Rams fans take over downtown LA after Super Bowl win

Posted by Valentine Belue on Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The LAPD declared an unlawful assembly Sunday night after “violent and destructive” Los Angeles Rams fans wreaked havoc on downtown streets following the team’s Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

The celebration turned chaotic near 11th and Hope streets when fans lit fireworks inside a city bus and festooned the outside with graffiti, according to Los Angeles Times reporter Kevin Rector.

Law enforcement officers prepare to disperse a crowd during the celebration of the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl LVI victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
The LAPD declared an unlawful assembly Sunday night. APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images
Fans vandalize a bus while fireworks are seen in in the sky in downtown Los Angeles. APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images
Revelers light a flare to celebrate the Los Angeles Rams winning the Super Bowl. EPA/DAVID SWANSON

In another wild scene captured on camera, dozens of fans celebrate in standstill traffic as some hop onto the roof of a yellow cab.

One of the men even whacked the cab’s roof with an orange construction cone before hopping off, according to the footage posted by Fox LA anchor Marla Tellez.

“We are seeing violent and destructive behavior by large crowds in the heart of the Downtown LA area,” the LAPD wrote on Twitter.

A firework is set off on the street as fans celebrate the Los Angeles Rams’ victory. Arcangel Reyes/via REUTERS
A man jumps on top of a vehicle as football fans celebrate and block an intersection. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
Riot police try to control a crowd on the street as football fans celebrate after the Los Angels Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

“We have issued several dispersal orders and have a large police presence. Everyone that is part of those crowds, obey all dispersal orders and clear the streets immediately.”

At one point, officers fired projectiles to try to disperse the raucous crowd, according to video shot by Rector.

I’m at 11th and Hope in downtown L.A. in an area LAPD have cordoned off.
People are letting off fireworks.

Police on bullhorns declared an unlawful assembly on a loudspeaker from a truck and told people they had 10 minutes to leave. pic.twitter.com/VukrpUwK6e

— Kevin Rector (@kevrector) February 14, 2022

Following orders to disperse, an LAPD captain tells me they will be trying to move the crowd past our location downtown. Officers say people are throwing objects at them, and there lots of fireworks. They’ve got “skirmish lines” to direct the crowd where they want them. @Newsy pic.twitter.com/jl7RcpaPYE

— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) February 14, 2022

Across town in East Los Angeles, a person was shot during a Super Bowl celebration, CBS LA reported. The victim’s condition was unknown.

The LAPD did not immediately announce any arrests stemming from the unruly fan behavior.

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