Occupy LA: Weekend 2 Shows Numbers Growing (PHOTOS)

Los Angeles expected the Occupy LA movement to continue to grow through the weekend – and that it has. Hundreds more have gone to join protestors, activists, and generally passionate citizens in Downtown Los Angeles where Occupy LA has made a home at City Hall. Fox LA reports that both a music festival and a cycling event would take place this weekend. They also add:

Seven of the 15 Los Angeles City Council members signed a resolution to support "peaceful and vibrant exercise in First Amendment Rights carried out by 'Occupy Los Angeles.’” A Los Angeles city resolution calls for a vote on a "responsible banking" measure by Oct. 28. It would require the city to divest from banks and financial institutions that have not cooperated with efforts to prevent foreclosures.

The mood is one determination but also of love at Occupy LA this weekend. Anytime someone has ascended the City Hall steps to speak, one of the first things the crowd shouts is “We love you!” Police activity is minimal – and arrests are practically nonexistent compared to Occupy Wall Street in New York City. KTLA did report, however, that ten people were arrested in Los Angeles for trying to cash a $673 billion check made out to The “people of California.”

For a look at Occupy LA this weekend, where Danny Glover surprised protestors with a fiery speech, click below:

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WATCH: Danny Glover speaks to protestors at Occupy LA on Saturday.

ALSO: The Best Signs From Occupy LA.

 

 

Comments

[bdzdean]

12:21 PM on 10/11/2011

These protests are long overdue. And I'm surprised that it took so long for people to start protesting.

It seems thousands and thousands of citizens phone calls, e-mails and letters to Government seem to be ignored. So, the only way for citizens to truly express their concerns and discontent is by physical presents.

[GandenT]

01:41 PM on 10/14/2011

People got distracted by that whole 9/11 and the war of terror thing; just prior to that hundreds of thousands of people were showing up in protest of the WTO in Seatlle, Ottowa, and Stockholm not to mention the protests of the World Economic Forums in Switzerland and Philadelphia... People are quite rightly sick of our broken social contract, thrown over for some drivel about capitalism or whatever econ. jabber the media is blaring at them.

[teabagmetos]

11:14 PM on 10/14/2011

When the Tea Party started I think this was what people expected, however that was so quickly Hijacked by Republicans and Far right supporters, that it set many people aback and delayed this whole thing. The Tea party ultimately set in motion more money in politics instead of less. But its here now so we run with it.

[InLosAngeles]

03:02 PM on 10/10/2011

Danny Glover. lol. Good one!

[Christina-Xena]

05:20 PM on 10/10/2011

Glover has a long history of personal success, AND activism.

See" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Glover
for the long list of related and political stands he's taken.

It would be odd if he didn't show up and show support for such a wide and important cause.

Now if only more notable people would do the same,

..................the attention and focus for the 99% would be even stronger!

Danny Glover............right on!!

Just one excerpt from Wkipedia:

"Glover's long history of union activism includes support for the United Farm Workers, UNITE HERE, and numerous service unions.[20] In March 2010, Danny Glover supported 375 Union workers in Ohio by calling upon all actors at the 2010 Academy Awards to boycott Hugo Boss suits due to Hugo Boss announcement to close a manufacturing plant in Ohio after a proposed pay decrease from $13 to $8.30 an hour was rejected by the Workers United Union."/////

[InLosAngeles]

07:28 PM on 10/10/2011

Mel should have let him blow up on the toilet. It would have been a fitting end.

[Carmen Madonna Campos]

02:45 PM on 10/10/2011

Help me OWS, you're out only hope!

[Jane Michaels]

11:35 AM on 10/10/2011

Funny how the media ignored the Tea Party protests.. But with the "Occupier" movements it's top news. Hmmm.. Anyone care to argue that the media isn't a biased in favor of lefties?

[lovmydan]

12:11 PM on 10/10/2011

The occupy movement is anything but top news. Get real. If you went to www.occupytogether.org you would see that there are over 2,000 cities around the WORLD that are participating. The media fails to mention that.

[Pearl Jam111]

12:29 PM on 10/10/2011

Cause the tea parties have already got quite a bit of news in the long run. This is a recent thing and will get more of the spotlight cause it is fresher and more unexpected

[thankulord13]

01:03 PM on 10/10/2011

The tea party members got too much press with there crazy agenda.

[KarateKid]

11:15 AM on 10/10/2011

It's good to see people are getting out of their lethargy and at least DOING something.

[InLosAngeles]

03:04 PM on 10/10/2011

Now if they would all be useful instead of simply ornamental and each pick up 10 pieces of trash and put it in a trashcan, then arguably this party might have a useful purpose.

"This is what a clean protest looks like!"

[dansup]

05:50 PM on 10/10/2011

don't know when (or if) you were down there, but on Saturday I didn't see as much as a cigarette butt on the ground, guess your theory, like many, is born out of ignorance.

[leorangerie]

01:35 AM on 10/10/2011

While I support the message, I can't help but wonder what might be accomplished if this many young people put their efforts into public service, rather than just public protest.

[Freeman Mike]

08:53 AM on 10/10/2011

What they're doing IS public service...

[Scott Leland]

11:46 AM on 10/10/2011

Yes, so far, "Occupy LA" is a "pure" movement, that is, the various unions and other organizations have not moved-in and taken over the civic center to use the people for their own propaganda purposes.

The Media have been saying the OLAers are not saying "what they want." Most of them desire a full-time job so they can get started on their careers:

http://www.flixya.com/blog/3201910/Beautiful-Butterflys

[Bella Lee]

11:11 AM on 10/10/2011

Lol. They are doing everything in the public interest, making it a public service.

[StokeyBob]

09:11 PM on 10/09/2011

The root reason for the, “Occupy er’s” and the “99% er’s”. Gaze upon it if you dare. Maybe this will help make the danger of fiat money clear. Imagine you and me are setting across from each other. We create enough money to represent all of the world's wealth. Each one of us has one SUPER Dollar in front of him. You own half of everything and so do I. I'm the government though. I get bribed into creating a Central Bank. You're not doing what I want you to be doing so I print up myself eight more SUPER Dollars to manipulate you with. All of a sudden your SUPER Dollar only represents one tenth of the wealth of the world! That isn't the only thing though. You need to get busy and get to work because YOU'VE BEEN STIFFED with the bill for the money I PRINTED UP to get YOU TO DO what I WANTED.

That to me represents what has been happening to the economy, and us, and why so many of our occupations just can't keep up with the fake money presses.

P.S. No matter how much real money people can put together to build their countries the way they want, there are those that can print up what ever it takes to dictate their way.

http://photos.imageevent.com/stokeybob/followthemoney/Supersingle640x537.jpg

[WorkhelpWorkhelp]

11:16 PM on 10/09/2011

Control our money locally like N. Dakota has since 1919. This is one sure fire way to loosen the grip of the big banking thieves. Please watch and please.....pass it to everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI&feature=mh_lolz&list=WL40442CD8FFF5BDEC

[lovmydan]

12:18 PM on 10/10/2011

Good analogy, except that the occupiers and the 99%ers are the same thing ;)