It is predicted that, on May 1, four winds coming from the north, south, east and west will collide in downtown Los Angeles leading to a mass uprising. But this is no apocalyptic weather report, it’s Occupy LA’s plans for a general strike. Called “The Four Winds,” occupiers are planning four separate caravans of...
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On Saturday, April 7, several occupy activists assembled in Santa Monica to protest the recent pepper spraying of Santa Monica College students by campus police. The pepper-spraying incident, which occurred on April 3, happened during a student demonstration over proposed tuition hikes. Members of Occupy LA, Occupy the Hood, Occupy San Fernando Valley and...
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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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A coalition of organizations, including Occupy Los Angeles, participated in a march against police brutality yesterday. Beginning at Pershing Square, approximately 400 protesters headed for a rally in MacArthur Park as part of the 16th annual “national day of protest to stop police brutality, repression and the criminalization of a generation.” At the front...
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How best to deal with the police has been a contentious issue within the Los Angeles “occupation movement.” At group meetings, called general assemblies, it has been a source of debate. Some want to maintain friendly relations as much as possible, as long as possible; others have a more confrontational attitude. Yesterday, that rift...
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A movement, similar to the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration occurring in New York, is building in Los Angeles. Today, protesters hit the streets of downtown to spread the word of their crusade. Later they joined a rally in front of City Hall with the environmental group 350.org. Approximately 70 activists attended. Void of any...
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Reporting from Orange County – Jim Arambula was sitting at the bus stop at the Fullerton Transportation Center when two men in suits came up to him. The men identified themselves as officials from the Orange County District Attorney’s office. They proceeded to question him about Kelly Thomas. Thomas was a 37-year-old schizophrenic homeless...
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April 6, 2007 is a day Cherise Rogers will never forget. It was the beginning of an average Friday, or so she thought. Twenty-five-years-old and not long out of college, she was working as a clerk typist for the Los Angeles Police Department. She just finished her shift, which ended at one in the...
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Pro-immigrant advocates rallied yesterday at Florence Avenue and Main Street to warn drivers of a police sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint. Standing down the street from the checkpoint, members of the Southern California Immigration Coalition, or SCIC, held placards warning motorists of the police stop. Their signs read “checkpoint” in both English and Spanish....
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Several community organizers spoke at an LAUSD board meeting today asking the school district to take a stand against what they see as an injustice regarding school police and their targeting of an high school student. Organizers are protesting the prosecution of Jeremy Marks, a special education student at Verdugo Hills High School, for...
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