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Los Angeles police fired rubber bullets Sunday into a crowd of people demonstrating against police brutality near the LAPD's downtown headquarters, breaking up an unauthorized splinter group of marchers who threw bottles, vandalized bus stops and yelled obscenities. In a scene reminiscent of clashes during the Democratic National Convention in August, police in riot gear fired the nonlethal bullets after protesters began setting fires and throwing objects at officers who were trying to stop the …

…near the Police Department's Parker Center. The demonstration was against police brutality.; PHOTOGRAPHER: PETER TRAN / For The Times; PHOTO: Protesters with the "October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality" march past riot police through downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, right. About 1,000 people participated.; PHOTOGRAPHER: GARY FRIEDMAN / Los Angeles Times; PHOTO: Protester Rita Rangel holds a poster of her son, Samuel, during a demonstration against police brutality held on Sunday.; PHOTOGRAPHER: GARY FRIEDMAN / Los Angeles Times