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According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the man identified as the victim approached a person near the Hollywood & Highland center and claimed he was preaching the wrong thing.
A bystander's video shows what happened next. In the footage, several people are seen ganging up on the man on the sidewalk before the melee spills out onto Hollywood Boulevard, just west of the busy intersection at Highland Avenue.
Ramondo Lee Taylor was walking on Hollywood Boulevard at 10 p.m. when he saw this attack break out.
"Five to six people attacking one guy," Taylor said.
The video goes on for about 13 minutes, and the man is ultimately knocked unconscious. Police were called to the scene, and the victim was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He was treated and released.