EXCLUSIVE: Just another day on lawless Venice Beach! Videos show brazen naked man with his pants around his ankles touching himself and scantily-clad woman in blue wig playing a ukulele as homeless crisis worsens
- Disturbing video shows a naked homeless man brazenly holding his penis while smoking a cigarette on Venice Beach Thursday morning
- The man initially appears to be urinating as he stands against a tree holding his genitals but then continues standing with his pants around his ankles
- A resident who took the video told DailyMail.com the incident occurred during a 'big party' hosted by vagrants near a bike path with 'a bunch of kids going by'
- 'This is absolutely horrendous,' onlooker Terrance Williams added. 'Instead of getting better, it's actually getting worse here'
- The concerned local said the so-called party only stopped when Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva arrived on the scene
- In a separate video taken minutes later and just a few feet away, a woman in a blue wig was seen sunbathing in a what appeared to be a sheer bodysuitA naked homeless man was seen brazenly holding his penis while smoking a cigarette in broad daylight on Venice Beach in a disturbing video highlighting the city's growing crisis.
The shocking incident occurred on Thursday around 9am near the boardwalk as groups of children were walking nearby, witnesses told DailyMail.com.
In the video, it initially seems like the fully-exposed man is urinating as he stands against a palm tree holding his genitals.
However, he then remains standing for an extended period of time with his pants dropped around his ankles.
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A fully nude homeless man was seen brazenly holding his penis while smoke a cigarette on Venice Beach on Thursday
The shocking incident occurred on Thursday around 9am near the boardwalk as groups of children were walking nearby, witnesses told DailyMail.com
In the video, it initially seems like the man is urinating as he stands against a palm tree holding his genitalsTwo men then walk over to confront him and it appears one man takes his cigarette and then walks off.
The resident who took the video and asked to remain anonymous told DailyMail.com: 'Not sure what his plan was, but there were two women about 20 feet from him who were high out of their minds and walking around nude.'
The shocking incident comes amid a growing homelessness crisis in the popular LA beach town that has led many outraged residents to consider leaving the area.
Los Angeles sanitation services and the LAPD attempted to take action by conducting a massive clean-up operation to remove encampments from the boardwalk last week.
But DailyMail.com on Thursday revealed that new arrivals continue to swarm the area despite the effort.
The bystander said after he stopped recording the incident, he witnessed another man come over and 'beat' the homeless person 'with a metal pole.'
'He put his shorts back on and rode away on his bike,' he added.
'There were a bunch of kids going by unfortunately. This was right on the bike path. They were having a big party from around 7am-10am.'
The man remains standing against a tree with his pants around his ankles until being confronted by two bystanders
Two men are seen walking over to confront him but it is unclear what words were exchanged
One of the two men then takes the homeless man's cigarette from his mouth before walking off
The concerned local said the so-called party only stopped when Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva arrived on the scene.
'No arrests were made. Everyone went back into the tents when they saw the sheriffs coming,' said onlooker Terrance Williams.
'This is absolutely horrendous,' said Williams. 'Instead of getting better, it's actually getting worse here.
'Imagine how traumatic and disturbing this is especially for a child to witness. Where is law enforcement? This is unacceptable.'
In a separate video taken minutes later and just a few feet away, a woman in a blue wig was seen sunbathing in a what appeared to be a sheer bodysuit.
She was quickly spotted and approached by members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies Homeless Outreach Services Team who were patrolling the area nearby.
The officers are seen taking down her information as she begins to play a blue ukulele.
A witness told DailyMail.com that the woman seen in the video was at one point completely naked on the Venice Beach Boardwalk.
In a separate video taken minutes later and just a few feet away, a woman in a blue wig was seen sunbathing in a what appeared to be a sheer bodysuit
She was quickly spotted and approached by members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies Homeless Outreach Services Team who were patrolling the area nearby
The officers are seen taking down her information as she begins to play a blue ukulele
A witness told DailyMail.com that the woman seen in the video was at one point completely naked on the Venice Beach Boardwalk
'She was wearing some kind of body suit in the video, but before that she was walking around completely nude all morning.
'She and some other homeless woman were painting each other with blue paint which looked like a bucket of house paint not body paint,' an onlooker who wished to remain anonymous told DailyMail.com. Prior to this so called party, a homeless man who had previously been detained from Venice Beach three weeks ago is seen back on the beach where he has set up his new home.
'He's a mentally ill man from San Diego who was detained several weeks ago following a violent random attack on Venice Beach,' said local resident Andrew Sullivan.
'Now he's living right on the beach in an encampment.'
Video of the same man shows him being arrested on the beach on June 29.
'It took almost twenty fire responders to detain him and safely get him into an ambulance…now three weeks later he's back.
'What is wrong with this picture? Hello? Where is the $5million to house the homeless and care for the mentally ill going,' Sullivan asked.
A large number of homeless encampments are still present at the Venice boardwalk despite massive clean-up efforts made by the city last week
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