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Filmed on Friday 2/11/22 by Cop Watch Venice

"I spotted a fire on Windward Ave next to an elderly homeless guy I know who has dementia or something around 4:30 am. He cant talk, so he couldn't tell me if it was his to stay warm or someone started it passing by, but it was really close to the highly flammable street dining set up that the city illegally allows in the street, so I decided to put it out before the neighborhood burned down. The city refuses to help people like this and let them suffer and die on the street intentionally. LAPD and private security drove by and supposedly didn't see it. There was a lot of smoke which I smelled a few blocks away and tracked it down, they literally drove by as I was there. I have seen this guy everyday for at least a year and he has never had a fire previously. I believe someone tossed a cigarette or something on his blankets he had on the planter. There's a group of rich people currently threatening the city with litigation if this type of thing happens, rather than forcing them to live up to their responsibilities, they just threaten frivolous lawsuits and demand the current situation continue by asking for the wrong solution. Seemed very suspicious to me. LAPD refuses all arson investigations if it is against a homeless person, so I didn't bother. He also could have tossed a cigarette in there himself and it caught his blanket on fire.

Then the park rangers were back with sanitation for the weekly Venice boardwalk homeless clean up. Sanitation was out all night and harassed select people again, but didn't clean anything. The morning shift was no different. Because homelessness is not illegal while the city refuses to provide shelter, only thing they could do was move people 5 feet and pretend to sweep.

Later I ran into a LAPD detainment with one man claiming another was trying to sell kids drugs, and the guy claiming the other stole his cellphone. There was no cellphone in possession and LAPD refused to search the other guy for drugs, so they let everyone go."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

S.S. Methamphetamine seen today on Glencoe.

Photo by Justin Gordon

Filmed on 2/7/22 by Cop Watch Venice

"I ran into LAPD in the middle of a foot pursuit chasing a man with a knife. He led them on a pretty long chase around the neighborhood, going in and out of different properties. In the end the suspect held a knife to his throat and threatened suicide and was taken to the hospital."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

This young mom & her husband moved to Venice Beach from New York City in the fall 2020

It had been a safe, middle class neighborhood with an elementary school across the street

But it quickly became a dangerous open drug scene

Then, a psychotic woman tried to snatch her baby pic.twitter.com/LpyekqVFpj
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 6, 2022

The young mom & her husband live across the street from an elementary school. The open air drug scene in the alley behind their house resulted in a massive, dangerous fire. Now, there's a mentally unstable man dealing meth from his RV across the street, just feet from the school. pic.twitter.com/MebAkri5zV
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 7, 2022

Across town, in Venice Beach, there is an open drug scene at the public library. Nobody hid their meth & fentanyl use. One got out of jail two months earlier. He boasted of violence. They had expensive bikes & equipment. One admitted to burglary before claiming he was just joking pic.twitter.com/pTpWuh0CG6
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 6, 2022

Another man in the same open drug scene at the Venice Public Library said he was hit by a car the day before. He said he was in drug rehab four months ago. It didn't stick. He hopes to get his own place and a job some day. pic.twitter.com/c0BX6wdgPG
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 6, 2022

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"My last homeless encampment video on venicebeach was five months ago this is an update video that shows you how to situation of the homeless community looks like at the current time In the Venice area more and more tens Accumulates around the beach area."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Clean Harbors hazardous waste management, clean-up homeless encampments at public parking lot 740 on 301 Main Street in Venice on Wednesday, February 3, 2022."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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Venice beach, CA library park major homeless encampment clean up AKA sweep. 1/12/22 Filmed by Cop Watch Venice

"A homelessness update of Venice beach and surrounding areas filmed on 2/1-2/22. There's a lot of other people around Venice, this is just some of them. Everyone is still being moved around aimlessly while the funding intended to help them is wasted."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

Filmed by Green Cloud Art Org

From Santa Monica Close Up:

Santa Monica Beach amid the sunset on January of 2022.

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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Friday 1/28/22 Venice Beach, CA boardwalk homeless clean up aka sweep. Filmed by Cop Watch Venice

"Park Rangers are back for the Friday boardwalk homeless clean up and are pretty nice to everyone today. LAPD was out at night again harassing everyone into moving for no reason, so there wasn't much for anyone to do. It's disgusting how LAPD is out in the middle of the night harassing elderly homeless people in wheelchairs, more disgusting this is the treatment the wealthy property owners ask for. They like helping the city screw themselves over apparently.

The Ferrari was there for a renegade photo shoot, LAPD did not care they were driving around illegally, they were too tired from waking up people sleeping in wheelchairs."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section today arrested a suspect in connection with a recent series of arson fires in the Venice area and is seeking the public's help in locating an additional suspect in the crimes.

The fires occurred early Tuesday, January 25, 2022, on Ocean Front Walk near Westminster Avenue. Thanks to prompt reporting of the fires to 9-1-1, firefighters quickly extinguished the blazes before flames could cause injury or extend to any structure.

Police say the suspect, a homeless male, is alleged to be involved in a string of fires on the Boardwalk.

In canvassing the community in the hours that followed, plainclothes LAFD Investigators - working closely with Patrol Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Community Police Station, received helpful tips from neighbors, including surveillance video that allowed them to quickly apprehend a suspect and obtain imagery of his suspected accomplice.

Suspect Jonathan Michael Noriega, age 32, is currently in custody and expected to be charged with the crime of arson. His suspected accomplice remains at large.

"Protecting our community from the scourge of firesetting takes teamwork, and in this case, that teamwork paid off with the timely arrest of a suspected arsonist," said Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Roy Paige, Commander of the LAFD Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section.

Anyone who knows the identity or location of the outstanding suspect (seen in a photo below) or who can tie these individuals to other crimes or fires should call the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 222-8477.

ARRESTEE:
Name: Jonathan Michael Noriega
DOB: 01/01/1990
Last Known Residence: Norwalk, California Court Case: Will Be Presented to Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Bail: TBD by DA’s Office
Charge: TBD by DA’s Office
Date and Time of Fire Incident: January 25, 2022 at 2:31 AM PST
LAFD Incident Number: 01252022-0117

OUTSTANDING SUSPECT:
Unknown Adult Male, Approximately 6'1" tall, Thin Build, Wearing a Dress-Like Cloth On His Legs

Another night of arson on the Venice Boardwalk. Earlier this week, the live webcam caught 2 assholes setting fire to trash destroying a bench, now on Tuesday night 15 trash cans were set on fire.

Filmed on 1/26/22 by Cop Watch Venice

" LAPD and sanitation surprise everyone left on the boardwalk with a Wednesday clean up. They are doing it because of the upcoming super bowl and playoffs and surprisingly wasted more money than normal with this one. Over 10 cops standing around, 12 sanitation workers, and nobody did anything. The business improvement district guy power washed the pagodas after sanitation kicked everyone out, but they are not supposed to clean the boardwalk whatsoever and are paid by property owners separate money to clean around their properties only. They broke major federal laws acting as city employees and misappropriating homelessness funding. This is a federal crime that happens all the time because people here don't care what the city does and apparently like it. FBI is currently investigating the city and it's intentionally wasting homelessness funding, hopefully my reports on it will lead to an indictment or two."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal