LAPD on modified tactical alert amid Trayvon Martin protest

The LAPD has declared a modified tactical alert amid a protest in Leimert Park sparked by the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict in Florida on Saturday night. The alert applies only to the agency's South Bureau. In a tactical alert, officers can be held over after their regular shifts and they do not respond to low-priority radio calls. An LAPD officer, who did not provide his name, said the alert was prompted by the large gathering, but said he had no estimate as to the size of the protest. Twitter users were posting about the demonstration Saturday night in the historically black neighborhood. "Just...