California officers face protest while trying to oust alleged squatters from state-owned homes: report
Protesters clashed with California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers Wednesday night after authorities removed and detained alleged squatters who occupied several vacant homes in Los Angeles, according to reports. CHP officers, many in riot gear, responded to at least one vacant home owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in El Sereno, a neighborhood about six miles northwest of downtown L.A., reports said. As evictions got underway, a large group of protesters crowded the law-enforcement officers, FOX 11 of Los Angeles reported.