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Demovictory9

(32,448 posts) Sun May 31, 2020, 10:51 PM May 2020

huge militarized SWAT like presence brought into little bitty Santa Ana (Southern CA city)

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huge militarized SWAT like presence brought into little bitty Santa Ana (Southern CA city) (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2020 OP

To be fair brokephibroke May 2020 #1

you are right... it just feels small town. I've shopped at one of the stores show near the end of Demovictory9 May 2020 #2

South Coast Plaza is in Santa Ana, on the border of R B Garr May 2020 #3

I wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to protect South Coast Plaza.. it's the big retail draw Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #4

brokephibroke

(1,883 posts)

1. To be fair

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 10:53 PM

May 2020

Santa Ana is not a small town - over 300000 people live there, and it’s part of OC. Not that the SWAT / military presence is justified.

Demovictory9

(32,448 posts)

2. you are right... it just feels small town. I've shopped at one of the stores show near the end of

Reply to brokephibroke (Reply #1)

Sun May 31, 2020, 11:02 PM

May 2020

video. Mater Dei, fancy private school, is perfectly positioned to observe the chaos

R B Garr

(16,950 posts)

3. South Coast Plaza is in Santa Ana, on the border of

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 11:41 PM

May 2020

Costa Mesa. It was due to reopen tomorrow June 1 after being closed since March, but they’ve pushed it back. Maybe this move was because of South Coast.

Demovictory9

(32,448 posts)

4. I wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to protect South Coast Plaza.. it's the big retail draw

Reply to R B Garr (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 12:21 AM

Jun 2020

for OC. Probably all malls should push back their openings. let things calm down.

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