Man shouting from bus roof sparks tense standoff in downtown L.A.

A man who climbed on top of an occupied bus was taken into custody after a bizarre standoff in downtown Los Angeles early Thursday.

Video from the scene, recorded before police arrived, shows a man with a large speaker standing on top of a Foothill Transit bus and shouting at passersby near Figueroa Street and West Olympic Boulevard around 1:30 a.m.

One person can be heard asking the man why he was on top of the bus.

“Because they keep f***ing with me and trying to get me, and I’m scared,” the man replies. He did not answer when asked what he was afraid of…

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