LA Times · Sep 8, 2015
The Police Commission vs. its audience
Community members identifying with the Black Lives Matter group confront LAPD officers following a public comment section of the Los Angeles Police Commission meeting at LAPD headquarters downtown on Sept. 1. (Los Angeles Times)Here are a few of the things that have gone on at recent meetings of the Los Angeles Police Commission:
Spontaneous outbursts from the audience. Insults hurled at the police chief. Widespread whistling, chanting, foot stamping and sign waving. Rowdy protesters removed by officers. A black man in a red Ku Klux Klan outfit. More profanity than a Tarantino movie.