By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-31 20:08:53 | Updated at 2024-11-06 21:31:40
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A man coated head-to-toe in wet blue paint was filmed scrawling a victory message across a Los Angeles sidewalk as the city descended into chaos after the Dodgers’ World Series win.
The man — who appeared to be wearing nothing but a pair of underpants — was seen on his hands and knees on an LA sidewalk painting “LA Champs” ahead of an advancing column of police bedecked in heavy riot gear.
As the cops approached a crowd of revelers encouraged the blue man to finish his work. But, when they began to charge, the crowd scattered, and he too realized that discretion is the better part of valor.
One man in the crowd was knocked to the ground by officers, who grabbed him by his backpack and hauled him the length of the sidewalk, according to the startling footage captured by journalist Sean Beckner-Carmichael.
It remains unknown who the blue man was, or what became of him.
A screen grab of his wild-eyed flight has gone viral across the internet — a symbol of the more good-natured side of Wednesday night’s mayhem.
A dozen people were arrested across LA as the city was consumed by riotous reveling after its team took home the baseball championship.
Storefronts were smashed open as looters made off with goods, while a city bus was overtaken and burned to a cinder.
Fireworks were seen exploding over the heads of crowds packing the city streets, while cars whipped around intersections doing donuts at dangerous speeds.
Intermittent pyres also burned on streets across downtown LA and Echo Park.
“After the Dodgers World Series win, there were several incidents of unruly, and at times violent and hostile celebrations,” the LAPD told The Post in a statement.
The cops came out in full force to meet the mayhem, with officers firing off “less-lethal munitions” to disperse crowds, and mounted-police blocking off streets.
Despite Wednesday’s chaos, the Dodgers’ victor parade is expected to be held in the city on Friday.
