Which Way, L.A.?
Organized Labor and Protesters Fill Downtown Streets
This was a Day of Action from Wall Street in New York City to the streets of Los Angeles. Will local officials continue to support the group called Occupy LA?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThis was a Day of Action from Wall Street in New York City to the streets of Los Angeles. In New York, "Occupy" demonstrators clashed with police, who arrested almost 200 people. Here, 23 people were handcuffed an led away in an operation the LAPD said was "choreographed." Will local officials continue to support the group called Occupy LA? Also, Prop 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, may end up in the US Supreme Court. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, was Solyndra a "clean energy" boondoggle?
Photos from today's Day of Action in downtown Los Angeles by Saul Gonzalez
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