New May Day claims against LAPD
Disputing statements by Los Angeles police that demonstrators started the melee that erupted at the May Day immigration rally in MacArthur Park, attorneys for 152 people filed additional claims Thursday for damages. Daily News.
"We are providing video clips and evidence that the problems that developed that day were not caused by demonstrators, but by the police themselves," attorney Carol Sobel said at a news conference outside City Hall where the claims were filed.
The claims, the precursor to a lawsuit, now total more than 240, and Sobel and other attorneys are asking federal courts to allow a class-action suit to be filed.
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