Lone Wolf footage from LA May Day fiasco

Lone Wolf got this video from his perch on a city bus. In his words:

Last night, shortly after work, a took a short trip to MacArthur Park.

Working fairly close, I left my car in the company garage, and I took a bus to the event.

I got to the event late, right when "unlawful assembly" was declared, followed by a thorough ass-whooping.

There was NO exception made.

If you were in the park, or the general area, and you did not leave, you were encouraged to leave. With rubber and wooden bullets, and bean bags, fired from shotguns, and something similar to a 37 mm grenade launcher. Even if you were with the media, you HAD to go. I don't think they were interested in media representatives' First Amendment rights.

I ran two blocks to the nearest bus stop, got on a bus, and started back to work. On my way, I sat right next to the front door, to the driver's right. The driver talked to his wife on a cell phone, occasionally taking pictures, and sending them home.

Driving back, we drove against the crowd driven out of the park.

I had a small Canon camcorder in my pocket, so I started shooting video.

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• LA
• riots
• May
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