LOS ANGELES — As soon as Roberto Cortez and his friend spotted the Los Angeles police car idling across from Jonce Thomas Harbor City Community Park last Friday, they turned and walked the other way.
It was an instinct Cortez said he honed growing up in the Harbor City neighborhood, where being hassled by police was not uncommon.
Still, he was surprised when the officers suddenly drove onto the grass to intercept the teens and immediately took Cortez's friend and another man into custody. Cortez pulled out his cellphone and started recording the arrest.
