 On May 10, 2008, a fight "between rival groups of black and Latino students at Locke High School quickly escalated into a campus-wide melee" involving up to 600 people.The disturbance, which occurred under the backdrop of tensions between black and Hispanic students, was quelled after dozens of officers from the Los Angeles Unified School District Police and Los Angeles Police Department responded.Three students and one non-student were arrested; four students were treated for minor injuries.