Good morning! I’m here in Venice Beach, where according to signs posted throughout there will be a major cleaning starting at 7am. On the flyers, it lists “zone 1” as the location - part of several different “major cleanings”
A new addition to the area where larger clusters of tents exist: signs which state “personal property remaining in the park after the park closes may be removed and impounded and may be discarded by the city if not claimed within 90 days of the City’s removal…”
Venice Beach is definitely an interesting place during the morning: some members of @UrbanAlchemyUA are doing some trash cleanup on the north end of the boardwalk as residents begin waking up throughout.
City crews as well as park rangers appear to be staging for the planned operation outside the LAPD Venice Beach Sub-Station: LASAN, LAHSA and several other departments / sub-contractors.
As things are staging, a band is playing Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight”
Some quotes written on the public restroom. Many feel apropos.
City workers / service providers having a meeting right now. Introducing each other and going over their roles.
Looks like the operation of the “Major Cleaning” has commenced. Park Rangers walking towards Park. Ave. Activists, photographers and media following.
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Earlier today: a group of about 20 arrived at Diesel bookstore at the Brentwood Country Mart to protest “Understanding Hamas,” a book which details the group. LAPD arrived.
The bookstore has seen a large amount of social media accounts calling for protest and removal of the book, including several explicit calls for arson of the bookstore.
When allowing LAPD officers into the store, some in the group taunted an employee by shouting “they/them,” and referring to queers for Palestine.
Standing behind @MayorOfLA as part of their “united front,” today alongside an associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and an "acknowledged expert on online hatesharing the stage with them, is InfoWars host Adam King, who hosts his podcast show on Alex Jones' InfoWars. 🧵
In January 2024, Adam King appeared as guest on the popular show Slightly Offensive, hosted by neo-nazi Eljah Schaffer, alongside Proud Boys founder Gavin McGinnes, neo-nazi Nick Fuentes, and white supremacist Vincent James Foxx. From Angry White Men: angrywhitemen.org/2024/01/15/on-…
In September 2023, Adam King, the same right-wing conspiracy theorist who hosts his show on Alex Jones's site, demonstrated outside the ADL's New York headquarters in 2023 with a sign that read "The ADL Hates Jews - Change My Mind"
A pro-Palestinian protest outside of Adas Torah is here, blocking entrance. LAPD arriving with less lethal. In Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles, CA.
The area is very tightly packed.
Nominally, the pro-Palestinian faction here to stop a real estate sale in Israel and Gaza. I’ve been unable to independently confirm that the real estate sale is happening.
Greetings! I’m OTG at CSULA’s Salazar Hall after a pro-Palestine actionThe amount of damage is pretty staggering, here’s the view of the inside student services.
Here’s the view inside CSULA’s student services building post Pro-Palestine occupation.
Lots of damage here at CSULA. interestingly enough there is a lot of property damage but from what I can tell everything seems to have remained in the building itself.
Matin Mehdizadeh appears to be the culprit that launched at least several of the fireworks via mortar into the encampment at UCLA. He was also involved in at least one press attack.
He also was involved in the attack on reporter @doloresquintana . From piece for @LCRWnews -
Matin Mehdizadeh appears at multiple points to have control over the loud speaker which played taunting and repetitive music during the attack.
Mehdizadeh can also be seen here harassing Santa Monica Mirror reporter @doloresquintana .
She was later attacked.
Also of note, someone asks Nouri Mehdizadeh to bring his laser pointer. A pointer was shined into people’s eyes repeatedly that night.
I’m OTG at the UCLA Gaza Solodarity Encampment. A large group of pro-Israel demonstrators are around. One person from the encampment looks very hurt. Hundreds throughout the area.
Reports of fireworks being thrown towards the encampment. Seeing a plume of smoke (looks like just firework smoke for now) coming from near the encampment.
One person (I can’t say for sure which side he’s on) treating what appears to be a pepper spray injury.