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Two protestors are arrested as LA City Council meeting banning homeless encampments within 500-feet of schools erupts into chaos as chamber is stormed
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 10, 2022 | ap

Posted on 08/10/2022 11:02:32 AM PDT by Morgana

Two people were arrested and three officers injured in a protest that erupted as the Los Angeles City Council approved a ban on homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.

The 11-3 final vote on Tuesday, which applies to public and private schools, came after the meeting was recessed due to dozens of protesters shouting their opposition while police cleared the council chamber.

The standoff with officers was triggered after one woman began cursing at the council and suddenly stepped past the benches towards the city leaders, causing officers to immediately intervene as demonstrators yelled at them.

While police tried to arrest the unidentified woman, officials said members of the crowd surrounded the cops, with activist Ricci Sergienko directly interfering and allowing the woman to temporarily get away.

During the incident, one sergeant and two Security Service Division officers who were responsible for public safety of City Hall were injured.

The incident comes a week after a similar protest interrupted the initial vote of the bill, which must be signed by LA Mayor Eric Garcetti before it takes effect.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 08/10/2022 11:02:32 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: metmom

arth ping


2 posted on 08/10/2022 11:02:50 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Leftists Vs Leftists...................what’s not to love?....................


3 posted on 08/10/2022 11:04:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Morgana

Well golly - that sounds like an insurrection.


4 posted on 08/10/2022 11:04:10 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Morgana

which must be signed by LA Mayor Eric Garcetti before it takes effect.


What will he do and what will the local community do after?

The story is still being written....................


5 posted on 08/10/2022 11:04:29 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Morgana

More violence from pro-Trump white supremacists! Lock them up for a year for disrupting an official proceeding! $10,000 fine and six months in jail! /s


6 posted on 08/10/2022 11:05:29 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: PeterPrinciple

I thought Garcetti was going to be ambassador to India


7 posted on 08/10/2022 11:07:48 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Morgana

They were protesting FOR homeless camps near schools?


8 posted on 08/10/2022 11:08:39 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: PeterPrinciple

What will he do and what will the local community do after?”

They are going to make the Hotels take them.


9 posted on 08/10/2022 11:08:52 AM PDT by es345st
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‘They were protesting FOR homeless camps near schools?’

It’s their home sweet home after all. Time to homeschool your kid.


10 posted on 08/10/2022 11:10:10 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana
the Los Angeles City Council approved a ban on homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.

So its a ban, on something that is already banned? That oughta fix it.

11 posted on 08/10/2022 11:11:43 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Morgana

Defy leftists and they go violent. I wonder why so many on here think the right is in danger of starting things off.


12 posted on 08/10/2022 11:13:42 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Morgana

Right on cue, these troublemakers are showing exactly why people wish to maintain a safe distance from anything ‘homeless’. Why not change that 500 feet away to 500 miles away?


13 posted on 08/10/2022 11:14:18 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Morgana

The trick with these kinds of laws, just like the laws banning sex offenders from living near schools and daycare, is that if you make the zone big enough, you cover nearly the entire city, since there are schools and daycare centers everywhere.

So it’s no wonder some people are going to be upset. But it also probably means that the law is at risk of being struck down at the first court challenge for being overly broad. It’s essentially trying to reinstitute vagancy laws using a novel mechanism.


14 posted on 08/10/2022 11:16:01 AM PDT by Boogieman
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They probably want to turn the schools into homeless encampments.

They have a point—the teachers and kids would flee and the kids would be free of leftist indoctrination and LGBT groomers.


15 posted on 08/10/2022 11:16:25 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Morgana

Thankfully, they were leftists, so it wasn’t an insurrection. Close call.


16 posted on 08/10/2022 11:16:41 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Morgana
This probably means that some of the homeless camps have got to go as they are now in violation of the law. L.A. politicians created these people and this mess. Now deal with it!
17 posted on 08/10/2022 11:17:36 AM PDT by 4yearlurker
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To: Red Badger

Cool...


18 posted on 08/10/2022 11:18:53 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Morgana

Time to homeschool your kid.
= = =

Could your homeschool be considered a ‘private school’, and thus have a 500-foot HFZ?


19 posted on 08/10/2022 11:28:11 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Morgana

ever see the video of the guy escorting kids off a bus past the “unhoused”


20 posted on 08/10/2022 11:31:44 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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