{"article":{"id":198094,"heading":"Fox TV Camerawoman Filing Claims Against LAPD","author":"Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP","created":"2007-05-04 22:41:29","modified":"2007-05-19 22:36:15","last_modified":"Sun, 20 May 2007 05:36:15","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/bw\/070503\/20070503006481.html?.v=1\">http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/bw\/070503\/20070503006481.html?.v=1<\/a> <br><br> Press Release <br><br> Source: Greene Broillet &amp; Wheeler, LLP <br><br> Fox TV Camerawoman Patti Ballaz Will Hold Press Conference Tomorrow at 10 AM to Announce Filing of a Claim against the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Department for Injuries Sustained at MacArthur Park Immigration Rights Rally <br><br> SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greene Broillet &amp; Wheeler, LLP: <br><br> WHAT:    Patricia \"Patti\" Ballaz and her attorney Browne Greene will <br>  <br>          hold a Press Conference on Friday, May 4, 2007 at 10:00 AM <br>  <br>                in Santa Monica, CA. 90401 <br>  <br>          to announce the filing of a government claim against the City <br>  <br>          of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department for <br>  <br>          injuries she sustained while filming the MacArthur Park <br>  <br>          Immigration Rights Rally in Los Angeles, CA. on May 1, 2007 <br>  <br>          for Fox TV News. <br><br> WHO:     Patti Ballaz, age 48, is a camerawoman for Fox TV News in Los <br>  <br>          Angeles. She and Fox TV reporter Christina Gonzalez were on <br>  <br>          assignment and were reporting on the May 1, 2007 Immigration <br>  <br>          Rights Rally. At approximately 6:00 PM, they were on location <br>  <br>          at the rally at MacArthur Park. While Ms. Ballaz was filming <br>  <br>          the event, she was allegedly struck several times by members <br>  <br>          of the Los Angeles Police Department, who were using batons <br>  <br>          and who knocked both her and her camera to the ground, <br>  <br>          causing her to sustain severe injuries. <br><br> WHEN:    FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007 AT 10:00 AM <br><br> WHERE:   GREENE BROILLET &amp; WHEELER <br>  <br>          <br>  <br>          Santa Monica, CA. 90401 <br><br> (PRESS ONLY) \n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/bw\/070503\/20070503006481.html?.v=1","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Fox TV Camerawoman Patti Ballaz Will Hold Press Conference Tomorrow at 10 AM to Announce Filing of a Claim against the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Department for Injuries Sustained at MacArthur Park Immigration Rights Rally","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/05\/198094.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":199298,"heading":"Don't be FOOLED! THIS WAS A COMING POLICE STATE PARAMILITARY URBAN EXCERCISE!","article":"DON'T BE FOOLED! \r\n\r\nTHIS WAS AN LAPD (COMING POLICE STATE) PARAMILITARY URBAN EXCERCISE. \r\n\r\nWHAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS SPONSORED OR SUPPORTED BEFORE IN LATIN AMERICA IS COMING TO THE UNITED STATES. \r\n\r\nTHIS LAPD RIOT WAS *NOT* &quot;JUST SOMETHING THAT WENT HAYWIRE&quot; -- OR &quot;THE LAPD OUT OF CONTROL&quot;. \r\n\r\nIT WAS A *PREMEDITATED*, *FULLY -COORDINATED*, *PRE-PLANNED* ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE -- EVEN ATTACKING THE MEDIA -- INVOLVING MANY 100'S OF PARAMILITARY COPS & SWAT TEAMS ON FOOT, ON MOTORCYCLES, IN VEHICLES, AND IN HELICOPTERS -- ALL IN RADIO AND VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEIR COMMAND CENTERS.","author":"V : THE LAPD 'RIOT' WAS PREMEDITATED!","parent_id":198094,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-05-19 22:14:46","modified":"2007-05-19 22:14:46","fileurl":""}]}