Occupy Los Angeles
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Occupy Los Angeles is one of the many occupy movements in the United States, one of the first to establish following the original Occupy Wall Street
protest. It first manifested on October 1, 2011 on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall
. It experienced a relatively uncontentious relationship through its duration.
On November 17, Occupy Los Angeles joined with a permitted organized labor march through downtown Los Angeles. The parade was generally orderly, though a circle of about twenty protesters surrounded three tents in the middle of a street in deliberate disobedience and were arrested. Later in the day, an unpermitted march went to a plaza at the base of the Bank of America tower, when police brought the march to a halt. More protesters were arrested for trespassing, 73 total for the day.
, Bill Maher
, Shepard Fairey
, Tom Morello
(from Rage Against the Machine
) and Jeff Ross.
that prohibited the government from censoring corporate or union funded political broadcasts.
Early Monday morning protesters and the encampment remained after the city ordered an end their protest. 4 people were arrested for unlawful assembly.
On Tuesday November 29th 1,350 police raided Occupy Los Angeles. 500 armed police officers quickly entered the park out of City Hall doors. At 12:30 a.m. LAPD declared the Occupy L.A. site an unlawful assembly, and told demonstrators they had 10 minutes to clear the area or be arrested. A total of 300 people were arrested.
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district...
protest. It first manifested on October 1, 2011 on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council...
. It experienced a relatively uncontentious relationship through its duration.
On November 17, Occupy Los Angeles joined with a permitted organized labor march through downtown Los Angeles. The parade was generally orderly, though a circle of about twenty protesters surrounded three tents in the middle of a street in deliberate disobedience and were arrested. Later in the day, an unpermitted march went to a plaza at the base of the Bank of America tower, when police brought the march to a halt. More protesters were arrested for trespassing, 73 total for the day.
Supporters
The movement has had several celebrity appearances including Jesse JacksonJesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to...
, Bill Maher
Bill Maher
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and...
, Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey
Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His...
, Tom Morello
Tom Morello
Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club...
(from Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...
) and Jeff Ross.
City Hall Eviction
Mayor Villaraigosa announced an eviction order deadline of Monday morning the 28th of November at 12:01am, giving the reason that "It is time to close the park and repair the grounds so that we can restore public access to the park." The city is trying to keep relations non-violent and to not gain further media attention from police brutality. Instead they have offered space in an old bookstore in a shopping mall and two plots of land, but has been rejected by protesters since it doesn't address the protested issue of the political control from the small minority of wealthy in the U.S. economy, coming largely from the landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionCitizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, , was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibits government from censoring political broadcasts in candidate elections when those broadcasts are funded by corporations or unions...
that prohibited the government from censoring corporate or union funded political broadcasts.
Early Monday morning protesters and the encampment remained after the city ordered an end their protest. 4 people were arrested for unlawful assembly.
On Tuesday November 29th 1,350 police raided Occupy Los Angeles. 500 armed police officers quickly entered the park out of City Hall doors. At 12:30 a.m. LAPD declared the Occupy L.A. site an unlawful assembly, and told demonstrators they had 10 minutes to clear the area or be arrested. A total of 300 people were arrested.