Protesters have pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife.
At a late-afternoon news conference Tuesday, Beck said only 40 seconds went by between the time officers made contact with Manuel Jamines on Sunday and the moment an officer shot him twice.
The shooting prompted demonstrations Monday near MacArthur Park, a densely packed neighborhood west of downtown populated with recent immigrants from Central America.
The protest gained steam again Tuesday night, when Lt Andrew Neiman said about 100 people took their complaints to the Rampart police station near downtown Los Angeles, about two blocks from where Jamines died.
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