Pro-Palestinian Encampment Erected At LA City Hall; Protesters To Surround White House

Get ready for Pro-Palestinian demonstrations to spill over from universities and colleges onto city streets this summer.

Just days ago, we were the first to report that the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) group is planning to surround the White House this Saturday. Now, new reports indicate that a pro-Palestinian protester encampment was erected outside the Los Angeles City Hall in the overnight hours.

Let’s begin with the news from the local media outlet KABC:

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment Monday night in front of Los Angeles City Hall.

About 21 tents with about 50 protesters were seen lined up on the sidewalks outside the building at Main Street and First Street

AIR7 HD was above city hall and captured several tents with Palestinian flags and phrases such as “Free Palestine” and “Free Gaza.”

At 0124 local time, the Los Angeles Police Department wrote on X, “Central Bureau is monitoring a non-permitted demonstration occurring in the Civic Center portion of DTLA.  Please use caution in the area due to people in the roadway.” 

⚠️Traffic Advisory⚠️
Central Bureau is monitoring a non-permitted demonstration occurring in the Civic Center portion of DTLA. Please use caution in the area due to people in the roadway.

— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) June 4, 2024

Here are scenes from the ground:

🚨#BREAKING: A citywide tactical alert has been declared due to multiple pro-Palestine protesters setting up an encampment near LA City Hall ⁰⁰📌#Losangeles | #California ⁰⁰The Los Angeles Police Department has declared a citywide tactical alert due to numerous pro-Palestine… pic.twitter.com/TCxdpyExaC

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 4, 2024

BREAKING: ENCAMPMENT OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES CITY HALL JUST LAUNCHED

LA GET DOWN HERE AND JOIN US!! pic.twitter.com/34ycgGFYAD

— People’s City Council – Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) June 4, 2024

COP RIOT IN LA:

LAPD raiding Palestine solidarity encampment outside city hall. Tearing up tents and threatening people with arrest. https://t.co/6V1suONcuU pic.twitter.com/aFypD6NkCZ

— People’s City Council – Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) June 4, 2024

We suspect there is a much larger plan for pro-Palestinian protesters to erect encampments outside numerous city halls in major metro areas. In just days, the ANSWER will surround the White House. 

Photo: Craig Birchfield

On flyers, ANSWER wrote, “Get on a bus to DC” and “Surround the White House for Palestine.” 

“June 8 marks 8 months of US-Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, and marks the 54th anniversary of the occupation of Gaza. A month ago, Biden said that the invasion of Rafah was a red line. But now, the invasion of Rafah has continued for weeks, has expanded to the entire Gaza Strip, Biden’s red line is nowhere to be seen,” ANSWER wrote on its website. 

The spillover from schools to city streets could be imminent, adding another challenge for the Biden administration.