"The event began peacefully. Protesters sat on the Strip blocking traffic, holding hands and singing. Trouble began when a car full of off-duty Marines got into a fender-bender. The Marines got out of their car and at least one punched the driver of the other car, The Times reported. Fighting spread.
"Police and sheriffs' deputies closed off part of the Strip and ordered everyone to leave, but some protesters ran amok."
In the Los Angeles Times, Cecilia Rasmussen recalls 1966's Sunset Strip Riots, the inspiration for Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth."
And in Los Angeles CityBeat, Natalie Nichols reviews Dominic Priore's Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood.
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