Community members gathered this morning to demand that the tent community in Echo Park be left alone from LA city council member Mitch O’Farrell. O’Farrell has a history of siding with developers and real estate and has allowed or carried out multiple acts of violence against his unhoused constituents.
Surprising to absolutely no one, a few hours after these lovely photos were likely taken, LAPD brought hell down on the demonstration. I saw estimates of 400 cops, 100 cop cars and helicopters (that are at least $900/hr).
So when we say defund the mother fucking police, think about this moment when possibly tens of thousands of LA’s tax dollars went to this pointless show of power instead of to the unhoused community the demonstration was in support of 😡
And please tell everyone of ‘Echo Park Rise Up’ and support this movement.
the one experience that unites all 90s and early 2000s kids is experiencing at least one work of fiction with a deceptively adorable illustration of cute animals on the cover who live in societies with an established political system, hierarchy of leadership and culture and are driven from their homes by human activity and/or engage in violent conflicts with other animals in similar communities that lead to many of the characters’ brutal deaths, which are described in graphic detail and which left you briefly emotionally traumatized by being confronted with the concept of your own fragile mortality before you were 10
the 4 horsemen
it has been brought to my attention that this was an ENTIRE GENRE of children’s fiction for some reason
