{"id":529157,"date":"2026-01-20T05:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/529157\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:51:11","slug":"police-disperse-large-crowd-in-leimert-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/529157\/","title":{"rendered":"Police disperse large crowd in Leimert Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ouoe58eiavvele7v.jpg\" alt=\"Police disperse crowd in Leimert Park \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong> &#8211; Chaos erupted following an MLK Day celebration at Leimert Park. Reports of violence forced the LAPD to move in and control the crowd.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Police responded to the area of McClung Drive and Stocker Street West Monday afternoon for reports of a stabbing. Police couldn&#8217;t find any victim but said an ambulance was requested. It remains unclear if the victim was taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">As police responded they say the crowd turned violent and set up skirmish lines and ordered them to disperse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The crowd escalated as crowds of people started fighting with each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The police department said they found a victim who was beaten by the crowd near a McDonald&#8217;s at 43rd and Crenshaw. Their condition is unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Eventually the crowd left. Police confirmed arrests were made, but that number is unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Mayor Karen Bass released a statement saying in part, &#8220;Unfortunately after the parade, LAPD responded to a group of young people creating a disturbance and there are reports of a stabbing towards the end of the parade route that remains under investigation. Los Angeles has zero tolerance for this type of violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/mlk-parade-south-los-angeles-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hundreds gathered for annual MLK parade in South Los Angeles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Earlier in the day, thousands gathered in the area for the annual MLK Day Parade in South L.A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information for this story came from the Los Angeles Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/la-los-angeles-county\/leimert-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leimert Park<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8211; Chaos erupted following an MLK Day celebration at Leimert Park. 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