From an anonymous source:

"i found these two recordings of police radio communication on the net. i think both are from after the police cleared out the park, describing how they deal with folks on the streets afterwards.

there is a very interesting part in the first mp3 - LAPD01.mp3 -
about the dispersal order. apparently the cops didn't really hear
it either:

18:14
"do you know if any airships gave a dispersal order at 7th and alvarado where metro went in and cleaned out the park?"

"that would be me, yes."

"okay. that was a question down here, i know we heard it, or we sort of heard one, but we didn't know where it was coming from."

There are also lots of parts that make clear the situation was very neglible and there was no rioting going on.

Somewhere in the first mp3, didn't write down time mark:

one officer: "verify that you are taking rocks and bottles from that building"

another officer: "negative. what we had is somebody (inaudible) threw a can of coke in the middle of the street where no officers were near it."

later:
"why are we standing around here and don't clean this up"

[Reposting these files since they are from] a minutemen blog or something like that, so they might take them down once they get who they are helping :)

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The clip demonstrates the incompetence of the lapd and also that there agitators contrary to what indymedia would like everyone to believe. The fact that there was agitators does not excuse the actions of the officers and both groups should be held accountable. personally i think this was a dress rehearsal for a grander scheme by corrupted elements within power. We have yet to see any real disciplinary actions by the city of LA. What has occurred is a game of musical chairs, smoke and mirrors to give the illusion that officers were disciplined. Its total BULSHIT

That was not a reason for the police rampage. 'Reports' of thrown objects in the street were not the prevarication you imply it was.
The formations and tactical control of the entrances and exits together with the LAPD touching off the riot when they drove ( assault with a deadly weapon[s] from the motorcycle unit ) into a peaceful assembly of the parade.
All apparently premeditated.
No more BS.