Thread by @chrisgeidner

Meanwhile, unlawful assembly already declared tonight in LA, in the ongoing protests over the closing of Echo Park Lake.

https://twitter.com/jonahmv/status/1375283272700231684

A reporter on the scene (for more on kettling: vox.com/2020/6/6/21282…) —>

https://twitter.com/katecagle/status/1375286960026087434

This gaslighting. O’Farrell said last night that he wanted the cops there. They created this crisis. Hundreds of cops there, provoking just enough reaction (allegedly) from a few people for LAPD to then declare an unlawful assembly, leading to the “show of force.”

https://twitter.com/awalkerinla/status/1375115404561981441

This is what the LAPD and @MitchOFarrell have created. Here’s an LAT reporter being arrested. —>

https://twitter.com/ShotOn35mm/status/1375293050679828487

How many amendments do we think the LAPD can violate in a day?

https://twitter.com/LAPDHQ/status/1375289668346900480

Please take your “designated media viewing area” and shove it. This is a protest, and they’re covering what past practice suggests will be your likely violations of people’s rights, @LAPDHQ. latimes.com/california/sto…

Oh. Of course the LAPD has had this issue before.

https://twitter.com/dennisjromero/status/1375302956338188295

The LAT reporter “detained” earlier tonight has been released.

https://twitter.com/kevrector/status/1375305851926245376

Thread from @JamesQueallyLAT, one of multiple reporters who were detained by @LAPDHQ tonight, covering a protest that the police have been antagonizing for two nights, over the closing of Echo Park Lake, which is displacing unhoused people during a pandemic:

https://twitter.com/jamesqueallylat/status/1375336055159709696

In other words, government actions at every step of this are increasing instability.

Led by LA City Councilmember @MitchOFarrell.

Detain reporters, arrest residents wanting to protect their neighbors, kick unhoused people out of their encampments.

Where the hell is the @MayorOfLA?