Photos: Protesters interfere with TPD traffic stop
Dozens of protesters tried to use their bodies as shields to prevent the detention of three suspected illegal immigrants stopped in front of Southside Presbyterian Church Tuesday night. At the end of a sometimes raucous confrontation, the crowd was dispersed after Tucson Police Department officers used pepper spray to force them back onto the sidewalk.
Officers pepper-spray crowd during Tucson traffic stop confrontation
Cesar Lopez, right, and Leilani Clark get medical attention from Tucson fire after the Tucson Police Department used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. Lopez and Clark were among several dozen protesters who gathered outside Southside Presbyterian Church in an attempt to prevent the Border Patrol from taking three people into custody.
Confrontation with Tucson Police
Tucson Police Department officers use pepper spray to force protesters back into the sidewalk. Several dozen protesters gathered outside Southside Presbyterian Church Tuesday night in an attempt to prevent the Border Patrol from taking three people into custody. Photo by Perla Trevizo / Arizona Daily Star
Confrontation with Tucson Police
Tucson Police Department officers use pepper spray to force protesters back into the sidewalk. Several dozen protesters gathered outside Southside Presbyterian Church Tuesday night in an attempt to prevent the Border Patrol from taking three people into custody.
Confrontation with Tucson Police
Tucson Police officers and Border Patrol agents at the scene of a confrontation with protesters that tried to interfere with a traffic stop outside Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson on Oct. 8, 2013.
Confrontation with Tucson Police
A Tucson Police officer tries to get a protester to clear the street outside Southside Presbyterian Cburch after a group tried to interfere with a traffic stop on Oct. 8, 2013.
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