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Los Angeles police quell Echo Park protest

By Photos by Associated Press

March 25, 2021

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A homeless activist makes a peace sign gesture over a fence, as Los Angeles City sanitation workers move inside the closed perimeter of Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles today.
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Los Angeles Police guard the access to the closed perimeter of Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, today. A newly installed fence surrounded the park after a late-night confrontation between police and vocal demonstrators who oppose the city's effort to remove a large homeless encampment and perform extensive repairs of the site. People who were already in tents at Echo Park Lake were allowed to remain overnight but were given 24-hour notice to leave, Police Chief Michel Moore said in a social media post.
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A woman rakes her "Love Garden" outside one of the remaining tents at the Echo Park homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angels Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell, 13th District, is pushing back against the notion of a "sweep." He said Wednesday that more than 120 of the Echo Park homeless people have now been moved into transitional housing at Roomkey and Homekey sites.
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Los Angeles police officers move in to arrest demonstrators in the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.
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Los Angeles police officers move in to arrest demonstrators in the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.
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Homeless residents of Echo Park confront Los Angeles police officers moving in to remove people living at the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.
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Los Angeles police officers move in to arrest demonstrators in the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.
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Los Angeles police officers move in to arrest demonstrators in the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.
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Demonstrators lock arms trying to prevent police from advancing in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles early today. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday night to protest the planned temporary closure of a Los Angeles park that would displace a large homeless encampment, which has grown throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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Demonstrators face off with police in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles early today. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday night to protest the planned temporary closure of a Los Angeles park that would displace a large homeless encampment, which has grown throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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Demonstrators face off with police in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles early today. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday night to protest the planned temporary closure of a Los Angeles park that would displace a large homeless encampment, which has grown throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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Demonstrators face off with police in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles early today. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday night to protest the planned temporary closure of a Los Angeles park that would displace a large homeless encampment, which has grown throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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A demonstrator sets up a sleeping bag in front of police in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles early today. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday night to protest the planned temporary closure of a Los Angeles park that would displace a large homeless encampment, which has grown throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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A demonstrator sets up a tent in front of police in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles early today. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday night to protest the planned temporary closure of a Los Angeles park that would displace a large homeless encampment, which has grown throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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Los Angeles city contractors install a temporary fence around Echo Park Lake's perimeter in Los Angeles early today.
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Los Angeles Police officers stand on a wagon as demonstrators face-off on the Echo Park Lake's perimeter in Los Angeles early today.
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Members of the media interview demonstrators outside their tents in the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.
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Homeless residents of Echo Park confront Los Angeles Police officers moving in to remove residents in the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment in Los Angeles late Wednesday.

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