A good man died this week & he chose love, not hate.

[U4ikLefty]

LA Weekly
By Simone WilsonMon., Feb. 27 2012 at 12:30 PM



​Though Occupy L.A. has always been firm about its status as a collective, not a group of individuals, some protesters have inevitably achieved more celebrity than the rest.

The first and foremost being Sarah Mason, whose portrait at a Bank of America occupation ended up on the cover of TIME's "Protester of the Year" issue. (Albeit heavily manipulated by controversial street artist/graphic designer Shepard Fairey.)

Another local celebrity of sorts was 22-year-old Alex Weinschenker...

... who ran the "Print Shop," a staple of the Occupy L.A. encampment. Day in and day out, Weinschenker stenciled and printed Los Angeles' iconic "99%" bandanas -- one of which covered the bottom half of Mason's face for TIME.

more here: http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/alex_weinschenker_occupy_la_pr.php

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We love you Alex & hope you have found peace. Thank you for giving of yourself to me & many others. You will be missed but not forgotten.

[Justice wanted]

1. RIP brave soul. Sending healing wishes to his family and friends.

[niyad]

2. requiescat in pacem, good soul, and peace and comfort to your friends and loved ones.

[pinboy3niner]

3. R.I.P.

[U4ikLefty]

4. Alex was a kind individual whom I talked with at Soldiarity Park (OLA's encampment)

He was a really talented artist. Sadly he left behind a 6-month old son River who will only hear of his dad's gift to our cause.

I only talked with him once, but he left an impression on me. I remember because he made a shirt for my mom so she could wear it to an Occupy event in her small Washington town. He thought it was cool that I asked for a shirt for my mom & not myself.

[IndyJones]

5. What a nice rememberance. Thank you for sharing that about him. RIP young man.

[Fawke Em]

6. Why don't you tell how he died in your post?

It really would make more people click.

[Electric Monk]

7. Drug overdose, but I didn't see a mention of what kind of drugs

I could speculate, but that wouldn't help.

[U4ikLefty]

8. Because I like to talk of how he lived, not how he died.

They have the link for the details.

I have lost many close friends to addiction and the tears that I saw at the GA the day after his death were real to me.

I cannot go there to get "clicks"..sorry.

[Kaleko]

9. Beautifully said.

Thank you for telling us about this man and how his life carries a meaning that lives on.

[U4ikLefty]

10. Thank You.

His passing hit me unexpectedly hard.

I only spoke with him once, but for some reason I felt a loss.

It's funny how we touch each other's lives.

[Fawke Em]

11. Sorry - I merely meant that

it would get more people to read about him by clicking on the link.

Addiction is a horrible disease (and it is a disease and should be treated like one, medically).

[U4ikLefty]

13. No apology necessary.

I didn't know of Alex as an addict, I knew him as an artist who gave his talents to Occupy LA.

Using a hooky title like "popular Occupy LA artist dies of overdose...leves behind young child" would get more attention. I just don't think that is the way he would've wanted to be known.

[Brickbat]

12. He leaves a six-month-old son and the mother of the child.

Editing, because it's ripe for misunderstanding.