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Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A 43-year-old Campo man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fire that destroyed a historical building in downtown La Mesa when protests in the city devolved in looting and arson in late May, La Mesa police officials said.Daniel Sandoval was jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail, arrested on suspicion of arson and felony vandalism for a fire that destroyed the Randall Lamb and Associates building, Lt. Greg Runge said in a news release. Runge said the District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case, and that no arraignment date is set yet.AdvertisementThe May 30 melee in La Mesa, which continued into the next morning, followed an afternoon of demonstrations calling out policing bias and racial injustice in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minnesota police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.The protests were also a response to the controversial arrest of a Black man near a trolley station in La Mesa a few days earlier. Video of the incident — in which an officer can be seen repeatedly pushing the 23-year-old man down onto a concrete bench — went viral. The officer is no longer on the police force.The protests started the in the afternoon of May 30 outside the La Mesa police station. As hours passed, the situation became confrontational. Some in the crowd hurled bottles and officers deployed tear gas and fired beanbag rounds to get them to disperse.After nightfall, some people shattered windows and looted nearby stores. By sunrise, fire had destroyed three buildings. One blaze gutted the building housing Randall Lamb and Associates on Palm Avenue. Runge said the building, which had been designated a historic structure by the La Mesa Historical Society, was “a total loss.”Last month, police arrested two men they accused of setting fire to a Chase Bank. No arrests have been announced in the fire at the other bank. Sign up to get Breaking News email alerts Get alerts on severe weather, road closures and other major breaking news. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Show Comments Load More Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A 43-year-old Campo man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fire that destroyed a historical building in downtown La Mesa when protests in the city devolved in looting and arson in late May, La Mesa police officials said.Daniel Sandoval was jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail, arrested on suspicion of arson and felony vandalism for a fire that destroyed the Randall Lamb and Associates building, Lt. Greg Runge said in a news release. Runge said the District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case, and that no...

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