The LAPD got a noise complaint about a USC graduation party: Response: 70 officers and SWAT [View all]

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arrests made.

They got another noise complaint at approx the same time from another graduation party across the street. Those attending were told to stay inside in order to be safe while the police action against the other party took place.

The difference? At the party busted with force, the attendees were largely black and latino. At the one where students were treated respectfully, they were mostly white.

At a student/police meeting, police said there was no racism.


http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LAPD-Launches-Probes-USC-Weekend-Party-Confrontation-206299471.html

The Los Angeles Police Department is under scrutiny again. This time it's for sending almost 80 officers to break up a college house party. Most of the party goers were African-American students from the University of Southern California.

USC senior Nate Howard organized the party the LAPD shut down. At a protest on campus Monday he condemned the response.

"Seventy-plus officers?" he said. "What else was going on at that time in the community that you needed to be at a party of students getting ready to graduate?"

Howard says LAPD sent officers in riot gear and a helicopter to break up his party after they received noise complaints. Students were handcuffed, detained, and six were arrested. Howard says it was a peaceful event: registered with campus police, student IDs checked at the door — no fights, no guns — just black college kids having fun.

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/05/08/182175917/L-A-s-Police-Department-Faces-Allegations-Of-Racism