The Los Angeles Police Department is coming under increasing criticism for violently crushing a largely peaceful immigrant rights march on Tuesday. Police dressed in riot gear fired 240 rounds of rubber and foam bullets as well as tear gas. Officers were seen on video clubbing protesters and journalists with batons. Overall, 10 people, including several journalists, were taken to hospitals after being injured. The Spanish-language TV station Telemundo confirmed that one of its reporters and three camera operators had been injured by police. The Los Angeles Times reported four employees of KVEA-TV were injured. A KTTV news reporter suffered a minor shoulder injury. A camerawoman with KTTV also broke her wrist. Patricia Nazario of the public radio station KPCC was also injured. The police has launched a pair of investigations. L.A. Police Chief William Bratton admitted the actions taken by the police were inappropriate. He said, “I was disturbed at what I saw.” The police claim they were provoked by some protesters who threw small objects at them. Councilman Herb Wesson likened what he saw to the violent police response to civil rights demonstrators in the South half a century ago. Wesson said, “I had a flashback to 45 years ago. It was a nightmare to me.”