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L.A. Mayor Condemns Rally Violence

Saturday, May 05, 2007 9:35:34 AM
By ANDREW GLAZER

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, standing at podium, who cut short a trip to Mexico and Central America, speaks to a room jammed with journalists as he discusses issues related to the clash between LAPD officers and demonstrators, journalists and others at a May 1 immigration rights rally at MacArthur Park, at a City Hall news conference Friday, May 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa condemned the Police Department's use of force against demonstrators and reporters at an immigration rally, saying he was "deeply, personally troubled" by the clash.

The mayor returned home Friday after cutting short a trade mission to El Salvador and Mexico amid criticism for being out of town since Tuesday's melee at MacArthur Park.

"Like every Angeleno I was deeply, personally troubled by the events of May 1st," the mayor said at City Hall. "Those images hit me in the gut.


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