What online footage of LA protests tells us about its scale

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What online footage of LA protests tells us about its scale published at 08:30 08:30

Kayleen Devlin BBC Verify senior journalist A car is seen on fire and a person on a motorcycle drives in front of it. It is broad daylightImage source, X Image caption, BBC Verify verified footage of a burning car in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles, on Saturday There’s a lot of footage circulating online of the Los Angeles protests, and we’re working on verifying some of the earliest footage available. We’re going beyond what news agencies are filing, as we dig through videos and images uploaded by people at the scene. The earliest footage we have verified so far is from Saturday 7 June. In it, we can see a car on fire near a Dale’s Donut store in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles. People in the video can be seen standing near the vehicle waving Mexican flags. Pictures of the scene show the same car in flames with law enforcement officers standing nearby holding weapons - in one image, you can see tear gas being fired. We can tell this occurred shortly after the video was captured as the car is more severely damaged by fire. Footage verified by BBC shows a person using a skateboard to smash the windows of the LAPD headquarters in downtown LA Image caption, Footage verified by BBC shows a person using a skateboard to smash the windows of the LAPD headquarters in downtown LA

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Why doesn't the story give us an idea of what those images tell us? The link also doesn't link to a story about what these images tell us.
 
Damocles said:
Why doesn't the story give us an idea of what those images tell us? The link also doesn't link to a story about what these images tell us.
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The BBC told us what is happening and where in the photo.

Scroll down to the third story, it's there.

The BBC is telling us that the riots are extending to Compton now.

"The earliest footage we have verified so far is from Saturday 7 June. In it, we can see a car on fire near a Dale’s Donut store in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles. People in the video can be seen standing near the vehicle waving Mexican flags. Pictures of the scene show the same car in flames with law enforcement officers standing nearby holding weapons - in one image, you can see tear gas being fired. We can tell this occurred shortly after the video was captured as the car is more severely damaged by fire. Footage verified by BBC shows a person using a skateboard to smash the windows of the LAPD headquarters in downtown LA Image caption, Footage verified by BBC shows a person using a skateboard to smash the windows of the LAPD headquarters in downtown LA..."
 
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Earl said:
The BBC told us what is happening and where in the photo.

Scroll down to the third story, it's there.

"The earliest footage we have verified so far is from Saturday 7 June. In it, we can see a car on fire near a Dale’s Donut store in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles. People in the video can be seen standing near the vehicle waving Mexican flags. Pictures of the scene show the same car in flames with law enforcement officers standing nearby holding weapons - in one image, you can see tear gas being fired. We can tell this occurred shortly after the video was captured as the car is more severely damaged by fire. Footage verified by BBC shows a person using a skateboard to smash the windows of the LAPD headquarters in downtown LA Image caption, Footage verified by BBC shows a person using a skateboard to smash the windows of the LAPD headquarters in downtown LA..."
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That does not tell us the scope of anything. It promises to tell me "what" the images tell us about the scope then just describes the images that I can see with my own eyes without their descriptions. They have added nothing to the knowledge base and have given no opinion.
 
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Damocles said:
That does not tell us the scope of anything. It promises to tell me "what" the images tell us about the scope then just describes the images that I can see with my own eyes without their descriptions. They have added nothing to the knowledge base and have given no opinion.
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The title says..."

What online footage of LA protests tells us about its scale​


They are not giving an opinion...yet and when they do, they will blame President Trump.

Since it's happening right next door to LA, I would think it is connected to the riots there.

Take it up with the BBC.
 
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Earl said:
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The title says..."

What online footage of LA protests tells us about its scale​


They are not giving an opinion...yet and when they do, they will blame President Trump.

Since it's happening right next door to LA, I would think it is connected to the riots there.

Take it up with the BBC.
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Yes, hence I went in to read about the scale, it gave us no information on the scale, nor did it even mention the scale, or why the limited images it mentioned helped them measure the scale.
 
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