Orisha Land aka Rosewood Park (Austin, Spur: city hall, crime, hotel)

[ashbeeigh]

Thoughts? Opinions? I happened to in the general area when this thing with Jordan Walton happened and it was wild. The response is equally as wild.

Move-out day for anarchists in Austin ‘autonomous zone,’ city says

AUSTIN (KXAN) — What looks like an encampment in east Austin’s Rosewood Park is actually a call for anarchy in protest of a recent police shooting.....

Now, the group says it wants autonomy for the community where Walton was killed.

About a dozen members have set up and named their own community now centered around the pavilion in Rosewood Park. They’ve been camping there since Feb. 14, four days after Walton was killed.....

Keith and Brown say their goal is to eventually take over control of an approximately 11-mile zone in east Austin, including the area of Rogge Lane where Walton was killed. They call that zone “Orisha Land”, and they say Rosewood Park, which they’ve renamed as “Jordan’s Place”, is the capital.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...rt-of-protest/

[ScoPro]

Crackpots.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

That's one of the worst areas for crime in all of Austin. In Austin, if the word "Rosewood" is in the name, it's probably best to avoid it if possible.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

That's one of the worst areas for crime in all of Austin. In Austin, if the word "Rosewood" is in the name, it's probably best to avoid it if possible.

I don’t think it’s any worse then anything else east of 35, personally. It sounds like you’re generalizing based on it being on the eastside, which is kind of the point of the organization. (Not they Im supporting it in any way, this is bonkers)

[verybadgnome]

Sounds like they are trying to replicate the failure of CHAZ/CHOP here in Austin. For that example it didn't turn out to be a "summer of love" as the Seattle mayor speculated.

[ScoPro]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

Sounds like they are trying to replicate the failure of CHAZ/CHOP here in Austin. For that example it didn't turn out to be a "summer of love" as the Seattle mayor speculated.

That bears repeating.
They should be camped out in front of City Hall and APD HQ, not in a public park to scare off the local residents from using its amenities.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by ScoPro

That bears repeating.
They should be camped out in front of City Hall and APD HQ, not in a public park to scare off the local residents from using its amenities.

City Hall is already taken by the homeless population. It's literally called "Ground zero" by the homeless population.

[ScoPro]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

City Hall is already taken by the homeless population. It's literally called "Ground zero" by the homeless population.

Buy the W Hotel to house them.

[ScoPro]

Sounds like Walton was a real standup guy. When will the city pay an artist bukkus of bucks to put up a statue of the “heroic victim” killed by those jackboot cops?

http://www.kxan.com/news/crime/devel...related-recirc