By Adam Rice, of the LA Anti-Eviction Campaign. Originally published on the OLA Tumblr here

At 4:30 am on December 27, 2012, over 200 members of “Law Enforcement”, including some 50 LA county sheriffs deputies, and more than 150 LAPD officers descended on 14620 Leadwell St. in Van Nuys. They brought with them the implied violence of firearms, armored vehicles, tear gas, and full riot gear, all to throw one family out into the street and end the longest post-eviction foreclosure defense in California history.

That morning, on Sherman way and Van Nuys blvd., one block away from the Hernandez home, a homeless woman was set on fire at the bus bench that had been her spot for years. Even though 200 sworn officers were just down the block, a civilian had to chase down the attacker, and hold him for 30 minutes till the police arrived because the police were too busy with their eviction plan to make more people homeless.

I hate to tell you this, but I told you so. No, not the OWSLA members, but the folks who said that OWS members are dirty-hippies-communist-socialist-fascist-Barack-Obama-Muslim-loving-terrorists. These same folks hated Obama because he's not American, while we as OWSLA and OWS members dislike his policy. But then there is something to dislike President Obama, and even more.

http://www.justiceonline.org/commentary/dhs-releases-more-documents.html

No not because he's black, but because his comments:

Thirty seven seconds in, Obama is supportive of the peaceful revolution. Was it because we are the country of the freedom for countries that live under a dictatorship and is not a part of any austerity measure? And he feels that we as U.S. citizens must be monitored? For what, terrorism? Still, I wondered why were there a mass release after N-30? According to L.A. Weekly, it's because OWSLA clogged the courts and demanded a speedy trial? True, but also, a database of all who were and are part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The arrests were just a show to gather intelligence illegally for the government, ran by the corporations...can you say fascism?

It's a sad and sick day when Bank of America can dictate policies and laws when it was reserved of, by and for the people. Not corporate personhood, but human beings.