Protests over transgender rights at LA spa turn violent

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Associated Press, via ABC News

Protests over transgender rights at LA spa turn violent

Police arrested several dozen people and fired non-lethal projectiles to disperse an unruly crowd on Saturday after dueling protests over transgender rights at a Los Angeles spa turned violent

By Associated Press
July 18, 2021, 2:10 AM • 2 min read

LOS ANGELES -- Police arrested several dozen people and fired non-lethal projectiles to disperse an unruly crowd on Saturday after a dueling protest over transgender rights at a Los Angeles spa turned violent.

The protests stemmed from a video that circulated online earlier this month, in which an irate customer complained to the staff at Wi Spa about a transgender woman's exposed genitalia in the women's section of the spa. ... The video sparked controversy after the spa defended its policy of allowing transgender customers in its facilities, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Police declared an unlawful assembly in front of the spa in Koreatown around 11 a.m. when demonstrators against transgender access to the spa's facilities clashed with counter protesters and some in the crowd threw smoke bombs and other objects at officers, Det. Meghan Aguilar, a spokeswoman for the LAPD, said.

Video posted on Twitter shows officers in riot gear hitting protesters with batons and firing bean bag rounds and other projectiles. At one point, a woman was hit in the abdomen, causing her to fall to the ground.

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There's a thread in GD about this.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215632828

[whistler162]

1. All from a possible staged event

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/07/07/alleged-trans-incident-at-upscale-la-spa-may-have-been-staged/

"By Robert Lansing | LOS ANGELES – On June 24th, Instagram user “cubaangel” posted a video of herself angrily confronting a staff member at the Wi Spa in Koreatown, accusing them of letting a disrobed transgender person into the women’s section of the business.

There is increasing doubt among law enforcement and staff at the Wi Spa whether there was ever was a transgender person there to begin with. Anonymous sources within the LAPD tell the Blade they have been unable to find any corroborating evidence that there was a transgender person present on that day.

Similarly, a source at the Spa told the Blade there’s no record of any of its usual transgender clients on its appointments guest list on the day in question. Treatment at the Spa is by appointment only, and most of its transgender clients are well known to the staff."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Thanks for that information. NT

[Ford_Prefect]

3. So once again genuinely faked news is generating real violence?

What will the assholes think of next? Seems to me that the lying "Karen" should be called up in front of a judge.

I wonder that the Spa hasn't done so, yet. More targeted disinformation spread for propaganda by paid RW Trolls? Vile hateful trope ignored by social media monitors once again?

[luckone]

4. +Read this whole thread if you can

Link to tweet

?s=21

[winstars]

7. READ THIS THREAD!!!

[llashram]

5. trump allowed hate

toward "others" to finally be shown openly and without consequence. These hateful idiots are a harbinger of a declining culture spiraling into violence and civil war. January 6th was their Ft. Sumpter 2.0. Gird your loins it will be a very rough ride.

[stopdiggin]

6. wait a sec!

Private business right? By appointment? Isn't that kind of a glaring disconnect .. ?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. Ridiculous, the complaint and the protests ... and in LA no less (nt)

[Initech]

9. This latest round of hate-fueled violence brought to you by Fox, OAN, and Newsmax.

Thanks, fuckers!