Los Angeles police clash with protesters in fight to evict major homeless encampment

Echo Park Lake site has become a battleground in the city's worsening housing and homelessness crisis during the pandemic

Los Angeles officials have moved to evict a large homeless encampment from a major city park, sending police in riot gear to face off with unhoused residents and protesters supporting them.

Late Wednesday night, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Echo Park Lake, a public park in central LA, to denounce the planned expulsion of hundreds of people who have been camping out there.