L.A. Protesters Try to Break Into Hospital Where Two Officers Are in Critical Condition

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Both were hospitalized in critical condition at St. Francis Medical Center. Villanueva's press conference at the hospital a few hours later drew more protests.

The sheriff's department tweeted: "To the protesters blocking the entrance & exit of the HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM yelling 'We hope they die' referring to 2 LA Sheriff's ambushed today in #Compton: DO NOT BLOCK EMERGENCY ENTRIES & EXITS TO THE HOSPITAL. People's lives are at stake when ambulances can't get through."

Deputies issued a dispersal order for the "unlawful assembly" of the protesters for blocking the hospital's emergency entrance and exits, the sheriff's department said. Two people were arrested, including someone later determined to be a member of the media.

"A male adult protester refused to comply and cooperate," the department said in a statement. "During his arrest, a struggle ensued at which time a female adult ran towards the deputies, ignored repeated commands to stay back as they struggled with the male and interfered with the arrest."

The woman, later identified as a member of the press, did not identify herself as a member of the media and later said she did not have proper press credentials, the statement said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/13/los-angeles-county-deputies-shot-manhunt-underway-hospital-protest/5784460002/

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