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UCLA Students: Police
Overreacted After Win
BY SHARON COLE
STAFF WRITER
Monday night April 3, most UNC stu
dents were still mourning Saturday night's
loss. Across the country, S,OOOUCLA bas
ketball fans took to the streets ofLos Ange
les and stormed their version of Franklin
Street after winning the national champi
onship.
After the game, students rushed down
to Westwood Village, an area of restau
rants and stores, and filled an intersection
while screaming, cheering and chanting.
However, their celebration was inter
rupted abruptly by the Los Angeles Police
Department in riot gear.
Police officers attempting to break up
the crowd fired tear gas and rubber bullets
into the crowd.
The police officers met the crowd head
on and tried to push the students out of the
intersection by force.
John Dunkin, lieutenant in charge of
press relations for the LAPD, said 247
police officers had been in Westwood Vil
lage to control and disperse the students.
He said the crowd had posed a threat to
public safety and was considered an un
lawful assembly.
Dunkin said that the officers also had
been concerned because most members of
the crowd had been drinking alcohol and
that bottles and cans had been thrown at
police officers.
A local radio van that had been parked
in the intersection by one of the station’s
disc jockeys was overturned by the crowd.
“It became clear to us we had to prevent
a repeat of vandalism, ” Dunkin said, refer
ring to the L.A. riots in April 1992.
No other vandalism was reported by
area businesses.
Several UCLA students who were at
Westwood Village on Monday night said
they thought students had been provoked
into violent behavior by the police pres
ence.
“With the police there, people expected
violence and destruction, which is what
happened,” said Cyndi Chin, a 19-year
old sophomore at UCLA. “It looked like
people were standing around waiting for
something to happen.”
Warren Kaino, another sophomore at
UCLA, said he agreed.
“Due to the fact that the police were
there, it was a hostile environment,” he
said. “It ruined the whole evening.”
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Kaino said he thought the crowd would
have been calmer if the police had not been
so aggressive.
“I think everyone would’ve gone out to
Westwood and had a good time. That’s
what I was there to do,” he said.
Harpreet Takhar, a UCLA sophomore,
said he thought the police had been more
of a threat than the crowd.
“I think a lot of people were frightened
by the police,” with their rubber bullets
and batons, he said.
Chin said that when she went down to
Westwood Village after the game, she was
shocked to see all the police officers.
“I didn’t expect that at all. You see that
on TV, but that’s not what you (usually)
see here,” she said.
Chin said the large police presence for
such a small crowd could be blamed on
Los Angeles’ past problems.with safety.
“It could be as simple as: It’s L.A., and
people are afraid of what happened be
fore,” she said, referring to the 1992 riots.
When UNC won the national title in
1993, approximately 20,000 Tar Heel fans
packed Franklin Street. But only 130 po
lice officers from the University, Chapel
Hill and Canboro forces patrolled the
crowds.
Jane Cousins, ChapelHillpolicespokes
woman, said the police took many precau
tions prior to a big event, like the Duke
basketball game or the national champion
ship, to prevent dangerous situations.
For example, a few days before UNC
played Arkansas in the Final Four this
year, Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun de
clared a state of emergency for that night.
Despite the ominous sound of this
phrase, the announcement gave Chapel
Hill police the authority to close Franklin
Street to traffic, Cousins said.
Italsogavepolicethe authority to check
for and confiscate weapons and alcohol.
The mayor does not always announce a
state of emetgency prior to a popular game
against a big rival like N.C. State Univer
sity, Cousins said.
“In the past, we have closed the street
without a state of emergency because it’s a
safety issue,” she said.
Cousins said “state of emergency” was
a legal phrase and did not reflect expecta
tions of any violence by a crowd after the
game.
She said Chapel Hill police tried to plan
ahead for large events or celebrations if
given the opportunity.
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