{"article":{"id":249698,"heading":"BREAKING: Occupy LA holding plaza Lawn at BofA","author":"LA-IMC","created":"2011-11-18 23:16:57","modified":"2011-11-19 01:43:57","last_modified":"Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:43:57","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Police still encircle the plaza with only one small police controlled exit.  <br><br> LA-IMC reporter at the scene reports the following: <br><br>  - two arrests early in the day at start of the march, charges unknown  <br><br>  - 23 arrests at street sit-in (this is from the union action reported earlier) <br><br>  - 3 more arrests at incident on Broadway, situation there was very tense for a while, marchers were penned in, but let go after short stand off. <br><br>  - OLA marchers then reconnected with main march <br><br>  - OLA set up tents on BofA lawn and police surrounded them. <br><br>  - Currently there is a stand off as a debate over public access to the space continues. The park space is on  so called privately owned land claimed by Brookfield, the same corporation that claims ownership of Zuccotti Park in New York CIty <br><br>  - OLA campers say this occupation of the bank plaza is the next logical step in their campaign to end corporate lawlessness and government corruption. <br><br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"3:15 pm - Caller from the scene estimates 25 tents set up on the lawn. Well over 150 holding the lawn, with close 200 in the plaza area.","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/11\/249698.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":249702,"heading":"UPDATE: Police give BofA occupy folks 15 mins.","article":"Police have told OLA folks holding the lawn space they have 15 minutes to leave or face arrest.","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-11-19 00:03:55","modified":"2011-11-19 00:03:55","fileurl":""},{"id":249703,"heading":"UPDATE: Arrests have started at BofA Plaza","article":"Arrests at BofA plaza have begun. Hundreds of police moving to make arrests now. About 50 people locking arms in the space now.","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-11-19 00:21:36","modified":"2011-11-19 00:22:42","fileurl":""},{"id":249704,"heading":"UPDATE: Arrests continue","article":"Protesters chanting: \r\n\r\n&quot;there is no riot here \r\ntake off that stupid gear&quot;\r\n\r\nOccupiers still locking arms around tents","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2011-11-19 00:41:58","modified":"2011-11-19 00:41:58","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/11\/boa-arrests.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/11\/boa-arrests.jpg"}},{"id":249705,"heading":"UPDATE: Police tearing down tents","article":"Tents have been torn down and piled up.","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-11-19 00:47:17","modified":"2011-11-19 00:47:17","fileurl":""},{"id":249706,"heading":"UPDATE: Over 250 Police in Riot Gear Holding Back Supporters","article":"Arrests continue.\r\nCity bus being used by LAPD for arrestees. \r\nLast arrestee being kidnapped now.\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-11-19 01:20:40","modified":"2011-11-19 01:20:40","fileurl":""},{"id":249707,"heading":"Two Stream Links","article":"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/channel\/occupy-los-angeles-live#cc\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.livestream.com\/owslosangeles","author":"johnk","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-11-19 01:30:54","modified":"2011-11-19 01:30:54","fileurl":""},{"id":249710,"heading":"UPDATE: Occupy Expansion Camp Cleared by LAPD","article":"All occupiers in the lawn area have been kidnapped by LAPD.\r\n\r\nPolice still maintaining perimeter around park area.\r\n\r\nSupporters now marching back to City Hall camp, police are following them.\r\n\r\n","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":249698,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-11-19 01:43:57","modified":"2011-11-19 01:43:57","fileurl":""}]}