Anaheim riot 2012: Police-involved shooting causes unrest and arrests
As California sinks beneath whopping debt and multiple bankruptcies, adding into the mix a police shooting will mathematically spawn exactly what we’re witnessing on the streets today.
Grant J. Kidney
ABC Affiliate — Authorities remained on alert Wednesday after protesters set fires, smashed windows and threw rocks at officers in a fourth day of violent protests over deadly police shootings, ending with 24 arrests and several injuries.
As many as 500 demonstrators and 250 police from several Orange County cities were involved in seven hours of confrontations that ended around 2 a.m., Sgt. Bob Dunn said.
Most protesters were peaceful, but officers used pepper balls and beanbag rounds after some became violent. Police remained on tactical alert Wednesday morning.
The clashes followed a City Council meeting Tuesday in which city leaders voted to ask the U.S. attorney’s office to investigate weekend officer-involved shootings that killed two men and prompted a $50 million civil-rights lawsuit.
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