Photos: Protesters clash with LAPD officers in Westlake
Officers fire non-lethal projectiles at protesters near Union Avenue and 6th Street. Several officers suffered minor injuries after being hit by bottles and rocks, police said. At least 22 people were arrested on charges such as failure to disperse, said LAPD Sgt. Alex Chogyoji.
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Some in the crowd hurled eggs at police cars and others threw objects at a police station’s windows, prompting officers in riot gear to push the throng along 6th Street.
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Protesters angry over the shooting death by an LAPD officer of a day laborer demonstrate Tuesday along 6th Street, west of downtown. At least 22 people were arrested. The victim, Manuel Jamines, was shot Sunday after he allegedly refused commands to drop a switchblade.
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Jesus Alejandro Hernandez Carmona, 20, who apparently fell off his bike and hit his head, lies on the ground near a candlelit memorial to Jamines. He was surrounded by a crowd that was book-ended by police lined up along 6th at Union on the east and Burlington Avenue on the west.
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Police in riot gear direct protesters along 6th Street.
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About 9:30 p.m., police declared the protest an unlawful assembly and moved in to disperse the crowd as trash cans were set on fire and rocks and bottles were thrown in the direction of officers.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck defended the fatal shooting of Jamines. Protesters and officers clashed Tuesday night in Westlake near the site of the incident. A town hall meeting will be held by the Police Department at John H. Liechty Middle School at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Karen Zaldana lights the candles that were extinguished overnight at a makeshift memorial at West 6th Street and South Union Avenue, where a 37-year-old Guatemalan day laborer was shot and killed by
A sign outside the LAPD’s Rampart station was vandalized overnight. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Flower vendors Juan Flores, left, and Andres Reyes prepare their wares at 4th Street and Union Avenue the morning after a violent protest on nearby streets. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
