Police in the southern Californian city of Anaheim made 24
arrests overnight when violence broke out at a protest by more than 600 people
over the police shooting of an apparently unarmed man.
A half-dozen storefronts were smashed in a working-class
neighborhood surrounding City Hall in what was the second major clash between
police and demonstrators since an officer shot dead a suspected gang member in
Anaheim on Saturday afternoon.
Dozens of officers wielding night sticks faced off against
the demonstrators, who at one point threw water bottles and rocks towards the
police line.
Some protesters threw patio chairs through the windows of a
Starbucks, according to a Reuters witness. At least five other businesses had
windows smashed.
Twenty adults and four juveniles were arrested on Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning, Anaheim Police Sergeant Mike Bustamante said.
Officers toting shotguns stood guard in front of the
storefronts after the violence.
One person was injured and taken to hospital, Anaheim Police
Sergeant Bob Dunn said. Information on the person's condition was not
immediately available.
The mayor of Anaheim, Tom Tait, called on Monday for a state
and federal review of the shooting of suspected gang member Manuel Diaz. Diaz
was the fifth person to die in Anaheim in a shooting involving police this
year.
In another incident late on Sunday, Anaheim officers tried
to stop a car and killed a man who they said fled and opened fire on them
during a foot chase.
Dunn said the Diaz shooting occurred after two officers
tried to approach three men in an alley. The men fled but officers caught up
with one suspect who was shot by an officer. Diaz was found not to have been
carrying a gun, police said.
Police fired pepper pellets at angry residents near the
scene of the shooting on Saturday. (Reporting by Joseph O'Leary; Editing by
Barbara Goldberg and David Brunnstrom) (http://www.reuters.com)
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