MACARTHUR PARK QUIET DESPITE RUMORS OF RALLY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services About 30 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police officers milled around a quiet and tranquil MacArthur Park on Saturday, watching soccer games, picnickers and strolling couples -- but scant protesters. More than 100 people at the park enjoyed sunny and warm skies despite a threat from some anarchist group members to stage a "Retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. The Park" rally there. Police said one known activist was in the park with a bullhorn, but no disturbances were reported. The peaceful day in the park unfolded as the president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League released letters blasting state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and City Councilman Herb Wesson Herb J. Wesson, Jr. is a California politician. He currently serves as a Los Angeles City Councilman. He represents the 10th district. He served in the State Assembly representing the 47th district from 1998 until 2004. for their criticism of police tactics during the May Day rally, when police opened fire with rubber bullets and clubbed members of a largely peaceful crowd protesting immigration laws immigration laws npl → leyes fpl de inmigración immigration laws npl → lois fpl sur l'immigration immigration laws npl . Union President Robert Baker singled out Nunez for telling reporters that police officers had "wanted to do some target practice on some of the immigrants that were marching." "Your words were dangerous and unethical," Baker chided in a letter released Saturday. "Fomenting crowds to distrust the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. encourages more of the kind of violence that already plagues your district." Baker also called on Wesson to apologize for comparing Tuesday's police tactics to Mississippi in the 1960s. |
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