{"article":{"id":7121,"heading":"OFFICER FRIENDLY","author":"ART FOR A CHANGE","created":"2001-05-31 23:49:50","modified":"2005-08-15 00:34:30","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:34:30","article":"

I photographed this LAPD Officer as he confronted a group of protestors at the side entrance\/exit of the Century Plaza Hotel (standing behind the Officer you can see a Secret Service Agent). Towards late afternoon, rumor spread that Bush was about to exit the Hotel from a rear entrance.

Demonstrators gathered in that area so as to make their protest visible to Bush and his Staff. A group of around a dozen LAPD Officers with Riot Helmets and Batons took up positions to guard Bush's exit. For a few tense moments several of the Officers jabbed and poked protestors with their clubs... and I expected violence (I snapped this photo just as the brief episode was to occur). Thankfully Protestors backed up and the Police were satisfied with the security zone they had created. A half hour later, Bush's

armored Limo and several SUV's filled with Secret Service Agents left the Hotel... but they used a different route that kept them well away from the demonstrators.<\/p>\n","contact":"vallen@art-for-a-change.com","link":"www.art-for-a-change.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Officer Friendly protects the President at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, May 29th.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/05\/bush4.jpg.jpg","filesize":"13.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/05\/7121.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2001\/05\/bush4.jpg.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2001\/05\/bush4.jpg.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":7127,"heading":"Sue the P.I.Gs!","article":"The nypd and lapd are not made of money.\r\nIf they keep fucking with the constitution send em as bankrupt cashwise as they are in every other respect except ratfucking and rousting.FUCK the facist lapd.\r\nSOFT DRILL IS COMING YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!","author":"proffr@fuckmicrosoft.com","parent_id":7121,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-06-01 00:18:46","modified":"2001-06-01 01:00:01","fileurl":""}]}