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Protesters challenged LAPD's account, pointing to footage posted to social media showing officers using batons on people, even those standing on the sidelines. These included a man who was helping another person up, and a legal observer with the National Lawyers Guild who had been filming the event and had her back turned when she was struck.
Within hours, politicians began to respond on social media including Congressmember Jimmy Gomez, Councilmember Mike Bonin and Councilmember-elect Nithya Raman and state Assemblymembers Wendy Carrillo and Miguel Santiago.