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My neighbors—all mostly helpless, narrowly escaped. The only one showing some courage to 'do something' was knocked unconscious with a skateboard (Simpsons Arcade Style)—he suffered trauma to the back of his head and was carried away.
Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of the situation until it was too late. The break-ins around me were fucking bonkers in their scale and frequency that went on into late hours of the night, by the same fuck heads that looted my store and took everything—pure crime.
Police Chief Michael Moore kept hundreds of police in clustered units, 'doing nothing' under Mayor Garcetti's 'stand-down order'—Cops were antagonizing protestors, while businesses in the vicinity are looted and burned literally two blocks away. I witnessed police squad vehicles driving past a live crime scene, ignoring looting.
Why didn't the police go after the looters and leave the protests? Both sides, every time. The police aren't there for you. 'Protect and serve' is a lie. 'Special' scorn should be given to LAPD Chief Michel Moore and Mayor Garcetti for serving up the entire heart of the city to thieves and arsonists.
How it went down: A city permit was given to Black Lives Matter to hold an event at Pan Pacific Park on May 30th in the afternoon—a small park, not an event park—it looks crowded with 200 people in it. Whoever gave the permit should be fired—this was the first mistake that led to violence, theft, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage for many miles.
At Pan Pacific Park, Dr. Melina Abdullah, lead organizer of Black Lives Matter's LA chapter, led call and response chants of "disrupt white capitalism." Before the event ended, Abdullah shouted into a megaphone: "Fuck the police! Fuck white capitalism! Fuck The Grove! Fuck 3rd and Fairfax! Fuck Beverly Hills! (Daily Wire)—this was the 2nd mistake.
Melina Abdullah was deliberately stoking a very large crowd into some kind of destructive action in the middle of the day as the event was ending. She knew 'exactly' what she was doing.
Hold Mellina Abdulla to account.
Organizers ended the rally while it was still peaceful, acknowledging the situation could potentially become 'unsafe' for some folks in attendance. A Black Lives Matter leader said over the bullhorn. "The action is officially closed," he announced. "Whatever y'all do from here on out ain't my business." Tensions began to rise after the protesters began moving toward Beverly Hills and other areas. They were met by LAPD, which issued an 'unlawful assembly' order and instructed participants and onlookers to leave. The LA Times described the scene that developed as 'a tense standoff' with police shooting rubber bullets and striking demonstrators with batons. (CBS2)
At this point, putting too many people in too small an area, firing them up with angry rhetoric, then telling them to leave the park in the middle of the day left the police in an untenable position. Should they direct the large crowd one way or another? This crowd was 'amped.' A total mess ensued. Many were driven North, to Melrose Avenue, only five blocks away, where the police would not go for four hours. Who's fault?
The next mistake was LAPD's strategy of handling what was inevitable. There would be parts of this crowd plus opportunistic hooligans spreading out to tag, rob, and burn for many square miles—after everything was looted, someone would start a fire inside.
One of my neighbors roamed a mile of Melrose with her camera. Over four hours, she saw zero police crackdown—one big candy store! The Shoe Palace was looted for a full hour before someone started fires inside. Urban Outfitters was continuously looted for two hours before fires were started inside. My Store, CRUVOIR at 8211 Melrose Avenue, was looted for three hours until I got there, and nearly everything was gone.
The Los Angeles Police Department deliberately abandoned Melrose and other major streets, deciding not to 'risk' department 'lives' and 'reputations' for property damage—better to let the looters loot and burn?
All LAPD had to do was criss-cross and block critical streets with squad cars and bullhorns. It would have scattered the crowd. Wherever there were broken windows, put a car in front of it with police standing guard. It would have stopped all the fires and continuous looting that went on for hours.
Law enforcement officials, current and retired, criticized the LAPD response, saying it was riddled with flaws—from acquiescing to protesters gathering in huge numbers in a business district like Fairfax, to delaying two moves that would have increased manpower sooner—mobilizing the entire police force into action by canceling off-days and vacations, and calling in the National Guard—as they were given warning well-ahead of time.
Charles "Sid" Heal, a retired Los Angeles County sheriff's commander, said the LAPD decision to allow protesters access to an area like the Grove and Farmers Market was a miscalculation. Keeping crowds away from vulnerable areas is a vital part of crowd control, he said. "That means place sentries where you don't want them to go in advance." (LA Times)
The USA is every culture of the world slammed together—it's inevitable. Our whole political system is shit, two parties and representatives owned by lobbyists, both parties are poisoned chalice. I've never seen the US so divided.
