A large rally numbering in the tens of 1,000s was driven from the park and the streets around the park. Families with young children were forced to flee as the police fired hundreds of rounds of rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd.

There are reports of many injuries, including journalists with a TV news crew. Some who have been hospitalized from their injuries. Witnesses report beatings with batons and many injuries from rubber bullets. The first incident of police violence occurred at Wilshire & Parkview when police drove a row of motorcycles head on into the march.

A brief scuffle broke out but the situation was diffused. It was the incident at 7th and Alvarado that sparked the police attack, which resulted in the complete clearing of the park and scattered street fights with police in the neighboring area

The cops marched through the park in riot gear, indiscriminately clubbing down people in their wake. Young people formed the front line against the onslaught, running in retreat for a few yards at each thud-like explosion of a teargas canister and then turning back to the cops, while older and younger people ran through the single open exit in fear that it, too, would be barricaded.

Accounts from the LA IMC wire: Police Terror in the Park | LAPD tries to crush immigrant rights movement | May Day 2007; A Report To Correct The Balance | Cops Terrorize May Day Protestors

Photos: [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] | Videos: Telemundo TV News | Police Brutality in Los Angeles May Day Rally: MacArthur Park 2007 | Alvarado (between 7th & Wilshire)

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