Magic Kingdom: Anaheim Riot Police Block Protesters from Disneyland
July 31st, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times:
Nine people were arrested Sunday during protests over recent fatal officer-involved shootings in Anaheim.
The protest took a dramatic turn when the crowd began marching en masse on Harbor Boulevard, saying they were headed to Disneyland. But police in riot gear corralled them, and many returned to police headquarters.
The demonstration stretched long into the afternoon, with more than 200 protesters initially chanting in front of police headquarters and taking over a parking lot where they drew chalk outlines of bodies and wrote messages condemning the police.
Organizers hoped the demonstration would remain peaceful in order to avoid a repeat of Tuesday’s events. In that night’s mass protest, police used non-lethal rounds to disperse a crowd of about 1,000 who marched through the streets after a packed City Council meeting. Some protesters threw rocks, bricks and other objects at officers and started fires in trash bins. By Tuesday night’s end, authorities said, 24 protesters had been arrested, 20 buildings damaged and seven people injured.
