Protest on Pine
December 29, 2007 by
Protest on Pine
Hurried to get the newspaper this morn' to read about yesterday's protest. I was especially interested in why the young man was shot, as he appeared to be leaving. "Protest on Pine" was the headline on the small, second page article. One photo showed a boy being led away by a
police officer; another photo of a group of police crossing an intersection.
According to Felix Sanchez of the Press Telegram, yesterday's protest was staged by members of the "Base Collective" from south Los Angeles. The group was protesting "capitalist ideologies" and feels the military unfairly targets minorities while recruiting. Mr Sanchez reports two unconfirmed arrests and said the group dispersed "without incident". Um...
The young man that was shot as he appeared to be dispersing, might consider that an incident. From what I overheard, the young man had complied with the Police request to show Identification.
The article numbers the group at about 50~perhaps it grew, while I was shopping. There were not 50 protesters visible when I was returning, but there may have been more behind them on Pine Ave, my view blocked by the buildings. The article also said there was a counter-protest.
Posted on Saturday, Dec 9, 2006
Anarchists
Walking downtown came upon about a dozen kids protesting in front of the, what do you call it, "sign up for the Military" place. They were holding cardboard box signs with black marker words reading, things like "Draft the Rich", "Stop Bush". A couple of the young men are playing drums, some of the girls boogie in place to the music. (me too!) Cars going by the 6th St and Pine Ave Intersection, beep their approval.
A man on my side of the Ave, hands me a picture of a young boy, "Is This Your Enemy?". A pleasant smiling faced child, not like the photo's on my "War" page. We chat for a moment before I continue on to the store. Coming out of the store I cross Pine Ave to continue on to another store. Perhaps 9 Police Officers are on that side of the road; police cruiser, motorcycle's and their drivers are blocking traffic. I smile a hello to the protesters as I continue south on Pine.
Hurried to get the newspaper this morn' to read about yesterday's protest. I was especially interested in why the young man was shot, as he appeared to be leaving. "Protest on Pine" was the headline on the small, second page article. One photo showed a boy being led away by a
According to Felix Sanchez of the Press Telegram, yesterday's protest was staged by members of the "Base Collective" from south Los Angeles. The group was protesting "capitalist ideologies" and feels the military unfairly targets minorities while recruiting. Mr Sanchez reports two unconfirmed arrests and said the group dispersed "without incident". Um...
The young man that was shot as he appeared to be dispersing, might consider that an incident. From what I overheard, the young man had complied with the Police request to show Identification.
The article numbers the group at about 50~perhaps it grew, while I was shopping. There were not 50 protesters visible when I was returning, but there may have been more behind them on Pine Ave, my view blocked by the buildings. The article also said there was a counter-protest.
Posted on Saturday, Dec 9, 2006
Anarchists
Walking downtown came upon about a dozen kids protesting in front of the, what do you call it, "sign up for the Military" place. They were holding cardboard box signs with black marker words reading, things like "Draft the Rich", "Stop Bush". A couple of the young men are playing drums, some of the girls boogie in place to the music. (me too!) Cars going by the 6th St and Pine Ave Intersection, beep their approval.
A man on my side of the Ave, hands me a picture of a young boy, "Is This Your Enemy?". A pleasant smiling faced child, not like the photo's on my "War" page. We chat for a moment before I continue on to the store. Coming out of the store I cross Pine Ave to continue on to another store. Perhaps 9 Police Officers are on that side of the road; police cruiser, motorcycle's and their drivers are blocking traffic. I smile a hello to the protesters as I continue south on Pine.
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