Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Black Lives Matter Protesters Crashed Brunch At Trump's Rancho Palos Verdes Golf Course
Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes (Photo courtesy of Jasmyne Cannick)
()
About 65 Black Lives Matter protesters disrupted brunch at the Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes Saturday morning. At around 9:30 a.m., the protesters walked passed the golf course and straight into the main clubhouse. They entered the dining hall and began singing “Protest Carols”, or classic Christmas carols re-worded with mainly anti-Trump lyrics, to the patrons.
So this morning activists crashed brunch at @realDonaldTrump's golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes. Full video on my TL. #BlackBrunch pic.twitter.com/itP9uqG3xy
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) December 24, 2016
A source present at the scene told LAist that the majority of brunchers supported the Black Lives Matter carolers and clapped, though a few grew angry.
Support for LAist comes from
No representatives of the golf course interrupted the protest.
The Trump National Golf Course noted that they were unable to comment on the event.
After some 15 minutes of caroling, the protesters left the clubhouse and were met with Sheriff's deputies out on the driveway. A representative for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department told LAist that he did not have any information on the action or the department's response. The source at the scene added that some legal representatives from the National Lawyers Guild may have been present as a few individuals with yellow NLG hats were spotted. The NLG was unable to be reached for confirmation.
Photos from protest outside of #DonaldTrump's Rancho PV golf course in California. pic.twitter.com/jciv3WCFjA
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) December 24, 2016
The view in front of #DonaldTrump's Rancho PV golf course now... pic.twitter.com/E8WU54zVgd
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) December 24, 2016
According to the source, the protesters continued to demonstrate around the entrance to the golf club, but the group had mainly finished their planned actions by 1 p.m.
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity. -
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
-
With California voters facing a decision on redistricting this November, Surf City is poised to join the brewing battle over Congressional voting districts.
-
The drug dealer, the last of five defendants to plead guilty to federal charges linked to the 'Friends' actor’s death, will face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
-
The weather’s been a little different lately, with humidity, isolated rain and wind gusts throughout much of Southern California. What’s causing the late-summer bout of gray?
Best of LAist