“Two unlawful assemblies were declared and dispersal orders were issued at Santa Ynez Street and Glendale Blvd due to officers being assaulted with rocks, bottles, and smoke bombs. Fencing is being installed and police will be there overnight,” the LAPD wrote in a tweet on March 24, adding that officers attempted to clear out Echo Park.
Edward Juarez, a homeless resident, said he has been living in a tent at the park after he lost his job due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government-mandated lockdowns. Juarez said he was a photographer at events and concerts, which were closed down amid the lockdown orders, the LA Times reported.
“I just want to get out of here, it’s getting crazy,” he said of the scene.
“The pandemic has not even been lifted and they’re trying to evacuate people who have nothing anymore,” another homeless person, Jessee Mendez, said to KTLA.
Step 1: shut down businesses because of flu. Step 2: people go broke and become homeless. Step 3: kick them off the streets. Step 4: profit, idiots keep voting for party who does all that.
“Two unlawful assemblies were declared and dispersal orders were issued at Santa Ynez Street and Glendale Blvd due to officers being assaulted with rocks, bottles, and smoke bombs. Fencing is being installed and police will be there overnight,” the LAPD wrote in a tweet on March 24, adding that officers attempted to clear out Echo Park.
Edward Juarez, a homeless resident, said he has been living in a tent at the park after he lost his job due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government-mandated lockdowns. Juarez said he was a photographer at events and concerts, which were closed down amid the lockdown orders, the LA Times reported.
“I just want to get out of here, it’s getting crazy,” he said of the scene.
“The pandemic has not even been lifted and they’re trying to evacuate people who have nothing anymore,” another homeless person, Jessee Mendez, said to KTLA.
Step 1: shut down businesses because of flu.
Step 2: people go broke and become homeless.
Step 3: kick them off the streets.
Step 4: profit, idiots keep voting for party who does all that.