I'll have a front-row view on Monday of the big immigration rights march, which is expected to pass right by our Wilshire offices (and possibly end up at the La Brea Tar Pits, although it's unclear how far the march will go). I'll have my camera on hand to document the big event, which could be as big as last month's downtown march.
Details from the LA Times:
LAPD Assistant Chief George Gascon said the estimates are based on street intelligence and what he described as a well-organized campaign involving radio stations, churches and community groups. Police do not expect trouble, he added.
Demonstrations are planned for downtown at noon and Mid-Wilshire at 4 p.m. Gascon said the LAPD is gearing up to deal with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators at each.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Cardinal Roger Mahony and others have encouraged protesters to attend the late-afternoon march from MacArthur Park down Wilshire Boulevard to La Brea Avenue, prompting authorities to say that crowd might be the larger of the two.
Signs are already up on Wilshire, warning that the street will be closed between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday. Our building has warned us that we probably won't be able to leave before then; the streets are just going to be too jammed to try and make it home.
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