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VIDEO Surfaces On Instagram Providing Context For Photo Showing Man With Child On Shoulders As LBPD Fired "Less Than Lethal" Rounds

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(June 4, 2020) -- Video has surfaced on Instragram providing context for what was taking place at what appearfs to be the time and place where a man stood with a child on his shoulders as LBPD officers were firing "less than lethal" (but injurious) rounds in dowmtown Long Beach.

The exact time when the video was shot isn't indicated but appers to have occurred after looting broke out st th Pike (following a large peaceful march earlier.) The looting moved from bsuinesses at the Pike (south of Ocean Blvd.) into areas north of Ocean Blvd. in parts of downtown Long Beach.

The video is embedded below. :LBREPRT.com is interested in knowing if the video changes your views on what the photo showed and what took place.

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LBREPORT.com has sought to speak with the CSULB journalism student who shot the photo; he hasn't responded to an email from us sent via his Twitter page earlier today.
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