Occupy LA Protesters Wake Up for Day Three at City Hall
Eric Richardson / blogdowntown
Protesters from the Occupy Los Angeles demonstration wake up for their third day outside City Hall.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The ongoing protest calling itself Occupy LA entered its third day on Monday morning, as dozens of participants woke from the sidewalks and lawn around City Hall and began the task of moving into daytime positions.
The group is demonstrating against "corporatocracy" in solidarity with the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. More than 1,000 participants marched from Pershing Square to City Hall on Saturday.
Protesters must move off City Hall's south lawn each night by 10:30pm, and are allowed to return starting at 6am. That's the same time at which they are required to be off the sidewalks, though there appeared to be little police enforcement rushing that move on Monday.
The rules appear to be a little less strict on City Hall's north lawn, which had tents set up along its edges through the night. At 6am on Monday, one cluster of tents at the corner of Temple and Main was illuminated by lights from a news team's live shot setup.
Many Downtown commuters may become aware of the protests for the first time when they try to drive home on Monday. Occupy LA plans a 5pm march from City Hall through the Financial District.
The demonstrators may have to march to stay visible: City Hall is surrounded on three sides by trucks for Warner Brothers' "Gangster Squad," which is filming inside and outside the building on Tuesday.
LAofAnaheim on October 03, 2011, at 10:27AM – #1
If they are protesting Wall Street, which is what NY protestors are doing........why are they setup at City Hall? It makes more sense to squat somewhere between 5th and 7th and Flower and Figueroa. That's our Financial District.
Tony Hoover on October 03, 2011, at 11:17PM – #2
THERE IS NO PUBLIC LAND near the banks on Bunker Hill where they can get a permit to protest. There is not enough room for 1000 people at the park at the Library.
Mario Teran on October 06, 2011, at 12:13PM – #3
Why are they protesting against the government? I'll tell you why. There's a black man as President and they can't handle it!!! It has nothing to do with his policies, his bailouts, taking financial advice from Lawrence Summers to bail out Citibank (which he personally benefitted from). They're a bunch of lazy racists and they should go home to their parents who are supporting them, while they making money in banking and on Wall Street.
Morthos on October 08, 2011, at 11:45AM – #4
WHO CARES IF THERE IS NO PUBLIC LAND IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT! jeebus, if you want to protest, dont play by some lame rules. Go to bunker hill at 8:00AM on a weekday and stop the bankdicks from getting into work and messing things up even more. Is it really that hard to figure out?
As for them being racists...well...thats a pretty dumb comment.