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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 10, 2007

Police Attack

Forum Column - By Chris Ford - Last week, the LAPD blew the public's trust in a way that will take years to restore. I saw what happened with my own eyes, and I can attest that the media reported key facts inaccurately.

FORUM COLUMN

By Chris Ford

      Last week, the Los Angeles Police Department blew the public's trust in a way that will take years to restore. Amped-up officers in full riot regalia launched what only could be described as a military-style assault on the family-filled May Day rally in MacArthur Park. It was a chilling reminder to the Latin America-native participants of the bad old days of military repression in their homelands.

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