National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality

October 24, 2011

WHAT:
Protest and March

WHEN:
Saturday, October 22, 2011
12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Pershing Square (Staring Point)
532 South Olive Avenue
Los Angeles, Calif. 90013

McArthur Park (Ending Point)
2230 West 6th Street
Los Angeles, Calif. 90057

WHO:
October 22nd Coalition

WHY:
To advise the media of parking and staging locations for the protest and rally

Media Parking and Staging Areas

The march will start at Pershing Square, and media will be allowed to park on the west side of Hill Street south of 5th Street just south of the Pershing Square Stairs.The media will be allowed to stage east of the initial rally point.  Media will be allowed to proceed to the rear and follow the march to the end rally point at MacArthur Park if they wish to do so.

The march will end at MacArthur Park where media will be allowed to park on the west side of Parkview Street south of 6th Street. The #1 Media viewing area will be due west of the rally point which is scheduled to be on the west end of the park. In the event that the rally point occurs near the north east side of the park, the secondary media viewing location will be on the northwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street.

CONTACT:
For more information, please contact Officer Cleon Joseph LAPD Media Relations Section at 213-486.5910.