Drum Circle Ends In Massive Brawl On OFW

Two drunk males resist arrest as officers attempt to secure area

As the drum circle was being shut down in normal fashion by LAPD on Sunday night, two men were detained for having open containers and possible narcotics. As they were being cited, another fight broke out among two other men, and it took the six LAPD officers on the scene to keep all four men detained. The second two were being combative and resisting arrest.

The very drunk friends of these two groups started screaming and taunting, and would not back away from the scene despite numerous calls by LAPD to step back. The officers called for backup, another fight started, and before you knew it the original four that were detained needed several officers on each of them to keep them in custody as the crowd of drunk onlookers fought with one another and LAPD. Repeated calls for additional officers went out, and air unit was dispatched and the boardwalk from Wavecrest north to Thornton was on lockdown with a full perimeter of officers. In the end, the entire incident was caused by unruly drunk people who wanted to fight with one another and LAPD. Even with a wall of officers holding the perimeter of the scene, people riding up the boardwalk on their bikes were combative and verbally abusive to the officers as they were turned away from the crime scene. ( Even though it is a misdemeanor to ride your bike through on the boardwalk )

When the dust cleared, about nine people were taken into custody. It was amazing to see how indignant and combative people were. Clearly there was a massive police presence, and when people walked up to the scene they were yelling insults at the officers for “blocking the boardwalk”, when in fact they were holding a safe perimeter of a crime scene. The sad part is that the majority of those that were drunk and fighting, and being arrested were boardwalk regulars that seemed all charged up and ready for a brawl.

The first two men being cited for open containers and poss. narcotics

Additional drunk people fighting and being detained by police

Police hold a perimeter at Wavecrest