Cell phones down?

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Big crowds in downtown could impact mobile phone service, an LAPD official said.

‘There were so many people trying to use cell phones that even police cell phones didn’t work,’ said LAPD Deputy Chief Caylor ‘Lee’ Carter said.

Carter also warned of the potential for criminal activity. At the protests last year, a man or several men sexually molested women and then were able to get away in the vast crowds, he said.

--Richard Winton at LAPD headquarters