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Can you say hypocrites LOL
Stay classy LA, stay classy! The fans called the Nuggets thugs, look at their own fan base....
Well i don't care. i wish i was there yesterday.
Can you say hypocrites LOL
Stay classy LA, stay classy! The fans called the Nuggets thugs, look at their own fan base....
sad fakersss
Chief blames ‘knuckleheads’ for Lakers disturbance
By Daisy Nguyen
Looting and vandalism that broke out in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball championship won’t keep the city from celebrating the team’s victory: City officials and the Lakers are planning to foot the bill for a victory parade they hope will overshadow unrest the police chief blames on a mob of “knuckleheads.”
Police reviewed security video and media images Monday to identify suspects who caused damage downtown the night before. Police Chief William Bratton said many known gang members were in the crowd.
“These knuckleheads seem to really relish their opportunity in the dark,” Bratton said.
A victory parade was being planned for Wednesday, and officials of both the Lakers and the city were trying to decide who will pay for the celebration. The Los Angeles Times reported that Lakers and the city will kick in about $1 million apiece for the party.
The police union, citing the city’s financial crisis, demanded that the Lakers pay all costs.
Bratton said he didn’t know how much it will cost to provide security for the parade, but said that the team and members of the business community planned to provide financial assistance.
“In terms of whether there’s a thousand officers, 2,000 officers, that’s what the planning sessions today will make that determination,” he said. “And we’ll know ultimately what the cost will be.”
Calls to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s spokesman and Lakers spokesman John Black were not immediately returned Monday
Fans eagerly buying Lakers’ gear at the downtown Team LA store on Monday expressed disgust over the disturbance.
“It’s uncalled for, it’s a shame and it’s embarrassing for a lot of us in Los Angeles,” said Mark Scoggins, 48.
“It was ridiculous, it was definitely not the right way to celebrate,” said Alex Ramirez, 27.
Trouble erupted Sunday night in the area around Staples Center, the Lakers’ home court, even though the team won its 15th National Basketball Association championship in Florida, defeating the Orlando Magic 99-86 in Game 5 of the final series.
Street celebrations that began peacefully turned ugly. Fires were set, objects were thrown at police officers, several businesses were looted and buses, police cars and other vehicles were vandalized. Hooligans hurled rocks through the window of one bus abandoned under an overpass.
Eight police officers were injured and 18 people were arrested Sunday night.
Two more people were arrested Monday when neighbors of a looted shoe store alerted authorities to two residents of an adjacent building.
When officers knocked on their door they saw shoe boxes inside the apartment, said police Sgt. Mark Pearce. The two people, who were not immediately identified, were booked for investigation of theft.
Inside The Holy Grail shoe store, shelves were empty and glass display cases were shattered. Receipts, paperwork and shoe boxes were scattered around a back storeroom.
Store owner Richard Torres said he lost at least $100,000 worth of vintage sneakers and sports apparel, as well as computers.
More than anything, he was upset because much of the stolen merchandise was burned.
“It would be different if we got burglarized, but they were literally lighting stuff on fire,” said Torres, whose business usually does well after games when sports fans stop in.
“For this to happen, it leaves a sour taste,” he said.
Torres and store manager Liz Sanchez could not understand why police were unable to prevent the looting. Sanchez said witnesses told her that the store was targeted when one person started shouting “Who wants shoes?” The door was then pushed in.
At a S gas station, assistant manager Jorge Osorio said looters took candy and sodas from its convenience store and fled.
“So now we just clean up and move on,” he said.
Bratton told KNX radio that the Police Department was adequately prepared with resources staged in different areas of the city.
“It’s unfortunate that as we were dispersing those groups, making arrests, that a number of them for a period of time were able to commit the acts of vandalism, the looting … until we were able to get sufficient resources,” he said.
The chief said he was not satisfied with what occurred, but he said the blame should fall on the mob, not the department or the city.
Bratton said he anticipated more arrests as officers review media footage to “identify a lot of these characters, many of whom are gang members and are well known to us.”
Sunday’s game was not shown on Staples Center’s giant exterior TV screen. In 2000, a large crowd that watched the Lakers win the NBA le turned into a mob that torched police cars, a TV van and caused about $750,000 in property damage to businesses.
Chris Paul was in LA?
Seriously though..WTF? Why would people riot. It happens all the time, and makes no damn sense...yeah...Lakers won the le, what are you going to do? I'm gonna go bash in someone's car, steal some , and go to jail...that's going to make for a of a fun night. Stupid .
It's called for brains.
or lack of an education.. but of course there can be other factors.
The people rioting aren't Laker fans. They're just idiots rioting because they know they can get away with it.
They are wearing Laker jersey's and sporting LA tattoos. Did the police beat some a** or just wuss out?
Typical lakers fan. No wonder they have the biggest bandwagon followers, mexican make up the biggest minority. Ps not being racial, have nothing against mexican, just the mexican who happen to be lakers fan...
WTF? Yeah..all those non Laker fans wearing Laker jerseys...lol...what an idiot.
Very similar to how it happened:
what would they have done if they lost? act like they've never won a championship before!!
Pretty sad state of affairs.....
If Greeks riot they are "animals" if LA citizens do it they are "celebrating". Keep up the racism NBA fans it is all you are good at.
Make a thread about it. That's never gonna get old to say.
Lakers forever
go to sleep pinky.
Hey is that guy in the suspenders the one who married Julia Roberts?
Lakers forever
Um....if you haven't been paying attention, pinky, we have been bashing LA fans for rioting...
But we know basketball.
We riot after we win.
Not in the middle of the 3rd quarter in an opening game of the series.
Explain difference please.
The truth is, there isn't a difference...both fans are completely ignorant for rioting..doesn't matter where you're from.
Don't know if they were married, but his name is Benjamin Bratt
unfortunately many of those rats ended up in SA....Son, you can have em back
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