Riot Gear Incident At USC

May 6, 2013 Subscribe · Forward WATCH: Racial Profiling At USC? The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to a noise complaint at an African-American USC student party early Saturday morning with seventy-nine officers, some in riot gear. Students allege the response was an example of racial profiling. To raise awareness about the incident, some have been circulating videos on social media and are staging a campus sit-in on Monday, KTLA reports in the video above. The LAPD said it called the riot squad after beer bottles were thrown at them, which students say didn't happen. Continue reading... PHOTO: Ordered To Remove His Own Graffiti A Map For Cookie Fiends 'I Couldn't Walk At All, I Couldn't Move My Arms' Epic Photos From The Springs Fire LA's Major Strike Against Gun Lobby Why Investigators Ruled Out Arson WATCH: Racial Profiling At USC? Mortician's Creepy Crimes Could Land Him Life Sentence Gabrielle Reece Opens Up About 'Submissiveness' Comment WATCH: Racial Profiling At USC? State Approves Funds For Confiscating Illegal Guns From Homes RICK J. CARUSO Is L.A.'s Future More Secure With 10,000 Cops? Great cities face their challenges head-on and invent new paths towards the future. There are at least 10,000 reasons for Los Angeles to do the same. Continue reading... XAQUE GRUBER Trainspotting at the Elephant Theatre: Daring, Gritty and Heartbreaking Roger Mathey's latest revival of Irvine Welsh's cult novel about a circle of heroin addict friends in Edinburgh, Scotland, Trainspotting, is one of the most visceral, blood and guts stage dramas I've seen in recent memory -- or maybe ever. Continue reading... REP. KAREN BASS Time To Get Serious on Student Loan Debt Last month marked the one year anniversary of student loan debt crossing the $1 trillion mark -- making it second only to mortgage debt. Americans now owe more in student loan debt then credit card or automobile debt with the past 10 years showing a staggering 511 percent increase. Continue reading... THE PET COLLECTIVE Unbelievable: 89 Dogs Rescued From a Hoarder; Here's One Dog's Story  Continue reading... GINA HALL The Great Gatsby: Review It's Moulin Rouge-meets-the Jazz Age, and Baz Luhrmann is the star. The film is everything the trailer promises -- loud, frenetic and fun -- but when the style-over-substance take on the material wears thin, what's left are some subpar performances and a lot of voice-over narration. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003