UPDATE: This morning, People's City Council broke the news that the City Attorney has rejected filing charges on journalist Anthony Orendorff, who is expected to be released today.
On a dreary Saturday morning, a crowd assembled outside the Van Nuys Police Station, nestled in the vibrant heart of the San Fernando Valley. Friends, family, colleagues, and supporters gathered with homemade signs to demand the release of photojournalist Anthony Orendorff, who is being held under questionable conditions.
On the morning of June 19th, Orendorff hurried to the Plaza Pacoima shopping complex at San Fernando Road and Paxton Street after being notified of an active ICE incident. As an independent journalist and local photographer who documents Los Angeles and its people, Anthony was one of the first documentarians to arrive.