Los Angeles Police Commission Approves LAPD’s Echo Park Protest Report

Activists and supporters of residents of a homeless encampment protest in front of police at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles late on March 24, 2021, ahead of a planned and announced clean-up of the encampment. Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images

The Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) report on its handling of the March Echo Park demonstrations was approved by the Los Angeles Police Commission on Aug. 3, citing many challenges the department faced during and after its attempt to clear the park of homeless encampments.

The city’s Parks and Recreation Department and the LAPD attempted to close Echo Park in March to conduct repairs to the park as part of a $500,000 rehabilitation effort spearheaded by Los Angeles Councilman Mitch O'Farrell.