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Anonymous
>Unfortunately there was what many called a .riot. that took place after the conclusion of the game. It started off with a celebration in front of the Staples Center around a fire on the sidewalk by those that where watching the game outside on the large screen television. There was an estimated 10,000 people watching the game outside and about 15 minutes after the conclusion of the game there were three small fires burning on the sidewalk in the street in front of the Staples Center. After the three fires were burning, a small group of about 5 males started to destroy an LAPD black & white cruiser that was parked on the street. After about 3 minutes into the assault on the LAPD car, several other people joined in and within 5 minutes, the car was ignited. Less than one minute later, about 15 LAPD officers in full riot gear converged on the car and chased off all the males. One officer attempted to open the trunk of the car, I believe to retrieve an extinguisher, but his key could not open the trunk, and within several minutes the car was fully engulfed. I watched all of this from the live television broadcast, and decided to grab my camcorder and camera to witness the events in person. I live about 3 miles west of the Staples Center and left my house at about 10pm.
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