Defend Los Angeles
Archival Recordings 40
On Sunday June 8th, a spontaneous demonstration in response to the ICE activity of the previous week occurred in front of the federal detention facility in Downtown Los Angeles. The pictures are all over the internet and social media, sparking all sorts of responses ranging from those voicing support to people criticizing the tactics of the protesters. I made it a point to go document the events of the day myself, in fact it felt like my obligation to do so.
Culturally, Los Angeles is a place that can be confusing to people who are unfamiliar.
It's a dynamic that I've observed for as long as I've been sharing my own work from the city and one that is often used to construct a false narrative about the city and it's residents. A disconnect also exists between the city's elected officials and much of the populace, especially the working class.
Because of these factors, it can seem (to some) that these sorts of things come out of nowhere but if you are paying attention to the right things, it's easy to see that this tension has been building for a while.
