Occupy Los Angeles
| Occupy Los Angeles | |
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| Part of the Occupy movement | |
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| Date | October 1, 2011 – August 25, 2014 (2 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Caused by | Economic inequality, corporate influence over government, etc. |
| Methods | Demonstration, occupation, protest, street protesters |
| Resulted in | Eviction by LAPD |
| Arrests and injuries | |
| Injuries | unknown |
| Arrested | 373 |
Occupy Los Angeles (also referred to as Occupy L.A.) is one of the many occupy movements in the United States, following the original Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest. Participants of Occupy L.A. first met at Pershing Square on September 23, 2011. Activists came to consensus to occupy public space in solidarity with the growing movement. Occupiers first marched in Los Angeles on September 24, 2011. They next protested a fundraiser being held in Hollywood at the House of Blues for President Obama. Participants met at Pershing Square every subsequent night to plan out the logistics of an occupation set to begin on October 1, 2011. After debating potential locations around Los Angeles, people decided on the lawns around City Hall. Tents first manifested on October 1, 2011 on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall.
The camp experienced a relatively uncontentious relationship with the city 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 disobedient behavior 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.
On August 25, 2014, the Occupy Los Angeles official Facebook page announced that the Occupy LA organization had ceased to exist anymore.
The movement had several celebrity appearances including NOFX, Jesse Jackson,Bill Maher,Shepard Fairey,Tom Morello (from Rage Against the Machine)Jeff Ross. and Danny Glover
Some of these visitors were interviewed by InsightOut News, a grassroots journalism website that emerged from Occupy LA. These interviews were sometimes critical, raising the issue of whether wealthy celebrities could really be aligned with the working class.
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