Villaraigosa announces impending shutdown of Occupy L.A. camp
The City Hall park where Occupy Los Angeles protesters are camped will be closed at 12:01 a.m. Monday, according to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, triggering what officials hope will be an end to the nation's largest remaining Occupy camp.
But police might not immediately begin removing protesters who linger, the mayor said at a news conference Friday with Police Chief Charlie Beck. He said officials hope in the coming days to help protesters move their belongings and to find beds in homeless shelters for those at the camp who need them.
Health hazards, crime magnets, drugs, mental illness...these "occupy" movements are like urban street problems on steroids. It's about time the cities take back control of their populations and separate the homeless, the helpless, and the truly needy from the criminals who prey on them and the bored, spoiled brats who simply don't want to pay back what they've borrowed for their overpriced education.
H/T Memeorandum
Cross posted at LCR, Say Anything.
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I'll believe it when I see it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, me, too! But with some Democrat mayors these days, it's not so much the need to grow a spine as it is these bozos becoming an embarrassment to the Dems who embraced them early, hoping they were the anti-Tea Party.
ReplyDeleteTurns out, they really were.
Beds in homeless shelters? Really? I think it's time for the Occupiers to go home and re-occupy their mom's basement.
ReplyDeleteBreak out the fire hoses. Double duty - clear out the park and give them a bath!
Have you no heart, Mrs. C? Think of all those poor lice and bed bugs having no home for the holidays!
ReplyDeleteNo heart, and no standards to speak of - that's the charm of me!
ReplyDeleteAt least we don't speak of them!
ReplyDeleteYou had me at the title!
ReplyDeleteEvery now and then, the ball just floats across the plate!
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