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LA to Pay $13M Settlement for May Day Crackdown

HeadlineFeb 06, 2009

In Los Angeles, the city council has agreed to pay a nearly $13 million settlement to immigration activists and bystanders injured during the LAPD’s crackdown on a May Day rally in MacArthur Park in 2007. Police with riot guns fired hundreds of rubber bullets, shot tear gas and clubbed protesters and journalists during the crackdown.

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