Occupy Los Angeles

Occupy Los Angeles
Part of the Occupy movement
DateOctober 1, 2011 – August 25, 2014
(2 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Caused byEconomic inequality, corporate influence over government, etc.
MethodsDemonstration, occupation, protest, street protesters
Resulted inEviction by LAPD
Arrests and injuries
Injuriesunknown
Arrested373[citation needed]

Occupy Los Angeles (also referred to as Occupy L.A.) was one of the many occupy movements in the United States, following the original Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest. Participants of Occupy L.A. first met at Pershing Square on September 23, 2011.[1] Activists came to consensus to occupy public space in solidarity with the growing movement. Occupiers first marched in Los Angeles on September 24, 2011.[2] They next protested a fundraiser being held in Hollywood at the House of Blues for President Obama.[3] Participants met at Pershing Square every subsequent night to plan out the logistics of an occupation set to begin on October 1, 2011.[4] After debating potential locations[5] around Los Angeles, people decided on the lawns around City Hall.[6] Tents first manifested on October 1, 2011 on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall.

The camp experienced a relatively uncontentious relationship with the city through its duration.[7]

On November 17, Occupy Los Angeles joined with a permitted organized labor march through downtown Los Angeles. The parade was generally orderly, though a circle of about twenty protesters surrounded three tents in the middle of a street in deliberate disobedient behavior and were arrested. Later in the day, an unpermitted march went to a plaza at the base of the Bank of America tower, when police brought the march to a halt. More protesters were arrested for trespassing, 73 total for the day.[8][9]

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  3. ^ Booj WaZEE (27 September 2011). "OCCUPY LOS ANGELES .mov". Retrieved 5 July 2016 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "General Assembly". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ "occupyyourmind.org". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. ^ "occupyyourmind.org". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Los Angeles to evict Occupy camp on Monday". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011.
  8. ^ Westfeldt, Amy; Long, Colleen (November 20, 2011). "Police clashes mar Occupy Wall Street protests". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  9. ^ "Anti-Wall Street protesters arrested at L.A. bank". Reuters. November 18, 2011.