Activists in downtown Los Angeles have staked out in front of the U.S. District Courthouse on Monday morning to join “the media circus” associated with the Dr. Conrad Murray trial and attract more attention to their fight against corporate greed, according to the group’s website.
A march is planned for 5 p.m. Monday evening to pay tribute to the throngs of protestors who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend in New York. Occupy LA is working in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement to make a stand for “democracy, not corporatocracy,” according to the group’s Twitter feed.
On Monday morning, activists moved their camp from the sidewalks on Spring Street outside City Hall to the Temple St. side of the building to accommodate a film crew.
"It’s been a very peaceful demonstration," Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Mitzi Fierro said. "They’re out there exercising their First Amendment right, so we’re going to allow them to continue to do so as long as it doesn’t become an unlawful assembly."
Protestors began their occupation on Saturday morning. About 400 protestors marched from Pershing Square to City Hall, where their ranks reached an estimated 2,000 supporters, according to the blog L.A. Activist.
Activists slept on the sidewalks Sunday night following a police mandate that they could not camp out on the government building’s lawn.
Occupy LA provides updates on its website and on its Facebook page and Twitter feed.
As of 11:45 AM, #occupy is the top trending topic in Los Angeles.
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