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Lakers Fan Injured By LAPD During NBA Finals Celebrations Receives Historic Multimillion Dollar Payout

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By Lexis-Olivier Ray Verified, Lizbeth Solorzano
| L.A. TACO Verified
In eight seconds, Pablo Vera’s life changed when three LAPD officers on horseback surrounded him in Downtown Los Angeles and battered him with 40-inch wooden batons modeled after a Japanese sword. A lifelong Los Angeles Lakers fan, Vera was out that evening celebrating with hundreds of other jubilant fans after the Lakers won their 17th NBA Finals, outside of what was then still called the Staples Center, when the officers on horseback arrived and dispersed the crowd.
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Do Protests Actually Work?

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By Lexis-Olivier Ray Verified
| L.A. TACO Verified
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s weekly Investigations Newsletter. I’m Lexis-Olivier Ray, the Head of Investigations for L.A. TACO. Earlier this week, I came across a viral TikTok video from a researcher who had a lot to say about protests. “There’s zero evidence that demonstrations change either the public's opinion or government policy,” said Sarah Stein Lubrano. “Zero.” According to Lubrano, the only exception in recent years has been the Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd was murdered in 2020.
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He Went To Celebrate The Lakers Win. And Came Home With His Arm Broken By LAPD.

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By Lexis-Olivier Ray Verified, Lizbeth Solorzano
| L.A. TACO Verified
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s weekly Investigations Newsletter, I’m Lexis-Olivier Ray, the Head of Investigations for L.A. TACO. After a year of tremendous loss, Pablo Vera finally had something to celebrate when the Lakers won their 17th NBA title on October 11, 2020, nearly a year after Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among the nine people tragically killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
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