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Trouble With The Trees--Homeless man arrested in downtown Los Angeles’ chainsaw tree mystery
KTLA News ^ | April 22, 2025 | Josh DuBose

Posted on 04/23/2025 2:44:11 PM PDT by rottndog

A man has been arrested in connection with dozens of city-owned trees in Los Angeles that were cut down with a chainsaw over the Easter Holiday weekend.

While law enforcement officials had no leads on April 20, some Angelenos were busy posting photos to Reddit and Instagram of all the felled trees downtown.

In photos, trees were seen in pieces at locations including 1st Street and Wilshire Boulevard, Olympic Boulevard and Hope Street, Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street, Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenue, Grand Avenue in front of the Wells Fargo Center and Grand Avenue and 5th Street.

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To: b4me

No worries. The guberment will spend about 200Keach to replace the trees AFTER they do an environmental study.


21 posted on 04/23/2025 4:50:15 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: rottndog

Agreed, but I doubt a homeless guy is going up and down the street with an extension cord, or has a $300 Milwaukee.
Who knows? Perhaps he does.


22 posted on 04/23/2025 4:54:19 PM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: cgbg

That’s pretty common in Ireland, with the gypsy caravans.


23 posted on 04/23/2025 4:58:43 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: rottndog

The Trees - by Rush

There is unrest in the forest
Trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the maples
Can’t be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream, “Oppression”
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
They say, “The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light”
Now there’s no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw


24 posted on 04/23/2025 5:05:38 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: rottndog

I think you mean the oaks.


25 posted on 04/23/2025 5:10:33 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: rottndog

I was just listening to Circumstances last night.


26 posted on 04/23/2025 5:12:00 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: philman_36
Where does a homeless man get a chainsaw? Theft? A gift?

Both. It's California. He can walk right in the store and take it since it's valued at less than $950. It's a gift from the politicians, paid for by other customers.

27 posted on 04/23/2025 5:28:22 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: rottndog

Wait a minute — aren’t 98% of the homeless just hard-working sane geniuses just unemployed and unhoused due to capitalism? It’s just not possible that one of these paragons would saw down trees just for meanness... Cut him up and plant the sprigs; maybe they’ll come up roses.


28 posted on 04/23/2025 6:15:47 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah

Homelessness is a virtue in Kalifornia.


29 posted on 04/23/2025 7:02:23 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: ridesthemiles

They have 40-60-80V chainsaws.


30 posted on 04/23/2025 8:33:55 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: rottndog
I guess that is true...I thought this was in an area with apartments and such, but...the sound of a tree being chainsawed in that environment likely mimics the dynamic of the Kitty Genovese tragedy, except it is trees and not humans...thankfully.
31 posted on 04/24/2025 6:03:32 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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