Caught on camera: The moment police fired at women and children with rubber bullets in LA 'riot'

[villager]

Last edited Mon Jul 23, 2012, 12:50 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Daily Mail

The headline says "LA" but actually this is in Anaheim:

Police dog rushes into crowd and bites man in fight on the street

Riot started after fatal shooting of man, 24, who was running from officers

Two policemen suspended in aftermath of protests

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Shocking video has emerged which depicts police officers firing rubber bullets into a rioting crowd which includes women and children.
The footage also shows a police dog rushing in to the fray and nearly knocking over a mother who was pushing her baby in a stroller.
The violent scenes came in the wake of an incident where a 24-year-old man was shot dead after running away from police, two of whom have now been suspended.

As officers were investigating what happened at the scene in Anaheim, California on Saturday, an angry group of people began yelling and throwing bottles at them, according to Sergeant Bob Dunn.
After police detained several people, the crowd apparently advanced on the officers, who responded by firing tear gas and beanbag rounds at them.

Video captured by a bystander and broadcast by KCAL-TV showed a chaotic scene in which officers fired beanbag rounds as some people ducked to the ground and others scattered screaming.

A man is seen yelling at an officer even as a weapon is pointed at him, while two adults huddled to shield a boy and girl.
Meanwhile, a police dog ran into several people sitting on the grass, including a woman and a child in a stroller, before biting a man in the arm.

The woman with the child was Susan Lopez, who tearfully told KCAL: 'They just released the dog, and I had my baby in my stroller.'

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[tosh]

1. I saw this video this morning.

Horrendous.

[avaistheone1]

3. My thoughts exactly.

This was a violent, unprovoked police riot.

[bemildred]

4. Incompetent cowards. nt

[NOLALady]

5. It seems they will not be satisfied

until they provoke a full scale riot. A riot that will not be your Daddy's riot.

[zeemike]

10. Look on the bright side.

They will then get to test our their new hi tech weapons and surveillance equipment.
And we should invest in companies that make them...the returns will be great.

[valerief]

7. <crickets>

[Kablooie]

8. What if someone had a gun and started shooting back?

The way NRA proponents encourage.

Who thinks that would have made the situation better?

It would endanger people even more and would have given the police a stronger defense for their horrific actions.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. There are gun nuts watching that video and all they see is Mexicans.

So they don't see where "Citizens" (as in Whites) are being assaulted at all.

Never mind that California was once part of Mexico and some of these, so called, "Mexicans" are the sixth generation decedents of people who voted for Statehood in 1849. They will NEVER accept the notion that these "Mexicans" are legal Citizens equal to themselves. They can't look at them without thinking they are illegal and on welfare and need to be deported.

[xtraxritical]

24. Another uncalled for racist comment, completely made up bs btw.

There were plenty of cops of color in that scene.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

44. Don't you love that?

Spot one black cop in a group of cops beating the hell out of Hispanics and say, "See? It can't be racist."

Even if he's not taking part but just standing there.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. Are you for real?

Next you will claim the Hispanic and black gangs in prison hang out together.

[rwsanders]

22. I've always said that if the NRA was what it claimed to be, it would look more like the ACLU

Instead it's a bunch of scared gun nuts.

[iamthebandfanman]

12. if you recall during the giffords shooting..

someone with a gun on them, when it occured, said they almost shot the wrong person.

[Kablooie]

21. Still sounds like it authorizes states to maintain their own military.

And certainly doesn't mean that insane people should have free access weapons of war.

[xtraxritical]

26. You're exactly right Kablooie, "a well regulated militia"

certainly does not mean everyone in the population walking around with a concealed weapon.

[4th law of robotics]

25. Isn't the counter argument that only police and soldiers are trained and responsible with guns

so only they should be armed to prevent these kinds of mass public shootings?

[4th law of robotics]

36. So presumably a well-regulated police force

Ie one that is well armed and trains all the time, would be no threat to public safety.

They would never flip out and start shooting in to crowds of women and children.

Right?

[4th law of robotics]

45. Ah so the 2nd amendment is actually taking away our rights because

it allows people like you to push for a more powerful police force to protect us so we should give up on defending the 2nd amendment and just let people like you push for a more powerful police force to protect us?

[4th law of robotics]

48. Yes to both!

Sorry but you aren't giving a serious argument so I'm just going to have fun with you from now on.

