Just got back from the huge immigration march that blocked off Wilshire Blvd. I managed to take some pictures that turned out, although I was using my bunk digital point-n-shoot rather than the slick 20D. I did shoot a couple of rolls of film (it was a protest march – I had Tri-X – it felt like old times).
Here are some of the shots: 
These girls were just trying to get out of the crowd without getting trampled…
This guy was really enjoying all the attention. Or maybe he was just used to having cameras stuck in his face by the time he reached Wilshire & La Brea. I think the marchers were damn near outnumbered by people toting cameras.
Anderson Cooper was there and was getting a little freaked out by the relentless sea of people yelling. He looked a little bit like a comedian onstage in front of a crowd that’s not getting his jokes. You know – like how Steven Colbert must’ve felt on Saturday. He is much frailer than he looks on TV; the thickly-muscled day obreros standing next to me could’ve crumpled him into a ball.
Still, one thing still holds true – the minute the red light comes on on the camera, people start yelling like assholes. There were the chants of "Si se puede" along with a couple of nitwits yodeling about injusticia and Cristo Salva and other assorted blather. I have to hand it to Anderson. He kept his shit together. Then again, after Katrina and the wretched stench, I don’t think anything could really have knocked him off his stride.
I shot a couple of snippets of video as well. The quality is pretty much ass, but you can get an idea of the scope of this demonstration.
I have driven through this intersection a thousand thousand times, and standing there in the midst of this crowd, I felt like I was on another planet.
This is really blurry, but I was getting bounced around like a pinball.