A contingent of Occupy the Hood activists held a meeting in Pershing Square yesterday to raise awareness over the treatment of California inmates and the state’s third prisoner hunger strike in less than a year. On Dec. 19, 2011, three prisoners sent a petition to the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR,...
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An LA Activist investigation has revealed that an oft-cited justification for evicting Occupy Los Angeles, that of concerns over public health, doesn’t reflect documents obtained from the health department. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and multiple news media outlets repeatedly alluded to the issue as a necessity for ousting the two-month long sit-in demonstration at City...
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After the police raid on Occupy LA, there came a steady chorus of praise for the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of the eviction. Using City Hall as their brick-and-mortar Trojan horse, police poured out of the building, divided the park into sections and isolated protesters. Nearly 300 were arrested, each initially facing a...
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Participating in what was called the “U.S. Day of Rage,” a small band of demonstrators gathered yesterday across from Union Station on Alameda Street to protest what they feel is the loss of their democracy to a self-interested wealthy elite. “The amount of money that has been surging into Washington is at unprecedented levels,”...
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The district attorney’s office agreed yesterday to return property belonging to Chicano activist Carlos Montes, which was seized during a sheriff’s department and FBI raid on May 17. Montes was arrested for allegedly forging a firearm application. Prosecutors say Montes failed to disclose a 42 year-old felony conviction of his while purchasing a shotgun...
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California prison authorities announced last week the end of the inmate hunger strike at Pelican Bay State Prison. However, the issue over how California treats its prisoners is still far from resolved. On Friday, July 22, a group of roughly 50 demonstrators, many of whom are family and friends of striking inmates, assembled outside...
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Carlos Montes, the Los Angeles-area activist whose home was raided by Sheriffs and the FBI last month, had his first court appearance today. He now faces six felony charges of allegedly violating firearms codes, instead of the one count he was originally informed of. On May 17, the LA Sheriff’s Department SWAT team and...
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Last year, 23 anti-war and justice activists in the Midwest were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury regarding alleged material support for terrorism. There homes were raided by the FBI and their property – cell phones, computers, personal documents – were seized. What once had only occurred in the Midwest has now...
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In a quiet Sherman Oaks neighborhood, Pam Ferdin walks up to a car parked on the street. The license plate reads “CA EXEMPT.” Its tinted windows are rolled up and the man sitting in the driver’s seat is barely distinguishable. He is holding a video recorder. Nearby, a group of animal rights activists are...
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Protesters, angry over the FBI’s targeting of anti-war activists, staged a “people’s tribunal” in front of the federal building in Westwood yesterday. Demonstrators heard statements from many activists that accused the Bureau of political oppression. Speakers representing a broad coalition of anti-war, social justice and international solidarity organizations stated their cases to a mock-judge...
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