LOS ANGELES, October 22, 2007 – As fires burned at the perimeter of the sprawling urban mess that is Southern California about 200 people held a demonstration against a fire that burns every day at the city’s inner core: the war of a police force against the people they are suppose to serve.
This year’s march was different from past years. The usual march to police head quarters at Park Center was not held, instead demonstrators gathered at Parker Center and marched to MacArthur Park in honor of those victims of police violence this past May when 1,000s of peaceful marchers for immigrants rights were attacked by police.
The police kept a distance from demonstrators this year with riot units deployed some blocks away and only a light cover of cycle units shadowing the marchers. The event was militant in spirit but peaceful in practice. There have been no reports of any police violence or arrests.
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