Riot Fire and Rocks Erupt in Los Angeles Area
A Sunday rally of about 10 000 chicanos near Belvedere Park escalated into street clashes with deputies. Firemen battled storefront fires as crowds hurled rocks and bottles, with looting near Whittier Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. Deputies fired shotguns and service revolvers, injuring several. By afternoon, police moved in with patrols to clear the streets and a curfew was imposed after further arson and vandalism.
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Whittier Boweverd
Belvedere Park
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Long Beach
Progressive Labor Party
PLP
Revolutionary Communist Party
E Brown Beret
Rosalio Munoz
Ruben Salazar
Munoz
Sheriffs
Pomona
Beac
Third Street
Mednik Avenue
Arizona Avenue
Whittier
Damage Toll to L A Firms
Compilation of East Los Angeles violence damage reports listing Woolworth at 4815 E Whittier Blvd with 10000, a nearby women’s clothing store at same cross street with 2500, Pan American Bank of East Los Angeles at Atlantic Blvd with 15000, Firestone at 5050 E Whittier Blvd with 1000, Unjeh Nelson Mercury dealer at Atlantic Blvd with 500, Winchester Farms 4342 W Third St with 25000, Maldonado Bar Bonds 4828 E Third St with 15000, Midity Motors 615 S Atlantic Blvd two story building and six cars destroyed totaling 120000, Dial Finance 747 Atlantic Blvd with 300. Overall estimated damage 190000.
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Midity Motors
S. Atlantic Blvd
Tear Gas Type Clarified After Salazar Death
The sheriff's information bureau explained that the tear gas used Sunday was a Triple Chaser load of three small pellets lobbed high in the air, not the large wall penetrating projectile blamed for killing newsman Ruben Salazar last August. The department had faced sharp criticism for alleged misuse of that projectile.
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Sheriff's Information Bureau
Ruben Salazar
Sheriff’s Department
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Helvedere Park
Edward Davis
Sam Yorty
Whittier Boulevard
Here Park
Mike Jeff
L.A
Woolworth
E. Whittler Blvd
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East Los Angeles
Firestone
E. Whittier Blvd
Unjeh-Nelson Mercury
Aml
Atlantic Blvd
Winchester Farms
W. —Third St
Maldonado
E. Third St
Dial Finance
Atlantic
Salazar
Thane Ny
Wes
Gurl Sony
Dacro Porvestir
Vienne
Wb Gallen
Goodwin
Campbell's
Glorietta Barlett
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Weber's Bread
Carnation Gt
Schilling
Lobel
Plb
Pur Lee
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