LAPD cites 19 from May Day
The LAPD has targeted 17 officers and two sergeants - but no high-ranking officials - for misconduct during last year's May Day confrontation that broke out after an all-day immigration-rights march, officials said Tuesday.Rachel Uranga in the Daily News.
The unnamed officers were the only ones singled out for punishment by the department in an incident that sparked frank mea culpas from LAPD Chief William Bratton and a scathing, self-critical report.
Disturbing images of riot-clad officers firing rubber bullets into a crowd of women and children and roughing up reporters during the May 2007 incident were broadcast across the country.
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