Locals who have seen Spring and 5th streets transform from gritty to gentrifying in the last decade are quick to express gratitude for the police. But a dose of distrust has arisen since a midday shooting by an undercover officer.

Photo: LAPD officers investigate the scene where a transient and alleged drug dealer was killed by a plainclothes police officer in the middle of the day. Credit: Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times

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   yup. i’m on 7th and spring, definitely an interesting juxtaposition…

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   Things do not always go smoothly.

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   And just yesterday while walking past 5th and Spring I saw a woman being arrested at that shithole The Down and Out. Her...

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