France 24
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Tensions had slowly been escalating all afternoon, so by the time I arrived on the scene at about 8 p.m., anger was boiling over. A couple hundred protesters, the majority of them Latino, were facing off against a similar number of policemen wearing full riot gear. They were not just from Anaheim; there were policemen from many other cities around the county. The police announced that the crowd had to disperse, or those gathered would face arrest. Just minutes later, without warning, the police started shooting with all kinds of what they call "less than lethal" weapons - they shot pepper balls [which release pepper spray to irritate the eyes], bean bags, and rubber bullets.
