Los Angeles • Investigative Journalism
A coalition of Crenshaw Corridor stakeholders has called on Harris-Dawson to complete Destination Crenshaw within a year, establish a public construction timeline and create relief funds for businesses and residents affected by years of construction. The coalition has given Harris-Dawson a September 4 deadline to formally respond to its demands.
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Echo Park’s Unfinished History Few places illustrate the consequences of displacement as starkly as Echo Park Lake. In March 2021, Los Angeles closed the park and cleared the large homeless community that had developed there. The operation brought a major LAPD deployment, fencing around the park, and protests that culminated in mass arrests and the detention of journalists covering the confrontation. Disclosure: I was among the journalists detained by LAPD while covering the March 25 protest. I was released at the scene after officers verified my press credentials and was not arrested or processed.
By Stephen Oduntan
Bates said the issue also resonates in Black communities that have experienced their own history of deadly encounters involving people in crisis.
By Stephen Oduntan
That disclosure presents two different forms of accountability: Flores remains under criminal prosecution for allegedly making the recordings, while the officers Hochman said engaged in the offensive speech face an internal LAPD disciplinary process.
By Stephen Oduntan
Black August emphasizes four principles—study, fast, train, and fight. Someone who fasts without studying political prisoners, prison conditions or Black liberation movements, Chimurenga said, is “just not eating.”
By Stephen Oduntan
“Most African investment conferences have been built around panels and photo opportunities,” Prempeh said. “I think it’s less a conference and more of a two-day convening designed to move capital, and not just discuss it.”
By Stephen Oduntan
Instead, residents who came back to the motels found themselves locked out. Some were not told until late that afternoon they would not be allowed to return. Personal belongings were left outside motel rooms, and some possessions were discarded, the complaint alleges.
By Stephen Oduntan
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For Patrick Hogan, those assurances are difficult to separate from experience. Hogan, who successfully sued Caltrans after the agency destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, said discussions about Olympic-related relocations immediately reminded him of what happens when policies are announced before the practical realities are addressed. “Relocation means, in my mind, get them out of the way,” Hogan said.
By Stephen Oduntan