FBI To Take A Look

The FBI has decided to look into this weeks immigration
rally in LA to see if civil rights were violated during the
rally. What do you think will come from all these investigations?


After days of watching from afar news footage showing his city's police officers wielding batons and firing rubber bullets into a crowd at an immigration rally, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa decided to cut short a trade mission to Mexico to deal with fallout from the violence.
Villaraigosa planned to return to Los Angeles on Friday and will hold an afternoon news conference at City Hall.

"I think it is necessary to make sure people know everything is in order and we will conduct a thorough and transparent investigation," Villaraigosa told the Televisa news network late Thursday. Villaraigosa arrived in Mexico on Thursday to promote investment, trade and tourism with Los Angeles, home to the largest Mexican population outside Mexico. He visited El Salvador earlier in the week.

Authorities have launched several investigations into the Police Department's actions at Tuesday's rally at MacArthur Park, where police fired 240 rubber bullets. Video images of the incident were broadcast worldwide.
"I was very disturbed by what I saw," Villaraigosa told reporters in Mexico City on Thursday.
The FBI said Thursday it would open an inquiry into whether the officers' conduct violated citizens' civil rights. Prior to the FBI announcement, Police Chief William J. Bratton had said he would inquire whether an FBI probe was possible.

"I have no issues with the FBI coming in ... and taking a look at it," he said.
The FBI probe is the fourth official investigation of the incident. The Police Department opened two investigations almost immediately after the violence, one to create an "after-action report" that evaluates planning and operations, and another by internal affairs to probe complaints against officers.





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