How Illegal Warehouse Parties Turned Into a Mob Melee on the Streets of Downtown L.A.

How illegal warehouse parties turned into a mob melee on the streets of downtown L.A.

Scores of young people took part in a vandalism spree in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night, leaving damage and questions in their wake.

Mob wreaks havoc in downtown LA, tagging buildings and trains as someone breathes fire

The crowd gathered at midnight at Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue. It’s unclear why dozens of people converged at the intersection just south of downtown Los Angeles, but some were dressed to party, wearing pink platform heels and cat ears, according to video shot by news outlet OnScene.TV. A man gulped from a jug filled with a flammable liquid that he spat onto a torch, throwing flames into the night sky. As a helicopter circled overhead,…