Picket lines

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All local TV news channels aired a story on the grocers rejection of the union’s binding arbitration proposal last night. They also covered a militant picketing event at a vons in Culver City. They did show much of what happened that night. But they missed a number of very important events, including a scab who tried to run down a striker with her car. This incident was witnessed by at least 10 people and videoed by a number of people there with camcorders. This woman has committed assault with a deadly weapon. Anyone with video should show it to the police. Or at least post it here on LA-IMC

KCAL 9 reported the event live as did several other local news channels. There were at least eight TV news vans in the parking lot and a news helicopter overhead. One can be sure that there is plenty of feed that was not aired, clearly showing the hostility of the scabs towards the strikers. None of this was broadcast. The Culver City police watched and did nothing. If there ever was an example of which side the government takes in a labor dispute it was clearly on display that night. If LA-IMC had a news van with satellite uplink the world would see and hear real time what’s really happening on the picket lines.