{"id":309563,"date":"2021-03-25T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T17:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=309563"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:16:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T17:16:07","slug":"lapd-clash-with-homeless-activists-protesters-during-raid-to-clear-echo-park-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-clash-with-homeless-activists-protesters-during-raid-to-clear-echo-park-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Clash With Homeless Activists, Protesters During Raid To Clear Echo Park Encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-clash-with-homeless-activists-protesters-during-raid-to-clear-echo-park-encampment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=309563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3454.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department was ultimately prevented from clearing out a massive homeless encampment near Echo Park, a popular tourist attraction, after clashing with protesters and \u201chomeless activists\u201d who demanded the camp be left alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles&nbsp;police clashed with hundreds of protesters on Wednesday as officers moved in to close Echo Park\u2019s massive&nbsp;homeless encampment, according to authorities,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/la-police-clash-with-protesters-at-echo-park-homeless-encampment\">Fox News reported Thursday morning<\/a>. \u201cThe demonstrators \u2014 a mix of homeless people and activists \u2014 threw bottles and objects at officers, who attempted to push them back from the park, according to reports. Many refused to move and some chanted: \u2018Whose park? Our park!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The LAPD declared two \u201cunlawful assemblies,\u201d according to the network, and issued two orders to disperse. The protest had mostly \u201cwound down\u201d by the early morning hours, but LAPD chief Michael Moore also relented, allowing residents of the homeless encampment to remain overnight but adding that they must leave within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The LAPD effort to clear the park began earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/what-lapd-chief-said-homeless-camp-protest-1578637\">per Newsweek<\/a>. \u201cPark rangers taped notices onto tent poles and trees that said the park will close Thursday, according to the newspaper. The signs added that all personal property must be removed from the park, including tents, chairs, and tables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The early warning, though, gave homeless activists time to organize a protest, and dozens of demonstrators turned up Wednesday night to prevent police and city services from clearing the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust before 10 p.m., park rangers, flanked by LAPD officers, began taping notices of closure onto trees and light poles on the east side of the park, where homeless people have been camping throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-03-24\/protest-echo-park-cleanup-homeless-encampment\">the LA Times reported<\/a>. \u201cCity contractors protected by LAPD officers unloaded fence from flatbed trucks. Flood lights helped guide their work as they pounded the panels of fence into the ground. Once it was up, the workers unfurled green fabric and hung it along the fence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some reports indicated that the LAPD clashed with \u201canti-Fascists\u201d and other progressive protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The LA Times added that the&nbsp; LAPD \u201cwas asked to support community safety efforts during installation of the fencing to assist in the rehabilitation of Echo Park. Department personnel are deployed in that area so that those efforts can begin in a safe and unimpeded manner.\u201d An LA city council member also noted that city services coordinators would be on site on Thursday to help move residents along to other areas.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has, in many cases, tolerated homeless encampments, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, which left many residents without jobs or a source of income and shuttered shelters and other temporary housing options. But Echo Park is a popular location for Los Angeles residents and tourists and the city wants it returned to public hands.<\/p>\n<p>Homeless activists, though, argue that the encampment is less a homeless shanty-town and more of an \u201cautonomous zone,\u201d and that residents have \u201cimproved\u201d the area with a food pantry, a shared garden, and other amenities.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors of the encampment, however, are not convinced the \u201cautonomous zone\u201d near Echo Park is improved by its transient population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the encampment grew last year to nearly 200 tents and covered nearly half the park, many residents of the surrounding hillsides demanded [that the city council] do something about an intrusion of trash, drug use, and crime in their neighborhood,\u201d according to the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department pledged Thursday to return to clear the encampment, but also to allow limited protests. Moore told the media Thursday that \u201ca designated protest zone has been established for the Echo Park incident as well as media access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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