Two days after a fatal police shooting in Huntington Beach, California, on Sept. 25 during the U.S. Open of Surfing, bystanders reflected on the commotion that led visitors to flee in fear. Locals walked the boardwalks in the early afternoon on Sept. 27, and crews cleaned up tents, bleachers, and the remaining scraps from the surf event. A slight rain fell from the overcast skies and businesses opened their doors, and it appeared as if nothing had happened only a few days prior. A witness to the Sept. 25 shooting, who asked to go by the pseudonym Ryan Johnson, told The Epoch Times that he recalled hearing police give Ronnie Andrew Garcia multiple warnings to stand down before the first gunshot shortly after 3 p.m. Johnson was working at a booth for Visit Huntington Beach with his co-worker when the chaos broke out at the end of the U.S. Open’s …
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