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   ANAHEIM, California -- Protesters broke the windows of least a   
   half-dozen storefronts in Anaheim on Tuesday resulting in 24   
   people being arrested and leaving six injured in the second   
   major clash between police and demonstrators since an officer   
   shot dead an apparently unarmed man.   
      
   Mayor Tom Tait had called on Monday for a state and federal   
   review of the shooting of the man, a suspected gang member.   
      
   More than 600 demonstrators gathered at City Hall on Tuesday,   
   where officials were holding a regular meeting, police said.   
      
   NBCLosAngeles.com reported that crowds converged on the building   
   at around 4 p.m. (7 p.m. ET) to urge council members to   
   investigate a series of recent officer-involved shootings and   
   reform the city's police force, which residents have accused of   
   racial profiling.   
      
   Officials say there have been eight officer-involved shootings   
   in the city this year.   
      
   The council chamber reached capacity and police in riot gear   
   blocked access to the meeting, according to NBCLosAngeles.com.   
      
   Some protesters threw patio chairs through the windows of a   
   Starbucks, a witness told Reuters. No one in the coffee shop was   
   injured, said Anaheim police spokesman Sergeant Bob Dunn.   
      
   In the same block-long strip mall, at least five other   
   businesses also had windows smashed, a witness said.   
      
   Afterward, officers toting shotguns stood guard in front of the   
   storefronts.   
      
   "We are happy to hear from any and all residents," Tate said.   
   "But we will not accept any violent protests, vandalism or arson   
   perpetrated under the guise of public protest."   
      
   Dozens of officers wielding night sticks faced off against the   
   demonstrators, who at one point threw water bottles and rocks   
   toward the line.   
      
   At least one person was transported to the hospital after being   
   shot in the head with a pepperball, Dunn told NBCLosAngeles.com.   
   No officers were injured.   
      
   He said the demonstrations lasted until about 2 a.m., hours   
   after residents gathered outside the city counsel meeting.   
      
   Aerial footage showed several fires near the scene of the   
   protest -- one in a trash bin, another near a bus bench.   
      
   The tensions flared after police shot and killed a man on   
   Saturday afternoon.   
      
   Two officers had tried to approach three men in an alley who   
   fled, Dunn said earlier this week. The officers followed on foot   
   and one caught up to one suspect, police said.   
      
   The officer shot the man, who police said they later identified   
   as Manuel Diaz, a known gang member. Diaz was not found to have   
   been carrying a gun, police said.   
      
   The Diaz family filed a $50 million wrongful-death lawsuit   
   against the city on Tuesday.   
      
   'Transparency is essential'   
      
   Police fired pepper pellets at angry residents near the scene of   
   the shooting on Saturday.   
      
   Late on Sunday Anaheim officers tried to stop a car and killed a   
   man who police said fled and opened fire on them during a foot   
   chase.   
      
   He was the fifth person to die in an officer-involved shooting   
   in Anaheim this year.   
      
   Tait called for a state and federal probe of the fatal shootings   
   during a news conference Sunday, during which some 70 protesters   
   stormed the lobby.   
      
   "Transparency is essential," Tait said Sunday. "The   
   investigation will seek the truth. And whatever the truth is, we   
   will own it."   
      
   At least four agencies are involved in or are expected to join   
   the investigation, including the U.S. Attorney's office, the   
   State Attorney General, the Anaheim Police Department's Officer   
   of Internal Affairs and -- as is usual for officer-involved   
   shootings -- the Orange County District Attorney's Office.   
      
   Anaheim was among six California cities with a population over   
   100,000 that saw the biggest spikes in violent crime in 2011,   
   according to an analysis of FBI crime data released last month.   
      
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