Library is considered to be one of the most decent places in any city. Perhaps this stereotype has a right to exist, but not in Los Angeles.
According to the investigative journalism NBC, near the public library in the City of angels can often find drug addicts and see the depraved scene. This is evidenced by footage from numerous surveillance cameras installed near the cultural institutions.
Patrons of libraries is unlikely to guess what is happening behind them. Here are just a few examples.
Near Downtown Central Library , the dealer suggested the journalist with a hidden camera to buy methamphetamine.
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Near the library named after PIO Pico in Koreatown staff information publications found numerous syringes and condoms.
A special place in this list is reserved Goldwyn Library, located in Hollywood. Apparently, this library can be called hotbed of crime than cultural institution. Here was seen a group of people who were doing self-injection of heroin, Smoking crack and marijuana. The walls of the building is also not all right — right in the building, the journalist offered some ecstasy. The same day, the camera captured the theft of a Bicycle left at the fence, and after a while — man, astroviruses at the entrance and two gay men who come here not to read books.
Overall in the current year in the territory of the Los Angeles public libraries or near them was zafiksirovano 465 cases of public order disturbance: 43 thefts, 55 fights and assaults, 13 cases of vandalism and 164 incidents related to other illegal acts.
