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‘Small Scuffles’ Break Out At Armenian Demonstration In Brentwood
Los Angeles Police Department officers set up a scrimmage line at one point to keep demonstrators out of the streets and force distance.
BRENTWOOD (CBSLA) — A number of skirmishes broke out and one officer was injured during a large demonstration staged by an Armenian group near the Azerbaijan Consulate General in Brentwood on Tuesday.
The demonstration, organized by the Armenian National Committee of America — Western Region, started at about 2 p.m. in the 11700 block of Wilshire Boulevard in protest of alleged “unprovoked Azerbaijani belligerence,” toward Armenia in their shared border region around Armenia’s northern province of Tavush, which began July 12.
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Read more at CBS Los Angeles: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/21/armenian-demonstration-azerbaijan-consulate-brentwood-fights-officer-injured/