Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Outside Disneyland
Last weekend, police officers shot and killed two men in the heavily Latino city that’s also home to the Happiest Place on Earth. There have now been five officer-related civilian deaths in Anaheim since the year began, and residents are fighting back.
1. Saturday, July 21: Manuel Diaz is shot.
According to the Orange County Register, two patrol officers saw three men, including 25-year-old Diaz, standing near a car in an alley in the early evening. The men ran when officers tried to make contact, and one of the officers began shooting. Diaz, pictured with his daughter, was apparently a known gang member. He was unarmed at the time.
This video, sent to OC Weekly, shows Manuel Diaz lying on the grass, shot but still alive. A small crowd yells “He’s still alive, man!” and “Why did you have to shoot him in the head?” Diaz reportedly died hours later in the hospital.
3. Sunday, July 22: The protests begin.
Activist Marlena Carrillo shouts at police during a press conference at the Anaheim Police Department.
That night, another Anaheim officer shoots and kills a man, Jose Acevedo (right), who was fleeing police in a reportedly stolen car with three other passengers. Shots were fired at the officers from the car and police took Acevedo down.
5. Tuesday, July 24: A peaceful rally turns into a riot.
Police officers protect the streets around Anaheim City Hall. A rally outside became violent after some demonstrators were turned away from a city council meeting.
A protester confronts police, who are blocking the entrance of city hall.
A protester kicks a police car outside city hall.
A protester is handcuffed during the demonstration.
More protesters confront police. The sign reads “Shoot Me And I’ll Shoot Back.”
By the end of the night, 24 protesters would be taken into custody.
Protesters tried to occupy the the intersection of Anaheim Boulevard and Broadway near Anaheim City Hall.
Protesters flung chairs through the windows of a nearby Starbucks.
Twenty businesses were vandalized throughout the night’s protests. The Starbucks was attacked as police officers tried to move protesters away from Anaheim City Hall.
A pedestrian is injured near more destroyed businesses.
A protester helps a friend who was struck by a rubber bullet. Six people were treated for minor injuries, including an officer and two journalists.
20. Wednesday, July 25: Manuel Diaz’s mother calls for peace.
Genevieve Huizar says she doesn’t want violence to be her son’s legacy in a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif.
A memorial for Manuel Diaz. Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait has called for state and federal investigations into the deaths of Diaz and Acevedo. Huizar filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city, the police department and the police chief.
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- derekbradleyt thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Ew & Trashy
- hannahelizabethk thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is OMG
- justanothercowgirl thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is WTF & OMG
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- Alejandra Villa thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Trashy, Fail & OMG
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BlueSerenade 9 months agoThe Diaz case is ridiculous. Gang member or not, you don’t shoot someone who hasn’t in some way threatened your safety, especially not someone who has their BACK to you and Jesus, shooting him in the head no less? The guy is running from you! A shot to the leg would’ve been more than enough. The cop who did that is a chicken shit human being and used lethal force completely incorrectly. The second case where Acevedo and others were fleeing in a stolen car is an example of lethal force being used CORRECTLY seeing as it seems the people in the car shot at the officers first and thus jeopardized the officers safety.
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- K Dog thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Fail
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- danielled8 thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is OMG
- msmcgee82 thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Fail
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kaickulelrodm 9 months agoThis has been going on forever. Think LA. Twice. Cops are nothing but bullies and ex jocks in HS that didn’t go any where. TRUTH
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- lilyf thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Trashy
- calli441 thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is OMG
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FedandBuzzed 9 months agoI live in a neighboring city, Fullerton, where about a year ago police tased and beat a schizophrenic homeless man to death. Perhaps some of you remember that. Granted, these incidents in Anaheim are more ambiguous at the very least, but I’m not willing to just take the police department’s word for it.
