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 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police Chief William Bratton on Tuesday faulted his department for using poor communication and planning at a May Day immigration rally where officers fired rubber bullets and swung batons to disperse a crowd of demonstrators and journalists.
"It was quite apparent ... it all broke down," Bratton said after the city's civilian Police Commission was given a minute-by-minute account of the violent melee.
Police said they moved on protesters after being pelted with rocks and bottles. Nobody was seriously hurt, but dozens of citizen complaints were filed. Bratton has said the clash embarrassed the department.
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