The protest has, once again, encountered DJ LRAD, who says the usual stuff. At a certain point in the evening it becomes repetitive to the point of boredom and I have officially reached that point The dispersal location is East now
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Protesters direct traffic through the protest as the protest waits to see what happens with the cops up aheadpic.twitter.com/Rqs2DxMOwy
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The protest decides to be water--or soup--and vanishes into the residential streets
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A riot line greets us at Ventura Park and pushes to the intersection by the elementary school Then they fire gas and blast with impact munitionspic.twitter.com/MbDcImCfCX
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The police leave. The crowd pauses Eventually, "Bella Ciao" begins to play and the crowd begins to move, clapping and singing along
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As the protest moves through the elementary school playground, people in black bloc pause to swing on the swings, slide down the slides It's great
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Again the protest emerges from Ventura Park, and again DJ LRAD tells us to disperse. To the East, this time And here they come ...
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A push through the park The police announce that the parks are closed, "even to press," and push us through the park This is against the TRO, by the way
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One of the families who lives here comes out of their house and begs the police to stop using tear gas "Where can I buy a gas mask for a 1-year-old! Our neighbor is pregnant. Please, do not gas us! This is completely unnecessary!"
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
I'm almost 5 miles from there and we can taste and smell it here. Many closing up houses and being awakened choking. I'm up working. It's insanely bad tonight even on a clear calm night its travelling far.
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They have fired so much gas tonight. I'm sad to hear this but not surprised
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
Not the first time, but tonight is likely the worst. Respect, not sure how you guys deal. Stay safe.
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