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Cops vow to jail miscreants as coliseum fills

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jun 17, 2009 3:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – An estimated 150,000 clogged streets in downtown Los Angeles today as the NBA-champion Lakers took a victory lap around downtown, the Times reports. Some 80,000 more jammed the Coliseum for a rally at parade’s end. Police, hoping to avoid the looting and... Read full story »

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