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The vulnerability of street vendors in LA
The cellphone video of a man overturning a street vendor’s cart in Los Angeles has gone viral. There’s shouting, food and containers are overthrown, and the vendor says the man threatened him with a taser. Corn, containers, and condiments go everywhere. The incident raises questions about the safety of LA’s estimated 50,000 street vendors.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe cellphone video of a man overturning a street vendor’s cart in Los Angeles has gone viral. There’s shouting, food and containers are overthrown, and the vendor says the man threatened him with a taser. Corn, containers, and condiments go everywhere. The incident raises questions about the safety of LA’s estimated 50,000 street vendors.
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