A girl was drawing hopscotch. A guy next to her wrote ‘I want peace.’ The next thing, they started arresting people. Everything was calm before the riot police showed up.”
The basics from Huffington Post:
Riot police formed skirmish lines in the streets of downtown Los Angeles Thursday night in response to what appeared to be a demonstration over the right to draw with chalk…
Several people were arrested, said LAPD Officer Karen Rayner to HuffPost, although she couldn’t confirm the exact number. When asked if drawing on the ground with chalk is illegal, Rayner said, “It’s not vandalism because it’s not permanent, but I don’t really know.”…
Charlie Shepard, who was in the area for Art Walk, told NBC4 that he was shot with a rubber bullet. “I was walking down the street and I saw a group of people. I was just here for Art Walk, I didn’t know anything was gonna happen,” Shepard said.
“Went out to grab something from 7-11 and got shot in eye by #LAPD!”
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