J-Town Action と Solidarity

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Grassroots collective dedicated to revolutionary organizing & building community power in LA’s Little Tokyo — Weekly mutual aid Power Up w/ WeTheUnhoused http://linktr.ee/jtown.action.and.solidarity

A grey power generator sits on a wooden table. On the front is a sticker displaying a grim reaper and the text “DEATH TO CAPITALISM” and sitting atop is a circular black sign displaying “JTOWN ACTION AND SOLIDARITY” in pink and blue text. Behind is a person in a black shirt and sunglasses holding up the middle finger with a chain link fence in the background.
Rear view of a white SUV trunk filled with sleeping bags, blue tarps, and tents.
Photo of a crowd with various posters reading “existence is resistance” “Free all Palestinian political prisoners”
White text on a green/red gradient background: “FREE PALESTINE J-Town Action and Solidarity unequivocally supports the Palestinian resistance and their struggle against Zionist colonialism and Western Imperialism. For over 75 years, the Palestinian people have endured a genocidal campaign of state-violence and ethnic cleansing by the Israeli apartheid regime. The Zionists have once again cut off Gaza's power and clean water; the Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) continues to blockade any humanitarian aid while bombing anyone who attempts to escape these human rights violations.”
Screenshot of Instagram post from disgraced racist LA City Councilmember Kevin de Leon @Kdeleoncd14 Image shows de Leon with 4 men and 2 LAPD officers, one of which is neo-Nazi and Proud Boy associate LAPD Sergeant Gordon Helper, third from the right.
Screenshot from KTLA article: “"There are pipes leading in from utilities into our facility here at JANM," Vann Kirk said. When officers arrived, they located the homeless man inside one of the vaults. After ordering him to come up, they began to search him. That's when the man became combative and hit one of the officers, according to LAPD. He was later arrested for trespassing and battery on a police officer. "The individual was taken away in custody," Van Kirk said. "They searched the backpack and our inderstanding is they found a firearm, or a replica of a firearm."
Screenshot of ABC7 Headline: “Homeless moving underground? Man seen climbing into utility vaults in Little Tokyo By Josh Haskell ob Thursday, July 6, 2023 6:37PM”
Photo of a large crowd of people holding signs and posters demanding affordable housing in Chinatown. They stand in front of a white and red building with green tiled roof.
Tweet from @JTOWNACTION: “After shooting a man in Little Tokyo this morning, LAPD rolled up in a box truck covered with the (banned) thin blue line flag. Daily reminder that the Venn diagram of police and white supremacists is one big circle!”
Screenshot of helicopter footage from FOXLA. A white car collides with a yellow car in an intersection in Little Tokyo
Photo of LAPD vehicles staged on the street outside of a grey building with sign that says “Miyako Hotel” In the center is a white box truck with blue text that reads “EMERGENCY RESPONSE.” On the rear and sides of the truck there are blue line flag emblems. Blue lives do not exist!
Screenshot of article from LA Times “Historic Suehiro Cafe is being evicted. Is rail development harming ethnic communities? BY FRANK SHYONG COLUMNIST MAY 3, 2023 5 AM PT” Text reads: “After 51 years in Little Tokyo, Suehiro Cafe is facing eviction, the latest in a string of legacy businesses forced out of the historic Japanese neighborhood. Landlord Anthony Sperl filed the eviction notice last month. He's hoping the area will grow to resemble Melrose Avenue, according to Suehiro Cafe's owner, Kenji Suzuki. Dennis Block, Sperl's attorney, said Suehiro is being evicted for nonpayment of rent. But Suehiro's attorney, Clifford Jung, said Suehiro has consistently tried to pay rent, but over the last year, the checks that it has sent by mail have not been cashed.”
Screenshot of article from LA Times “Old Temple, Church Symbolize Efforts to Preserve Little Tokyo BY DAVID HOLLEY SEPT. 4, 1985 12 AM PT” Text reads: “Non-Japanese Support Owners of the properties along the north side of ist Street--the majority of them non-Japanese--have generally supported the preservation effort. "I was outspoken from the start that I would not sell it," said Tim Sperl, who displayed a deed showing that his grandfather paid $1,250 to buy a ist Street lot on May 3, 1882. "I felt the building was as good an investment as anything, and it had both a citywide and a personal historical significance... My grandfather put the second floor on in 1901. His blacksmith shop was on the ground floor."”
