I'm a university professor at Brooklyn College and I'm doing some research for the NY Civil Liberties Union on the police handling of the Feb 15 demonstration here in NYC in advance of our plans for another demonstration on March 22nd. I'm trying to find out some details about how demonstrations were handled that day in other cities. I was wondering if you could tell me a couple of things about the demonstration in Los Angeles? Specifically I'd like to know the following:

1) How were police deployed along the march route?

2) Were there barricades used along the march route?

3) How were police deployed at the rally?

4) Did the police use barricades to divide the crowd at the rally?

5) Did the police restrict the use of wooden poles/sticks to carry banners and signs?

6) How large a section of the city was closed to vehicles for the march and rally?

7) Were extra trains and buses made available to get people to and from the demonstration?

8) Were there any incidents of police provocation, including unnecessary arrests?

Any answers you can provide for any of these questions would be great. Also, feel free to forward me on to someone else who might have the answers.

Thanks for your help.

Alex Vitale

Department of Sociology

Brooklyn College