Million Hoodie March in Los Angeles--PHOTOS
Hastily organized in only 3 days, the L.A. march yesterday (Monday) was a huge success with 2,000 people or more participating in the pre-march rally at Pershing Square, the 8-block march to City Hall, and the post-march rally there.
There was a heavy police presence (including FOUR police helicopters conducting surveillance from the sky!), but I didn't see any confrontations or arrests--and we were allowed to march down the middle of the street, not confined to the sidewalk.
Here's the crowd at the pre-march rally at Pershing Square...
And some signs...
I saw at least 4 different T-shirt designs, including one using the image of the official poster for the march, one featuring the President's quote, "If I had a son he'd look like Trayvon," and this one...
This is the front of the march (with a lot of people with their backs to the camera trying to take pictures)...
And part of the crowd at the rally at L.A. City Hall after the march...
And, finally, a photo of pinboy3niner there...
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It's billed as a speakout, but includes a march with the identical route used in last Sunday's march sponsored by Occupy the Hood L.A.--which went on despite the pouring rain.
Justice for Trayvon Martin — Community Speakout!
http://www.laprogressive.com/justice-trayvon-martin/
In JHS into early HS, I wore the style of the day--blue tanker jacket and jeans, with Oxfords and white socks (!).
Skinny ties came in, so I wore them--even though I hated them!
I didn't like bell bottoms, but I LOVED my brushed-cotton flare jeans (wish I had some today!).
To my undying shame, I once had two polyester "leisure suits"--and even wore them when I did a college internship on Capitol Hill, working for a CA Rep.
With my history, hoodies are the least of my fashion worries, lol!
I may even pack a hoodie when we do our trip to Libya. Might just spark a style revolution among the revos.
P.S.--If you want to go even farther back, I was probably about 5 years old when I had a Davy Crockett fringed faux buckskin shirt (with Fess Parker's Davy Crockett image on the breast), together with a coonskin cap and b'ar rifle.
I'll wear my ratty hoodie again at the next march for Trayvon on Sunday--more pics to come.