Protesters At Echo Park Confront LAPD Over Plans To Clear Encampment Of Unhoused Residents
Residents of the tent community at Echo Park Lake and allies are protesting plans by the city to close the park and clear the longstanding h
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Over 100 protesters blocked road access to Echo Park Lake Wednesday night as LAPD prepared to clear the homeless community that lives there and shut off access to the park.
Unsheltered residents of Echo Park and advocates stood guard on Glendale Boulevard and sourrounding areas as over a dozen police cars congragated near the park and an LAPD helicopter circled above.
"This is the city's blunder, this is Mitch's mistake — they just don't know it yet," said resident Ayman Ahmed who has lived at the encampment for a year.