More file claims over MacArthur Park immigration protest
Civil rights lawyers filed 164 more claims against the city of Los Angeles today in connection with injuries or emotional harm allegedly suffered when the Police Department broke up a May 1 immigration protest in MacArthur Park.
Lawyer Carol Sobel, speaking for dozens of people who were in or near the park on the day police fired rubber bullets into the crowd, said she and other lawyers would pursue a class-action lawsuit against the city and the LAPD. DAVID ZAHNISER in the Los Angeles Times.
Lawyer Carol Sobel, speaking for dozens of people who were in or near the park on the day police fired rubber bullets into the crowd, said she and other lawyers would pursue a class-action lawsuit against the city and the LAPD. DAVID ZAHNISER in the Los Angeles Times.