Tag: La Mesa riots
Security Risk Management firm Hillard Heintze presented their After Action report on the May 2019 Black Lives Matter-associated event to La Mesa City council members on Jan 26, nearly eight months after a planned peaceful protest escalated into a nighttime riot which left several historic buildings burned to the ground.
Organized after La Mesa Police Officer Matthew Dages arrested Amaurie...
On Jan. 6, the San Diego District Attorney’s Office announce that La Mesa Police Detective Eric Knudson, who fired a beanbag round that struck and injured a woman during the May 30 protest will not face charges.
The peaceful protest turned violent as many protesters gathered at the La Mesa Police Department, which later turned into protesters throwing water and...
On Jan. 4, San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that a criminal charge was filed against former La Mesa Police officer Matthew Dages in connection with the arrest of 23-year-old Amaurie Johnson near the Grossmont trolley station in La Mesa on May 27, 2020. Dages is accused of falsifying the reason for Johnson’s detention as well as his...
La Mesa Police announced the arrest of Rey Estrada-Silva, 25, for suspicion of looting the Play It Again Sports store hit hard by rioters on May 30.
The owner of the store, Dan Buxton, confronted some of the looters after the store’s windows were broken and people began taking things out of the store at 8011 University Ave. in the...