Clipping of article from the LA Times “Ex-County Marshal Timothy Sperl, 66 By JOHN KENDALL, Times Staff Writer” Text boxed in red reads: “Sperl, 66, was also the father of a former Stanton police officer who fatally shot a 5-year-old boy in 1983 after mistaking the child's toy Lsun for a real weapon.” “August, 1974, of felony charges, including destruction of public re-cords, falsification of records and misappropriation of public funds. The allegations involved the illegal use of deputy marshals to drive politicians and aid in selling tickets to fund - raising dinners.” “Relatives said Sperl. who had written and acted in television court programs in the 1950s, went into business, including owning a lumberyard in South Dakota, after leaving the marshal's office. He also served on community development committees in Los Angeles Little Tokyo, where he owned property.”
Screenshot of article from Takachizu OCTOBER 2017 / ZINE #002 “GHOSTS OF LITTLE TOKYO: AN INTERVIEW WITH TONY SPERL” Text is boxed in red and reads: “The Japanese community had spread out. In the early 80s, they brought in homeless to stay in some of the warehouses where MOCA is. It destroyed business. It destroyed everything. They stayed there at night and they were released in the day and they'd hang out in Little Tokyo and scare everybody away. Things are still on the slide. Then you got some development.” “I do all kinds of things for these developers. Everything from property management to private investigations to security to maintenance. I've literally gone through 100 employers over 30 years. I have a master's degree in correctional coun seling. I've been a policeman and a probation officer. I do all kinds of stuff.”
Screenshot of report: “COMMUNICATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS and Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE POLICE AGAINST BLACKS IN THE U.S.A.” Text reads: “STATON, CALIFORNIA In March, 1983, Patrick Andrew Mason, a 5-year-old Black child was killed by a white policeman, Anthony Sperl. Sper was called to Mason's home at 8101 Cerritos Avenue to investigate the whereabouts of the child after reports reached the Staton police that the child had been missing from school and had not been seen in several days. Upon reaching the Mason residence the officer claims that he ghought he was being set up since the neighborhood is "racially mixed and known to be anti-police.' Sperl entered the Mason home and came upon the bedroom where the child had been locked inside by his mother for safekeeping since she could not afford daycare and had to work. She had locked the child in the room”
Screenshot of article from UPI “A former police officer who mistakenly shot and killed... By | Oct. 2, 1983” Text reads: “LOS ANGELES - - A former police officer who mistakenly shot and killed a 5-year-old boy has received $35,000 in worker's compensation for psychological damage caused by the March 3 shooting, it was reported Sunday. Anthony Sperl, 24, filed his claim March 16 and the settlement was reached July 29, The Register reported.”
Screenshot of article from the LA Times “Boy’s Tragic Death : TV, Suits Keep Controversy Alive BY MARK I. PINSKY MARCH 10, 1985 12 AM PT” Text reads: “Because her son had been ill during the last part of February, 1983, Patricia Ridge decided to buy the boy a small present at the U-Tote-M market less than a block from the Continental Gardens apartment complex where they lived. Ridge said Patrick picked out a red plastic gun, holster, night stick and badge based on the television series "T.J. Hooker," about a California policeman played by William Shatner. On a Thursday, a few days later, the single working mother went off to her job at a Sears auto repair shop, leaving Patrick at home in the apartment bedroom with cookies and milk and only a small, black-and-white television for company. She had no money to pay a baby sitter and was unable to reach a friend who had been taking care of the boy free.”
Instagram post from parasitic landlord and killer cop @Tonysperl He is in a dimly lit room wearing a red cap and holding a doll of Charles Manson with a swastika on the forehead.
Screenshot from Insider: “Biden's Education Secretary confirms the process of resuming student-loan payments will start 'no later than June 30': 'The emergency period is over'”
Half-alive corpse of Senator Dianne feinstein
Half-alive corpse of Senator Dianne Feinstein sitting in a wheelchair and attempting to wave.
Photo of an old theater in Downtown Los Angeles taken from the street. In the foreground is a bike lane, grey Citybike stalls, and some planters with green bushes in them. On the theater marquee is red lettering which reads: “COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEON IS A RACIST. RESIGN”
Screenshot from the LA Times: “Historic Suehiro Cafe is being evicted. Is rail development harming ethnic communities?” Text reads: “if all goes well. But heritage businesses in ethnic neighborhoods facing the same quandary around Los Angeles are not all so lucky. Metro stations in Chinatown, Inglewood and Koreatown have contributed to a rapid escalation in property values. Longtime businesses, many of whose owners supported rail construction, now face steep rent hikes and evictions. Chinatown's swap meets, once home to a majority of the area's small business owners, are facing redevelopment.”
Screenshot of an ABC7 post. Text reads: “#BREAKING Police have shot and killed a chained-up dog at a homeless encampment in South Los Angeles.” Below is a photo of the scene, a sidewalk median and street with a grey car parked.
White drawing of a grim reaper holding a scythe against black background. On the figure's cloak is black text reading: "JAとS" Above is white capitalized text that reads: "DEATH TO CAPITALISM"