/seriously, nothing you wrote related at all to what I said. It's like reading a response written at a 45 degree angle view through a mirror.

[4th law of robotics]

50. Respond to something I've actually said

and see what kind of a response you get.

Throw out ad hominems, non-sequiturs and other bad latiny phrases and you will simply get laughter from me.

Life's too short to worry about what people like you think.

[4th law of robotics]

57. I have ignored every response of idiocy yes

[4th law of robotics]

62. I am honored to join such an illustrious club

[ManiacJoe]

59. Most, by choice, do not live in California...

I can't help thinking, in light of the gun nuts' typical reaction to recent events:

Where are all the RKBA supporters and NRA members who swear they have a right to be heavily armed to prevent government from abusing our rights?

Most, by choice, do not live in California due to the gun restrictions and CCW restrictions.

[radhika]

11. LA Progressive talk radio KTLK is covering this now...

Host is Mario Solis-Marich, and he's going into depth and background. Good.

Usually, these stories get buried. The people of Anahiem (mostly Latino) have had several incidents in recent months. Now there is film footage.

[iamthebandfanman]

13. can the feds get involved in this?

i really think this needs to be looked at with a bigger eye

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. We've needed to have cops mentally evaluated for a long time.

Too many of them think it's their job to beat minorities to a pulp who get out of line.

[xtraxritical]

27. I'm white and I've been beaten by cops of color and white cops too.

There's way too much reverse racial innuendo (and outright) on this site. If you want to stop racism stop being racist. Just because by accident of birth I may be white and you're not, you have no more right / reason to denigrate me than I do to denigrate you.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. "I'm white and I've been beaten by cops of color and white cops too."

As part of a protest?

[AnotherMcIntosh]

30. Unlikely. Not unless the cops involved in the shooting open a state-approved marijuana dispensary.

We've seen many incidences of police brutality in recent years. What do we get from the DOJ? A big yawn.

On the other hand, this is an election year.

[gopiscrap]

14. Typical asshole cops

almost every cop I know is a trigger happy arrogant, authority type!

[alfredo]

19. We used to call them "tolerated delinquents." Some grow up to be cops, some became shop teachers.

[xtraxritical]

28. Exactly, and they come in every color, too.

[alfredo]

17. If a cop shoots a person in the back, is it self defense?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

39. "If a cop shoots a person in the back, is it self defense?"

Only if the cop is out of shape and would have had a heart attack if he kept running.

[Igel]

53. Depends.

You can be shot in the back while you are cowering in fear saying, "I want my mommy."

Or you can be yelling "Die mother fucker!" while aiming a gun at the policemen and see he's already aiming at you. You spin around and get shot in the back.

One's self defense. One isn't. So, yeah, in principle you can be shot in the back in self defense. Police have human reaction times. They're people.

[alfredo]

55. I remember the number of students shot in the back and side at Kent State. The

guard claimed self defense. The closest victim was 90 yards away.

[frylock]

20. fuck tha police

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. cops are saying the dog "accidently" got out of the car.

[xchrom]

29. It looks in the vid like he had the leash then

Let go or the dog charged away from his control.

[atreides1]

32. Right

We all know that some dogs are very smart...this one was able to figure out how to open the car door!

[Liberal_in_LA]

34. either way, the people of Anaheim will be paying out some lawsuits

[AnotherMcIntosh]

31. Suspended? Really? And suspended without pay?

[Uncle Joe]

37. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, villager.

[smiley]

46. I saw video of this, this morning.

My first reaction when I saw the dog bite the civilian was, that if that had been a civilian's dog even motioning towards a policeman, then that dog would have been shot.

But since it's a cop's dog doing the biting then AOK!

I love dogs and I'm sure the dog was only doing what the cops told him to do. But man... I fucking hate cops.

[shanti]

54. orange county cops, AGAIN?

glad i left, they are out of control!

[SILVER__FOX52]

56. Is there really any doubt that the Cops

are cowardly gate keepers for the rich and consider Public dissent, as some sort of Crime. What a mess this Country is. It is so corrupt it's like bizzaro United States world and we have no leadership to do what is needed. Some of these Cops are psychopaths and criminals.

[NeoConsSuck]

58. No USA news sites carried this?

We have to go across the pond to read about this?

[bongbong]

61. That was my first reaction, too

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