LAPD on alert after Lakers beat Celtics
Fans were pouring out of Staples Center on Thursday night after the Lakers beat the Celtics as hundreds of Los Angeles police officers saturated the area to prevent the type of violence that erupted after previous championship games.
The Los Angeles Police Department had assigned uniformed officers to patrol the area in cars, on foot and on horseback. Plainclothes officers were also planning to mix in with the crowds and watch for any unruly behavior by overzealous revelers, officials said.
LAPD officials had also set up a “field jail” south of Staples Center to process those who were arrested.read more
