LOS ANGELES, CA — I saw it from my window. The police in Eagle Rock took his van and all his belongings. If I was traumatized, can you imagine the trauma of this homeless Black 20-something guy and his husky dog named Superman who were left on the corner with his cell phone only?
The LAPD were cruel. Evil. Why would they just grab his home on wheels and tow it to where they would not release it due to the registration: a homeless man and his husky dog who I met and loved so much. The dog that is.
I hung out with the on kid for a while. I called Kevin de Leon’s office in Council District 14 here in Eagle Rock. I spoke with Sarah and she never got back. In this situation I would think his staff would try to talk to the cops and let him at least get his things from the van. Nothing. This happened last year. I think the homeowners didn’t want him living there. Someone could have offered to help him fix his van but by the time I could help with that the cops came that evening and towed the van by surprise.
Kevin de Leon, LA City Council member who looked the other way during Black Lives Matters protests, has lost his re-election bid. His involvement in never questioning the police during the lack of prosecutions is unforgivable. He was recorded in the racist tapes where LA council president Nury Rod was forced to resign for referring to a black child as a changuito. Because these politicians ignored Black Lives Matter concerns, they could not rely on the benefit of a doubt from the public as to whether they were racist or not.
This happened a while back, but now that de Leon is out, I am motivated to use my emotions about homelessness and high rents to write compelling stories of the trauma the police are capable of when the politicians are afraid to confront them. Northeast Division claimed to have a black woman as director on the website but I could never find her. It kept saying she was on leave. The LAPD SIMPLY put her on the website to show fake diversity or something. Thus is the frustration about Kevin.
A paid canvasser came to my pad and began his talking points given to him by de Leon. He stressed how he helped solve the homeless crisis with the tiny villages. Lol
Even though Kevin de Leon [known in Lost Angeles as KDL] is out, I am feeling compelled to keep putting out these stories. This morning I saw a young person sprawled on the sidewalk in front of McDonalds. As the Olympics get closer, how will this be addressed? I really don’t think LA deserves the Olympics. We are getting the games due to the hyped up lies former mayor Garcetti paint for the IOC [International Olympic Committee].
The purpose of the storytelling is to show that no, Kevin de Leon and staff were unable or not wanting to solve the situation. I even passed out fliers at the dog park under Freeway 134 to let people know police were being cruel. I still want to write about the tiny house village for the homeless and how I pass by there every day and it seems like a ghost town. I was astounded that KDL sent young canvassers with the talking points about how much KDL HAS DONE FOR affordable housing and how his tiny homes deserved the vote for him. Really?? Totally amazing story. Many people wanted to give him and others the benefit of the doubt as to whether or not they are anti-black (racists) and they created “all lives matter” chants to support de Leon… but the chant in itself is anti-Black. He was digging himself deeper into a hole.
I have been reading news where cities are following what LA is doing. I thought LA was trying to clean up Skid Row with police abuse as the method because they need the city clean before the Olympics arrive. Cities are getting cruel. If I have to give even 1/3 of my Social Security income to the rent, I would rather live in a mobile home and travel the planet with my dogs.
