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Officers responded to a report of a dispute between a street vendor selling hot dogs and a pedestrian that escalated...
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19-Year-Old Arrested for Beating Street Vendor in Downtown Los Angeles
Officers responded to a report of a dispute between a street vendor selling hot dogs and a pedestrian that escalated...
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