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- lah8e thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is OMG
- Madison D. thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Fail
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mpc 9 months agoI’m only in my early 30s, and you can clearly see the difference between my generation and those born a mere 10 years after me. When I was growing up, you respected your elders. You respected the police. You respected (and even looked up to) the men and women who were successful and made something of themselves. These days, everything is “the man’s” fault. Cops are “pigs” and “terrorists”. The wealthy and largely successful are “scumbags”. It’s all so ass-backwards to me. I realize how old I sound, but man, I am terrified for the future of this country.
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- silverhellion thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is OMG
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Captain Chaos 9 months ago“Tear gas only slaps at the problem; nerve gas solves it.” — Hunter S. Thompson.
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mirsee 9 months agoPolice have been harassing our poor communities for decades and we are tired of it. If this were to happen in a different neighborhood, it would be an outrage. It was suppose to be a peaceful protest and the law enforcement showed up in riot gear? They set a police dog on a woman and her child, they shot a boy with rubber bullets, they attacked a community! WTF would you people do if it happened in your neighborhood? But its okay, its just a bunch of brown people, right?
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murdertheworld 9 months ago
What does this have to do with Disneyland? Why us it in the title?
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Crazy Legz 9 months ago“How dare you shoot my friend/family member for breaking the law”. So backwards.
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- kellym28 thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Trashy
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UBM 9 months agoYes, sure. You’re a damn gang member, run away from the police because you’re driving a stolen car. Then people ( many of them gangs) ” protest by destroying their neighbourhoods businesses, THAT really helps. I would gang them all up and arrest those excuses of human beings. If you act like a thug, dress like one and most likely are one, don’t play the race card when something happens. I wouldn’t want to be a cop in that city. Watched some news footage on TV, where you could see gang members flashing their body tattoos in front of the camera and THEN they want ” sympathy ” from the public. Arrest all those bastards and put them in some labor camp and let them work their behinds off for the good of the rest of society. That is what I would do.
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- J thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Fail
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Louis Rosales 9 months ago
As a Anaheim resident, i can say that this was a embarrassing night for most of the citizens who live here. Not only were we inconvenienced by the protests when they marched unlawfully through some of the busiest streets in the city (Harbor,Anaheim,Ball,Broadway)during rush hour, but then vandalize places in the name of gang members. And to answer everyone’s question: there is low cost apartment complexes in the city of Anaheim, and that’s where the majority of the gang problems in Anaheim are happening, most of the protesters (which are mostly young kids who live in those complexes and just want to cause trouble) actually come from. PS THE REASON MAUEL DIAZ WAS SHOT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS REACHING INTO HIS WAISTBAND AND THE COP THOUGHT IT WAS A GUN! WITH ALL THE POLICE SHOOTINGS IT SHOULD BE ROCKET SURGERY EVEN WITH THESE GANG MEMBERS THAT 1) NEVER RUN FROM THE COPS BECAUSE THAT’S TELLING THEM YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND 2) NEVER REACH OR LOOK LIKE YOU ARE REACHING FOR ANYTHING WHILE RUNNING FROM THE COPS!
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mekki 9 months ago
The riots now are pretty much 20% actual protesters and 80% anarchists and looters who are using this as a chance to cause chaos and steal anything that isn’t nailed down. Once your “protest” starts targeted innocent people, you lose me. I don’t care what you are protesting about.
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- rhadams thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is Fail
- crystlgem thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is WTF
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Museviolet 9 months agoi don’t understand how trashing local businesses and your own city helps.
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- Museviolet thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is WTF
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mce2005 9 months ago
REALLY?! They were shot because they weren’t obeying the cops! If they weren’t doing anything wrong why would they run away from them? It is sad that they were shot.. but the truth is they were up to no good. I do think that there are bad cops, but the majority of them are looking out for us. I know so many people who “hate cops” only because they have gone to jail for a crime they committed.. makes no sense.
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- Ashley Baccam thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is OMG
- smg7320 thinks Anaheim Protests Rage Three Miles Out... is WTF & OMG
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