends and relatives.

[cwydro]

4. Classy.

I saw people having an Easter get together up the street Sunday. Smh.

[jmg257]

5. Huh - and I was wondering why AA are at higher risk.

Partly answered. Poor social distancing exhibited here...idiots.

[cwydro]

7. The Easter get-together was AA folks too.

Old people, teenagers, young adults, and at least a dozen children of all ages.

I don’t get it.

[jmg257]

8. Plenty of selfishness & ignorance to go around.

Race don’t matter.

[cwydro]

9. Except in this case it DOES matter.

People of color are being disproportionately affected by this.

I know the MSM is covering that aspect, but I think communities need to get the word out better.

That being said, you’re right - idiots come in every color.

[jmg257]

10. Ah gotcha / truth! Nt

[uponit7771]

6. This is from 2 weeks ago, 14 days after Trump STOPPED calling CV19 a hoax. Today they have no excuse

[MiniMe]

12. I have to give the cops credit for several things

They were all calm and composed and didn't lose their temper, and I didn't see any guns drawn. The people in that video are lucky they didn't get shot because the cops were calm and composed.

[cwydro]

13. The people in the video will be lucky if they don't get the virus.

Unbelievably stupid behavior.

[MiniMe]

15. That goes without saying