The Hollywood protest seemed to lack something... ah civil disobedience, well, we solved that. There were about 70 of us, yet the police later on said 69... One by one we were picked out and plastic cuffs were placed on our wrists. On the bus we had to listen to the likes of the wave, which actually stated that 70 people were arrested at the Hollywood protest, leading to our cheers. We were detained on the bus for about 2-3 hours, with our hands strapped behind our backs and the circulation leaving our wrists. The two black men were treated very poorly, one's wrists were tied so tight that he began losing feeling in his shoulders, when he began to complain 4 cops forcibly took him away, we are trying to investigate further (NION). Some of us began to be booked, and instead of plastic cuffs they placed metal cuffs and chains upon them. They were going to be taken from the Hollywood station to Van Nuys because they didn't have any "space" or some bullshit. They began to call us one by one to book us, we got our mug shots, fingerprints, etc. Then we were taken to a room, for a few more hours, then we asked the police what is taking so long. They replied we don't know why you are here or what you're being charged for, we're trying to find this out (our tax dollars at work). We found out that the tickets and booking that the Deputies did is irrelevent and they have to put us into their system, the LAPD, so we would have to wait to be booked again. They took 44 people to the Van Nuys station, and there were 20 of us at the Hollywood station. There were also 8 juveniles being booked. We got out at 1am. I believe we were arrested around 4:30. The only torture we suffered though, was waiting, which I would do all over again. There are things much bigger than us at this time that we must recognize, bigger causes than the privelages we hold. In other countries right now they use police dogs, water cannons or tear gas to disperse crowds, we are very lucky to not have to go through the same mess. Why not sacrifice this privelege that so many take for granted and exercise our rights. Yet I could go on for the many reasons I decided to get arrested. All of us waiting in that room said why and still I believe we'd like to say more, because it's so important. Yet I believe next time I will wear warmer clothes. It was a great experience for me and I encourage everyone to perform the same action, especially if you believe you cannot make a difference or do anything, this is more a learning experience than anything else. Perhaps to dwell upon the Buddhist principle of enlightenment through suffering.

This guy has great puppets, really interesting.

This guerrilla theatre I believe shows the victims of the MOAB bomb. Really dramatic and it got everyone around to shut up.

They pulled people out of the crowd and had them lay down while they sprinkled flour (in the MOAB it would be ammonium nitrite along with other toxic chemicals) all over you, ending up with your impression upon the ground.

Tear gas for the peaceful protesters.

The light is bad but there were a lot of police, and more to the left of this intersection, running around, trying to be intimidating.

If you look closely, in the center, in civilian clothes is the new police chief that is going to increase police brutality and racial profiling, I mean curb crime and drugs.

This is some of the crowd waiting on the police bus.

A group photo of meandering civil disobeyers.

I was one of the eight juveniles arrested...we were all put in a van and, once at the station, sat next to the busses for about an hour. One of the males that had gotten his cuffs in front of him during the ride was pulled violently by the handcuffs out of the van by a cop, who then started roughly cutting them off with a knife. In the process, he cut the arrestee's hand pretty deeply as cops looked on smiling. A picture was taken of the wound by a cop after he had gotten some kind of first aid. We were eventually taken into little rooms that I believe are usually for children that are assault/abuse victims, with stuffed animals in a trash bag. We were told that it was taking so long for the eight of us to be taken care of because of the law that we couldn't 'mix' with the adults at any time, and they were being dealt with first. I know the female juveniles' cuffs were taken off 'to let the blood circulate' after a few hours, supposedly to be put back on later, but they never were, thankfully. After several hours of waiting, at one point being told we would be sent to juvenile hall for 72 hours, we were all booked. I was the second to be released to my parents (who had been waiting for several hours) at around 9:30 pm.

what do they charge you with when you're arrested? do you get fined?

You jerks are useing up resources in citys across the country . You are taking up time and manpower that could be used to protect us from terrorist attacks and that makes you terrorists. If an attack comes you have to thank yourselves for killing innocent people. My advice is to go somewhare and fuck yourselves instead of trying to make yourselves feel important because you are NOT important you are impotent.

It depends on the situation. We got a misdemeanor of "failure to disperse" yet we're all pleading not guilty and getting a lawyer. That's a horrible thing that happened to that kid. We were all taking off our cuffs but when the police came in we made sure to hide them, we were all mostly in the back of the bus though so I believe it would have been hard to see. That one kid should contact the NION office because of the brutality he suffered. Thanks for your input. Contact the Los Angeles office at (323) 462-6263 .

Hey photographer, did you get permission to publish the pictures of those that got arrested, are there any minors in the pictures (are you sure?) Those getting arrested my not wanted there faces shown in such great detail, you know the thing about employers, family, and minors. Since you were so kind to post your e-mail address, that will make it easier for their attorneys to contact you about a civil suit.

I think people have nothing better to do but make idiot assumptions and make asses of themselves. I don't even know why I'm responding to your question when you can't even ask it in a civilized manner. Of course I asked them, and if you knew the law, then you would be aware that juveniles cannot be arrested and detained with the adults. I am constantly reminded by where the education money goes to in this country with questions and comments like those previously.

well, you practiced one of the rights of our country and you stood up for what you believed in. you weren't afarid to get arrested and were ready to face the consequences. you really have courage and you should be proud of that. oh and is the guy with the puppets selling them?