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Fire Walk With Me

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10. Terribly sorry, forgot to check in. Am exhausted. Only slept one hour
Sat Jun 23, 2012, 11:10 AM
Jun 2012

the night before yesterday. Got home and crashed.

Skid Row are being evicted. The homeless are being forced to "store" all large items (in CCA-provided bins...fox/henhouse) and are only allowed to carry what they can during the day, and they must keep moving. No stopping and resting. No encampments. Threats of jailing.

Occupy Skid Row defied the order to not return and reOccupied yesterday at 2PM. Cops showed up and intimidated and formed a line to force us off the sidewalk. They could not answer questions about our Federal injunction, and did not care at all. A Spanish television channel, Noticias 22 showed up, and cops became scarce. Later that day, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck was in a cruiser which crept past the site, getting a personal overview.

The phone calls on this are going all the way up the decision tree. Cops have to remove us so CCA can make lots of nice MONEY. How dare human beings seeking to live their lives get in the way of profit.

And most importantly: Occupy Skid Row are in an area not even mentioned in the LA Health Department report. This is entirely political. They know Occupy's presence gives the other homeless...ideas.

Thank you, sorry!

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