Windsor Square: LAPD have placed police tape across streets leading to the Getty House, the mayor’s residence, in preparation for the 2:00pm Cancel Rent Day protest.
Windsor Square: Around 900 are gathered in front of Mayor Garcetti’s house demanding rent and eviction cancellations
Windsor Square: Crowd of over 1000 has shut down the corner of Wilshire and Irving
Windsor Square: Officers requesting additional units to Irving and 6th
Windsor Square: LAPD closing Wilshire Blvd between Crenshaw & Norton “until further notice”
Windsor Square: Protestors have arrived back at Irving & 6th in front of the Mayor’s house
Windsor Square: LAPD reports about half of the crowd at Irving and 6th has dispersed.
Windsor Square: LAPD detained an individual, brought out riot gear, and cleared Irving Blvd in front of Mayor Garcetti’s house. Numerous police vehicles are lined up at a location nearby.
Windsor Square: Without declaring an unlawful gathering, LAPD has arrested four protestors in a peaceful crowd of 500. Police are brandishing batons and guns with non-lethal rounds.
Windsor Square: Reason given by officers for the first person “being cited” was “being a pedestrian in the roadway”
Windsor Square: As the peaceful protest was dispersing LAPD has begun kettling the crowd, batons in hand.
Windsor Square: LAPD said “grab her and cite her” after seeing a KPCC journalist attempting to film them taking away a teenage arrestee
🚨 Emergency protest at Olympic Division Station where protestors from the Cancel Rent Day are being held. At least two protestors in custody have sustained injuries at the hand of the police 🚨
Windsor Square: BLMLA arrived at the Mayor’s mansion early this morning with a group of around 50 people protesting the expansion of the Community Safety Partnership program among other things.
Good morning! It’s foggy by the coast with a high in the low 70s and sunny with a high in the low to mid 90s in the valleys. Air quality is moderate and UVs are maxing out!
Bring extra water for yourself and wear a mask
Bring extra water for yourself and wear a mask