From the Daily Bruin: Following UCLA men’s basketball’s last-second loss in the NCAA tournament, hundreds of UCLA students rushed to the streets [on April 3, 2021] to express discontent with the loss and celebrate UCLA’s season... Some people on Roebling Avenue set chairs and boxes on fire as students clapped. The UCLA Fire department extinguished the fire within minutes. Dozens of LAPD officers arrived at the scene of the fire within minutes and detained at least one person. LAPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment...
LAPD officers attempted to block off access to the main streets as a cluster of students moved through Roebling Avenue, Levering Avenue and Kelton Avenue. The officers, some armed with rubber bullet guns, blocked off the streets and instructed marchers to disperse. Most students dispersed by around 9 p.m...
LA County guidelines prohibit large outdoor gatherings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommend that vaccinated people take precautionary measures when in public and gathering with unvaccinated people.
“While we share the Bruin community’s disappointment with the outcome of tonight’s game, we are dismayed by those individuals who chose to engage in misconduct and risk their own health and the health of others by gathering in large groups in violation of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health guidelines,” UCLA said in a statement...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2021/04/03/students-gather-in-westwood-following-mens-basketballs-loss-in-final-four-game
Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j06bLDYzyGc
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