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Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of the situation until it was too late. The break-ins around me were fucking bonkers in their scale and frequency that went on into late hours of the night, by the same fuck heads that looted my store and took everything—pure crime.
Police Chief Michael Moore kept hundreds of police in clustered units, 'doing nothing' under Mayor Garcetti's 'stand-down order'—Cops were antagonizing protestors, while businesses in the vicinity are looted and burned literally two blocks away. I witnessed police squad vehicles driving past a live crime scene, ignoring looting.
Why didn't the police go after the looters and leave the protests? Both sides, every time. The police aren't there for you. 'Protect and serve' is a lie. 'Special' scorn should be given to LAPD Chief Michel Moore and Mayor Garcetti for serving up the entire heart of the city to thieves and arsonists.
How it went down: A city permit was given to Black Lives Matter to hold an event at Pan Pacific Park on May 30th in the afternoon—a small park, not an event park—it looks crowded with 200 people in it. Whoever gave the permit should be fired—this was the first mistake that led to violence, theft, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage for many miles.
At Pan Pacific Park, Dr. Melina Abdullah, lead organizer of Black Lives Matter's LA chapter, led call and response chants of "disrupt white capitalism." Before the event ended, Abdullah shouted into a megaphone: "Fuck the police! Fuck white capitalism! Fuck The Grove! Fuck 3rd and Fairfax! Fuck Beverly Hills! (Daily Wire)—this was the 2nd mistake.
Melina Abdullah was deliberately stoking a very large crowd into some kind of destructive action in the middle of the day as the event was ending. She knew 'exactly' what she was doing.
Hold Mellina Abdulla to account.
Organizers ended the rally while it was still peaceful, acknowledging the situation could potentially become 'unsafe' for some folks in attendance. A Black Lives Matter leader said over the bullhorn. "The action is officially closed," he announced. "Whatever y'all do from here on out ain't my business." Tensions began to rise after the protesters began moving toward Beverly Hills and other areas. They were met by LAPD, which issued an 'unlawful assembly' order and instructed participants and onlookers to leave. The LA Times described the scene that developed as 'a tense standoff' with police shooting rubber bullets and striking demonstrators with batons. (CBS2)
At this point, putting too many people in too small an area, firing them up with angry rhetoric, then telling them to leave the park in the middle of the day left the police in an untenable position. Should they direct the large crowd one way or another? This crowd was 'amped.' A total mess ensued. Many were driven North, to Melrose Avenue, only five blocks away, where the police would not go for four hours. Who's fault?
The next mistake was LAPD's strategy of handling what was inevitable. There would be parts of this crowd plus opportunistic hooligans spreading out to tag, rob, and burn for many square miles—after everything was looted, someone would start a fire inside.
One of my neighbors roamed a mile of Melrose with her camera. Over four hours, she saw zero police crackdown—one big candy store! The Shoe Palace was looted for a full hour before someone started fires inside. Urban Outfitters was continuously looted for two hours before fires were started inside. My Store, CRUVOIR at 8211 Melrose Avenue, was looted for three hours until I got there, and nearly everything was gone.
The Los Angeles Police Department deliberately abandoned Melrose and other major streets, deciding not to 'risk' department 'lives' and 'reputations' for property damage—better to let the looters loot and burn?
All LAPD had to do was criss-cross and block critical streets with squad cars and bullhorns. It would have scattered the crowd. Wherever there were broken windows, put a car in front of it with police standing guard. It would have stopped all the fires and continuous looting that went on for hours.
Law enforcement officials, current and retired, criticized the LAPD response, saying it was riddled with flaws—from acquiescing to protesters gathering in huge numbers in a business district like Fairfax, to delaying two moves that would have increased manpower sooner—mobilizing the entire police force into action by canceling off-days and vacations, and calling in the National Guard—as they were given warning well-ahead of time.
Charles "Sid" Heal, a retired Los Angeles County sheriff's commander, said the LAPD decision to allow protesters access to an area like the Grove and Farmers Market was a miscalculation. Keeping crowds away from vulnerable areas is a vital part of crowd control, he said. "That means place sentries where you don't want them to go in advance." (LA Times)
The USA is every culture of the world slammed together—it's inevitable. Our whole political system is shit, two parties and representatives owned by lobbyists, both parties are poisoned chalice. I've never seen the US so divided.
As a natural development of their design practice, the digital imprint CRUVOIR curates in close collaboration with artists and authors. All collections are edited and designed by CRUVOIR in Los Angeles where they have worked since 2015. This unique collection comprises over 500 artists and brands on a platform for digital art, innovating interactive relations between artists, designers, and film producers.
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