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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."



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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

As part of the City’s enhanced maintenance to prepare for crowds of Super Bowl fans, staff members Daryl Nathan, Joey Alvarez, and Alex Vizuet refreshed the Santa Monica Pier Compass Rose and gave it a vibrant look in the home team’s colors.

Venice Beach based "surf lifestyle" hipster brand, Aviator Nation and it's Texas-born founder Paige Mycoskie are being acused of committing cultural appropriation by the Native American owned brand, NSRGNTS. It appears the hipster brand has been taking traditional Native American clothing, as well as tipis, and selling gaudy versions of them.

NSRGNTS has been calling them out on this on social media:

"We have had several relatives from this area reach out to us. We see problematic and harmful actions taking place by owner Paige Mycoskie and her clothing brand Aviator Nation! Her brand consists of the misuse of traditional regalia specifically traditional beaded moccasins. Her brand consists of hipsters wearing traditional “vintage” beaded moccasins. They are being referred to as “hippie slippers”, “boho”, “eccentric”, along with all those other usual cringey terms. Traditional moccasins are very sacred, and not to be used as a fashion accessory on hipsters for exploitation. Every color, pattern, design, and material has significant cultural meaning. It is a problem when people want to take bits and pieces of our culture and use it for their own personal fashion shoot. It’s problematic that they want to take from us but will not stand with us. Where are they when we are fighting pipelines, fighting to protect Mother Earth, fighting to protect our people, bringing awareness to MMIWg2S? Where are they then? Paige Mycoskie we demand you do better and stop with the cultural appropriation that is very apparent within your clothing brand, and your use of tipis at ACL Festival. We see that you are proudly boasting you “build tipis for a living!” Tipis are not yours to appropriate and paint hideous neon colors at festivals!!! Tipis have very powerful and significant meanings. All of this is not yours to take, or to be played with. We have entered new times, and we hope for your sake that you take the time to educate yourself and stop this behavior."

Aviator Nation responded to this by deleting people's comments on their postings and disabling all future comments on their Instagram account.

So now NSRGNTS going to hold a protest on Sunday in front of the Aviator Nation store on Abbot Kinney, here's the latest statement from them:

"Because Paige Mycoskie and her company Aviator Nation have decided to knowingly move forward with committing cultural appropriation after being told not to by the Indigenous community, Southern California relatives and allies have decided to move forward with action! Our culture is not yours for the taking! We demand you stop your profiting off of Indigenous culture, your misuse of tipis, your exploitation of serapes, and your misuse of Native regalia specifically moccasins. Our culture is not a costume, and appropriation is not appreciation."

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."

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