{"article":{"id":239233,"heading":" BREAKING: (3:25pm 5\/21\/10) Protesters halt LA City Council proceedings","author":"LA-IMC Newsroom","created":"2010-05-22 19:32:57","modified":"2010-05-22 21:21:37","last_modified":"Sun, 23 May 2010 04:21:37","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Council has now resumed. Disruptions ongoing. Unknown at this time on police force used or arrests if any.  Chants of \"NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE\" audible on live feed. <br><br> source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacityview.org\/\">http:\/\/www.lacityview.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Protesters forced the  LA City Council into recess for about 15 minutes. Councilman Zine ordered the police to clear the chamber. Then the live feed was cut. ","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2010\/05\/239233.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":239235,"heading":"UPDATE 4:00 pm - Protesters now outside city hall","article":"LA City Council has adjourned. Protest continuing on South Lawn of City Hall","author":"LA-IMC Newsroom","parent_id":239233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-05-22 19:55:21","modified":"2010-05-22 19:56:53","fileurl":""},{"id":239241,"heading":"UPDATE 5:00 pm - Police Used Batons on Protesters -  6 injured, 3 arrests","article":"About 100 Renters Rights Protesters were in council chambers today to advocate for the proposed freeze on rent increases.  Renters were outraged when the council sent the bill back to committee, an act which effectively kills the bill for the rest of the year. Renters had hope for some form of rent control by this July.\r\n\r\nThe motion sparked shouts and chants but the renters were non-violent. \r\nAt some point Council person Zine ordered the police to clear the chambers.\r\nA witness at the scene stated that the police then attacked with out warning pushing and clubbing people with batons. There are reports of at least 3 arrests and about 6 people injured by the police.","author":"LA-IMC Newsroom","parent_id":239233,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-05-22 21:21:37","modified":"2010-05-23 00:01:07","fileurl":""}]}