Occupy LA - Hendy Foote and Dr. Cornel West Speak Day #7

Occupy Los Angeles Day 7 on the steps of city hall - Hendy Foote and Dr. Cornel West Address the crowds of the 99% seeking change for this nation.

Occupiers Can't Fly - Queen RA - After The Raid

Occupiers Can’t Fly – Queen Ra interviews one of her fellow anonymous 99’ers who discusses her understanding about the plight of occupiers that were arrested during the city hall raid of 2011 by LAPD to end the three month long holdout 

Occupy the Hood Los Angeles " Action Assembly" Dec.17th "After The Raid"

SaturdayTime7:30pm until 9:30pmWhere City Hall West Steps

Description Occupy the Hood is putting on a VERY special General
Assembly for December 17th!

We all want to move #OccupyLA FORWARD after the raid.
Many of us have discussed goin back to the hood & doing some real
community organizing.

...
This 12/17 GA:

- No proposals!

- Breakout Discussions:
"YOUR hood & what we can do to take the movement there."
"What does privilege mean?"

-Activists from different marginalized communities share their
organizing experiences. From immigrant rights to LGBTQ to Skid Row!

-"I am the 99%" media workshop. Share your 99% story!

Please share with occupiers, homies, organizations!

ALL the love in the world
ALL power to ALL people!

Bilal Ali, Co-founder of Occupy the ‘Hood, Beaten and Detained

 

Bilal Ali

Posted on December 2, 2011 by denverabc

I have just gotten information over the past couple of hours that Bilal Ali, co-founder of Occupy the ‘Hood Los Angeles, was apparently beaten and detained by LAPD officers in last night’s actions.
According to several people who have contacted me, Bilal and Joseph Thomas were kettled away from a larger group of Occupy supporters near Pershing Square sometime between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m. and were beaten repeatedly by LAPD officers with battons. Bilal appeared to be injured, perhaps seriously.
Bilal is a very well-known organizer and advocate for tenants, workers and the homeless in downtown L.A., especially over the past 8-10 years. In particular Bilal has figured prominently in a series of major conflicts with the Central City Association over questions of their influence over the City Council and other public institutions, including the police. It is this same association that has been working behind the scenes to get Occupy L.A. evicted and to get the City Council to enact a special ordinance to prohibit the use of City Hall as a platform for public protests.
In June of last year, Bilal and approximately 20 others were physically assaulted by police INSIDE City Council chambers following a public hearing on extending a rent freeze for tenants throughout the city that attracted the largest turnout of tenants in the history of Los Angeles. Legal action later led to financial compensation for
the victims of this attack, and a judicial reprimand of City Hall police for the use of excessive force against peaceful protesters. Since that time, Bilal has been the target of numerous incidents of police harrassment, including being unlawfully detained outside his apartment building twice last summer. He has several complaints filed through the police commission related to these incidents.
Occupy the ‘Hood calls upon ALL Occupy Movement activists, ALL friends and supporters of Occupy the ‘Hood, and ALL progressive people in general to support Bilal Ali and ALL those arrested and detained in the police actions against the Occupy Movement last night and this morning. We are concerned with Bilal’s present physical condition, in particular. We believe he is being held at the Parker Center holding facility. No charges have as yet been filed against him that we know of.
We call for your support, and will post more information as soon as we get it.
Build the Occupy Movement!!!
Organize the 99%!!!
Free All Our Occupy Movement Detainees Now!!!
— Kwazi Nkrumah

Man Shot With Rubber Bullet - Occupy The Hood Los Angeles

Occupy The Hood Los Angeles - A young Man was Shot With Rubber Bullet on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall just days ago is interviewed by Queen RA for the exclusive. 

Music by incompetech
Blaze-Out

                                                                     A Queen RA Film

OccupyLA Pershing Square to City Hall

                           Occupy The Hood