City News Service Reporter Scores Major OccupyLA Scoop

There’s an OccupyLA flavored story buzzing all over the Internet this morning, and it’s all thanks to City News Service City Hall reporter Richie Duchon (pictured).

Duchon’s dispatch was quickly picked up yesterday evening by MyFOXLA and the LA Times, and since then by all manner of local, national and international media. It’s easy to see why. Duchon reports that prior to the Tuesday November 29 raid on OccupyLA, the LAPD sent in undercover officers posing as protesters:

Nearly a dozen undercover detectives began joining the camp about two weeks ago to gather intelligence on protesters’ plans for resisting eviction, according to the source, who was not authorized to speak about the matter.

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