I was watching when it first began and the crowd is getting a lot larger. They say there are gang folks there and now that it’s televised live, lots of yutes are joining in.
Yeah watching the coverage maybe my mind is changing. These do seem to be pro-Israeli counter-protests, or at least started out that way. Now a bunch of people there standing by - maybe in support but not actively engaged in confrontation.
Someone did mention tonight was the end of the Jewish holiday Passover, commemorating the Israelites freedom from Egyptian bondage, when Moses led his people to the holy land.
I see a hodgepodge of activity. Some American flags. Saw a rainbow colored version of the of thr Palestinian flag. Looks like some of the counter protesters are trying to use the barricades to set up their own encampment. They have a point. If the university and city are going to allow pro Hamas encampment they can’t rightly prevent an opposing encampment. They counter protesters are setting up their own perimeter.
I don’t like the reporters calling them agitators. Maybe some are but there are agitators in both groups. No cops yet.
Los Angeles is a powder-keg. Normal people are packing up by the thousands and moving to Arizona and Vegas. What is going to be left there is going to look like a Batman movie.