LAPD Report On Echo Park Protest Says Better System For Tracking Projectiles And Dealing With Independent Journalists Needed

Los Angeles CA

02 August, 2021

5:43 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles: LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – In a new report, the Los Angeles Police Department admits that they need a better system for tracking the use of projectiles and for dealing with the rise of independent journalists. The report is related to a March protest in Echo Park in which 182 people were arrested on charges of failure to disperse. Clashes between protestors and police that day had to do with the closure of Echo Park Lake and the clearing of homeless encampments. Read more at CBSLA CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.