WEST LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2010 - A mixed group of "Tea Party" activists, protesters and political hopefuls staged a small but visible protest outside of California Senator Diane Feinstein's Los Angeles Offices. It was one of many held throughout the southland on the American tax deadline date in response to the Obama administrations policies concerning healthcare, immigration and the growing federal deficit.
The protest was composed of Libertarians, Evangelicals, Catholics, Republicans, a percentage of Democrats, LBGT Republicans, Jewish, Atheist, immigrant, wealthy and middle class conservatives.. This reporter spoke to at least a fourth of the crowd and found it to be surprisingly diverse and somewhat representative of the west side.
Generally the crowd was friendly with only a few openly hostile personalities. A warning went up at the beginning of the protest to be aware of left wing photographers that were simply there to take embarrassing shots of the participants. Of course that would seem to make this dreadlocked photographer who reports for IndyMedia an immediate center of attention, but happily that was not the case. The crowd was friendly and orderly.
Full report: Eclectic Los Angeles Tea Party Stages Tax Day Protest at Feinstein Office, Part 1 | | Part 2 by Robert Stuart Lowden
Eclectic Los Angeles Tea Party Stages Tax Day Protest at Feinstein Office