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Samuel Braslow

@SamBraslow

1 Jan

Evangelical Christian Sean Feucht held an outreach event at Echo Park Lake today, a spot with a large unhoused community. Activists came to protest the group and demand they wear masks to protect the community. No violence that I saw, but many confrontations.

Community activist and City Council candidate Clay Johnston got into it with one revival attendee. One of the issues activists had with the group was the sense that they were parachuting into a community without regard for its occupants. Feucht’s group handed out food earlier.

In a less heated conversation, the man in the black hat put on a mask. He copped to being stubborn, but said that aggressive confrontation wasn’t effective. Also accused the activists of hypocrisy by getting so close to him.

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Samuel Braslow

@SamBraslow

31 Dec 20

Last night, an evangelical Christian group led by singer Sean Feucht held a musical outreach event at LA’s Skid Row. While most of the group wore masks, local activists faulted them for entering tents uninvited and flouting tent etiquette.

@LACANetwork

The event was protested by groups like @LACANetwork, who formed a blockade to prevent access to tent encampments.

Here, one of Fuecht’s unmasked followers offers to “heal” anyone with back, neck, knee pain.

Activists confronted one man without a mask. A woman asks him, “You don’t think it’s a little selfish if they don’t want you here?” He eventually agreed to cover his face with a makeshift bandana.

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Samuel Braslow

@SamBraslow

1 Nov 20

The rally starts marching down Rodeo Drive

There’s a whole sub genre of music that has been rewritten with Trump-centric lyrics. First time I’ve heard La Bomba.

Crowd gets amped up and marches back down Rodeo for the second time today

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Samuel Braslow

@SamBraslow

31 Oct 20

On the ground at the final Beverly Hills Freedom Rally before the election. While it was scheduled to start at 3, people began showing up before 12.

Counter protesters plan on showing up.

In anticipation of potential civil unrest around the election, the city decided to cover up its art, including the Beverly Hills sign in Beverly Gardens Park (seen here as a black and white cookie).

Tabling to recall Gavin Newsom

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Samuel Braslow

@SamBraslow

24 Oct 20

Thirty minutes in and the Trump “Freedom Rally” in Beverly Hills has attracted its largest crowd to date, by my estimation.

I’ll be covering the rally here, so follow for updates.

A definite paucity of masks, even after the country registers its highest one day tally in COVID-19 cases

Confederate flag hanging under one of the many tents here

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Samuel Braslow

@SamBraslow

24 Oct 20

A group of 50 LGBT Trump supporters are marching through West Hollywood. They have marched from the Pacific Design Center to Rocco’s, right in the heart of Boy’s Town. 4 sheriff’s patrol cars are following.