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Bass announces LAPD surge in downtown L.A.
Los Angeles Times
|March 12, 2026
Action follows a street takeover and brawl at apartments near Crypto.com Arena.
POLICE Chief Jim McDonnell called the Sunday incident "extremely disturbing."
(JASON ARMOND Los Angeles Times)
Downtown Los Angeles is no stranger to wild street takeovers where crowds shut down intersections to perform doughnuts, burnouts and other stunts. But over the weekend, a takeover took a turn for the explosive when a brawl overflowed into an upscale apartment complex near Crypto.com Arena, with lobby windows smashed and at least one person taken to a hospital, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Mayor Karen Bass announced that the Los Angeles Police Department would be strategically deploying patrol cars, horse patrols, foot patrols and undercover units in the downtown area in response to the incident.
This story is from the March 12, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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