Anthro class project

1. Jose Cardona
Dr. Leanna Wolfe
Anthro 102
3-7-15

2. PROTESTING FOR JUSTICE.
• MARCH 1ST, CHARLEY LEUNDEU KEUNANG WAS GUNNED DOWN BY LAPD OFFICERS. CHARLEY LOST HIS
LIFE DURING A SCUFFLE BETWEEN 6 LAPD OFFICERS. CHARLEY RECEIVED5 LIFE ENDING GUN SHOT
WOUNDS, CAUSING OUTRAGE IN THE LA COMMUNITY, AND WHAT SOME MAY SAY NATIONAL OUTRAGE.
WHICH LEAD TO A MARCH 7TH PROTEST.
Uncredited/AP

3. IT ALL STARTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
• PROTESTORS ORGANIZED THE EVENT WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, NAMELY FACEBOOK. PROTESTORS
SET A SPECIFIC DATE, TIME, AND PLACE WHERE TO MEET, OVER 300 PEOPLE INTENDED TO BE PRESENT.
BASED ON THE EYE TEST NO MORE THAN 60 PROTESTORS WHERE IN ATTENDANCE.

4. SMALL TALK
• THE MARCH WAS SCHEDULED TO START AT 12 BUT WITH SUCH ASMALL TURN OUT, A GROUP OF MAYBE
12 STARTED SMALL TALK AMONG THEMSELVES. THERE WAS NOT MUCH DOUBTTHAT THE REST WOULD
SHOW UP BUT INSECURITY DID SEEM VERY REAL WHEN LOCAL NEWS VANS SHOWED UP. THE INSECURITY
WAS RELATED MORE TOWARDS BEING EMBARRASSED IN THE WORDS OF ONE PROTESTOR , “I SURE HOPE
MORE PEOPLE MAKE IT, IT WOULD BE SO EMBARRASSING TO HAVE THIS SMALL TURN OUT, I CAN SEE
THEM SAY THAT NO ONE CARES AND THAT’S WHY NO ONE SHOWED UP.

5. THE DRESS CODE
• PROTESTOR WERE DRESSED FOR COMFORT, JEANS, T-SHIRT, SHADES, WITH SOME WEARING BASEBALL
HATS. PROTESTORS WHO WERE AFFILIATED WITH ORGANIZATIONS WORE SHIRT’S WITH THE
ORGANIZATIONS NAME ON IT. SOME PROTESTORS WORE MASKS TO COVER THEIR FACES. POSTERS
WHERE GIVEN TO THOSE THAT DID NOT HAVE THEIR OWN.

6. THE ATMOSPHERE
• EVERYONE WAS FRIENDLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER, THE BYSTANDERS, THE RESIDENTS, AND THE MEDIA
SUCH AS KTLA. THE ONLY RESENTMENT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LAPD,AS ONE PROTESTOR PUT IT
“IF THEY TRY TO SHUT US DOWN, TELL THEM TO FUCK OFF!” THERE WEREGROUPS ATTEMPTING TO
RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS AND MERCHANDISE WAS ALSO BEING SOLD SUCH ASWHISTLES AND
NEWSPAPERS. THE MERCHANDISE WERE BEING SOLD TO COLLECT FUNDS FORTHEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
MOST OF THE SMALL TALK AMONG THE PROTESTORS WAS ABOUT THE RECENTKILLINGS BY POLICE
NATION WIDE.

7. SELECTED SPEAKERS
• SPEAKERS GAVE SPEECHES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MARCH THAT WAS ABOUT TO START. THE
THEME OF THEIR SPEECHES WAS POLICE BRUTALITY, INEQUALITY, AND HOW THE CITY’S RESOURCES
SHOULD BE ALLOCATED; MORE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND LESS POLICE OFFICERS WAS THE
FOCAL POINT. FOR THE MOST PART THE PROTESTOR STAYED QUIET AND AFEW WOULD OCCASIONALLY
SHOUT “THAT’S RIGHT” OR A SMALL COMMENT RELATED TO THE SPEECH.

8. WAIT FOR THE FASHIONABLY LATE
• ONCE THE SPEAKERS FINISHED WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY THE MARCH WAS READY TO BEGIN, BUT THERE
WAS ONE THING MISSING, THE PROTESTORS. THEIR WAS SPECULATION THAT AROUND 300 PROTESTOR
WOULD SHOW UP TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. REASONS AS TO WHY THEY
WEREN’T THEIR VARIED BUT THE MOST COMMON ONE’S WERE, MAYBE THEYDON’T HAVE A RIDE, STUCK IN
TRAFFIC, LOOKING FOR PARKING, AND STILL AT WORK.

9. WAIT BUT DON’T HESITATE
• THE WAIT ONLY LASTED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. IN THE MEANTIME MORE SMALL TALK ENSUED. NOT MANY
MORE PROTESTORS SHOWED. BUT THERE WAS CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM THAT OTHER WOULD CATCH UP.
THE CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM WAS THAT ON FACEBOOK MANY WERE ASKING FORA RIDE THERE OR IF IT
WAS STILL GOING ON, QUESTIONS IN THAT NATURE. THE MARCH OFFICIALBEGAN.

10. IT BEGINS
• AS THE MARCH BEGAN CHANTS STARTED TO BREAK OUT, “NO JUSTICE, NOPEACE” WAS A COMMON ONE.
THERE WERE A FEW PROTESTORS SHOUTING FUCK THE POLICE. WHILE THEREST CONTINUED SMALL TALK
AMONG THEMSELVES DISPLAYING THEIR POSTER TO THE BYSTANDERS AND PASSING CARS.

11. A FEELING OF SOLIDARITY
• AS THE MARCH CONTINUED A FEELING OF SOLIDARITY STARTED TO GROW.IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE
RALLY EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE SCATTERED INTO DIFFERENT GROUPS, DIFFERENT CLIQUES, BUT AS THE
MARCH PROGRESSED THAT FEELING DISAPPEARED AND WAS REPLACED WITHA FEELING OF SOLIDARITY
AS THE CHANTS “NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE” GREW LOUDER