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Looting, Fires and Gunfire Against Police in United States

From Sans Attendre Demain via AMW

To give a quick overview of the day on Monday, in Los Angeles rebels set fire to a shopping center and looted many stores; in New York, the rebels took possession of the streets of the Manhattan district; in Saint Louis, they clashed with the cops for hours; then, around midnight, gunshots wounded four police officers who had to be hospitalized.

The Miraculous North East Militia

From The Transmetropolitan Review

Just northeast of downtown Los Angeles is the neighborhood of Highland Park, currently the target of blatant gentrification. According to most people, the completion of the Metro Gold Line in 2003 was the first step in this process, although it took years to feel the effects. Few people rode the Metro into the Highland Park station and most commuters just went between downtown and the end of the line. After the economic recession hit in 2008, the gentrification of Highland Park truly began, just as it did in a dozen other major cities.

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