{"article":{"id":4818,"heading":"Police Arrest 15, Cite 70 in New Skid Row Crackdown","author":"LA Times","created":"2000-12-11 14:24:48","modified":"2000-12-11 15:30:10","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:30:10","article":"","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/state\/20001209\/t000117829.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Last week, the LAPD were served with a temporary restraining order to prevent them from harassing the homeless.  This week, they went down to \"skid row\" and started arresting and giving jay-walking tickets to the homeless.  Some of the officers said point blank that the \"crackdown\" was retaliation for the restraining order.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/12\/4818.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":4819,"heading":"LAPD Anti-homeless Lies","article":"This article has a sickening photo of Sgt. Andy Mathes aiming a gun at a homeless man.  The caption says the homeless man fit the description of an armed man, but was let go when he was found to be unarmed.  If there was truly an armed man in the area, then why are 30 cops in the area spending their time giving tickets to homeless people for jaywalking instead of searching for the armed man?  The LAPD are dangerously out of control and need to be downsized, retrained, or abolished all together.  After all, what good are the LAPD when they are too busy harassing innocent homeless people to look for an armed man out on the streets?","author":"Formerly Homeless Police Brutality Survivor","parent_id":4818,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-12-11 15:30:10","modified":"2000-12-11 15:42:17","fileurl":""}]}