The 1988, Emmy Awar Winning Documentary About The First Social Activist Encampment Created In Skid Row, The “Ground 0” and “Black Hole” Within Los Angeles, The National Capital of Homelessness, Which Is The Foundational Cause of Today’s Critical Encampment Movement Crisis
Justiceville, a legendary element of LA society, was the first political, social activism resistance against the greed of out-of-control capitalism and system racism in the history of LA, even giving birth to the transformative Dome Village from November 1993 to November 2007.
Not seen since the 1932 “Anacostia Flats”, the encampment of WWI Veterans during their “Bonus March On Washington, DC”, in January 1985, Justiceville became the first of such an anti-oppressive government effort in 58 years.
As the first anti-government oppression movement of homeless persons, consisting of US citizen civilians military veterans, and foreign guests, the aggressive, peaceful activism of Justiceville, in partnership with the LA American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), inadvertently led to the infamous, October 1985, “Defense of Necessity” court decision.
In the name of “homeless civil rights”, this unprecedented court is the foundation of the ACLU-led Boise, Jones as well as other such courts, legal acts that allow for people to dwell on public property without repercussions from law enforcement entities.
Being betrayed by the ACLU, these court actions are the primary cause of today’s sprawling, dangerously growing, “outdoor”, encampment culture movements, which was not the intention of Justiceville but was rather to ignite a US Presidential strategic, national homeless resolution plan.