After several hundred demonstrators faced off with police the day before, Los Angeles officials confirmed Thursday morning that Echo Park Lake is being closed for an unknown amount of time in order to remove the large-scale homeless encampment there.
Kara Finnstrom reports.
About a dozen people were arrested Thursday night during a protest against the removal of a large-scale homeless encampment at Echo..
The Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday night ordered a citywide tactical alert after protesters and officers faced off at Echo..
