Protests after cop’s scuffle with teens

Officials in Anaheim, Calif., pressed for calm Thursday after a night of raucous protests that followed an incident in which an off-duty police officer scuffled in his front yard with a13-year-old boy, drew a weapon and fired a shot into the ground after another teen pushed him over a hedge and others surrounded him.

No one was hurt in the incident on a residential street Tuesday.

Police Chief Raul Quezada defended his department’s decision to arrest two teens, but not the officer, who detained the 13-year-old boy after believing the boy threatened him.