Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2020 World Series champions:
BREAKING: THE DODGERS WIN THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES IN 32 YEARS AFTER DEFEATING THE TAMPA BAY RAYS 3-1 IN GAME 6 OF THE WORLD SERIES https://t.co/ULYZ0vUMSV
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 28, 2020
And to celebrate the victory, fans took to the streets in what the media would call “superspreader events” if they were describing a MAGA rally:
#Dodgers fans celebrate in the streets and light fireworks behind a car doing donuts in a downtown intersection after LA's #WorldSeries2020 win pic.twitter.com/s2vY5fWLkv
— Gina Ferazzi (@GinaFerazzi) October 28, 2020
And this guy set his own car on fire:
More from #EastLA. This guy doing donuts ran over a firework and it lit his car on fire. @RoadSageLA overhead all the @Dodgers fan reactions in #Sky9. #DodgersWin pic.twitter.com/tVMuEseUHF
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersTV) October 28, 2020
Gov. Newsom wants to put limits on your Thanksgiving, but this is totally OK because Covid doesn’t spread on special occasions:
.@LASDHQ has broken up the party in #EastLA. Not sure I've seen so many people clear out of one location so fast! #DodgersWin pic.twitter.com/gQ8OUNXqjK
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersTV) October 28, 2020
Fans also used the victory as an opportunity to loot:
People begin piling onto the front of a delivery truck pic.twitter.com/MECGZC9v4R
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) October 28, 2020
It’s like a Black Friday sale come early:
People get inside the delivery truck and begin looting it. Popcorn and kettle chips raining down on us. pic.twitter.com/0wZInKBOY8
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) October 28, 2020
And as the state battle destructive wildfires, fans also shot off illegal fireworks:
#LA is Lit !! #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/XZ8AHP3s2j
— Jerry Hairston, Jr. (@TheRealJHair) October 28, 2020
Fire danger? What fire danger:
The citizen app is a little terrifying but it does give me 9,000 videos from slightly different angles of the same flaming palm tree, the official mascot of Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/5BPMKE67DW
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) October 28, 2020
Police were on hand to disperse the looters and at least one journo was caught in the melee:
A group of LAPD officers just broke my camera mic, tackled me to the ground and beat me with their batons, after I identified myself as a journalist multiple times. @LATACO pic.twitter.com/2VaB4sq8IJ
— Lexis-Olivier Ray (@ShotOn35mm) October 28, 2020
This fan got shot in the leg while “celebrating”:
A man gets hit in the leg by a less lethal round and falls to the ground. I and some other reporters help him along. pic.twitter.com/TLd3FIdnZ8
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) October 28, 2020
Hey, who doesn’t get hungry after your team wins?
On my way back to my car, saw Jersey Mikes getting looted pic.twitter.com/Ms6EtwkgaR
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) October 28, 2020
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