ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - Police in the southern Californian city of Anaheim made 24 arrests overnight when violence broke out at a protest by more than 600 people over the police shooting of an apparently unarmed man.
A half-dozen storefronts were smashed in a working-class neighborhood surrounding City Hall in what was the second major clash between police and demonstrators since an officer shot dead a suspected gang member in Anaheim on Saturday afternoon.
Dozens of officers wielding night sticks faced off against the demonstrators, who at one point threw water bottles and rocks towards the police line.
Some protesters threw patio chairs through the windows of a Starbucks, according to a Reuters witness. At least five other businesses had windows smashed.
Twenty adults and four juveniles were arrested on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Anaheim Police Sergeant Mike Bustamante said.
Officers toting shotguns stood guard in front of the storefronts after the violence.
One person was injured and taken to hospital, Anaheim Police Sergeant Bob Dunn said. Information on the person's condition was not immediately available.
The mayor of Anaheim, Tom Tait, called on Monday for a state and federal review of the shooting of suspected gang member Manuel Diaz. Diaz was the fifth person to die in Anaheim in a shooting involving police this year.
In another incident late on Sunday, Anaheim officers tried to stop a car and killed a man who they said fled and opened fire on them during a foot chase.
Dunn said the Diaz shooting occurred after two officers tried to approach three men in an alley. The men fled but officers caught up with one suspect who was shot by an officer. Diaz was found not to have been carrying a gun, police said.
Police fired pepper pellets at angry residents near the scene of the shooting on Saturday. (Reporting by Joseph O'Leary; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and David Brunnstrom)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/violent-protest-hits-anaheim-052701175.html
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