Police Playing the Policed: on having the LAPD in our league
When we heard that the LAPD team would play the first season of our urban soccer league, we were a
bit wary.
The field is smack in the middle of Pico-Union, and right down the street from the new police
station. This is the home of the infamous 1990s Ramparts Scandal. It is also the neighborhood of
the May Day "Melee" in which the LAPD used violence to break up a peaceful march and demonstration
calling for reform in immigration policies in the U.
From a Left Wing @ Jun 8, 2009 7:35 PM EDT | Blog Profile
