Video shows movers unloading truck full of furniture onto Skid Row street

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Video captured a puzzling scene as movers appeared to dump the entire contents of a truck onto a street in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles overnight.

It all happened around midnight Wednesday on 6th and San Pedro streets.

The video shows people swarm the vehicle as movers began to unload the items. Some were seen dragging away sofas, mattresses, a refrigerator and even a barbeque grill.

"The people that brought it in believed that these people needed these things," said Kevin Call, who advocates for the homeless and is often referred to as the "Mayor" of Skid Row.

"I would say to the people that if they wanted to donate furniture and stuff to somebody, then they could've got with some organizations here in Skid Row so that we can put it in the right place and not just put it all over the streets and create a free-for-all for everybody that needed it."

Eyewitness News reached out to the moving company - VIP Pro Moving in Marina Del Rey - and an employee said someone would reach out. As of Wednesday afternoon, we haven't heard from them.

We also reached out to the city of L.A. for comment, but did not immediately hear back.

Meanwhile, opinions are mixed on whether doing something like this was a good idea.

"Where's is it going to go? These people are homeless. These people have nowhere to go so they just drag it into the street and build shanty houses and stuff and just causing too much rubbish," said Julie Williams.

"I think that's a blessing," said Cavett Carr. "We don't have a lot of people that have hearts nowadays. It's like ... giving away stuff, and just to do that, I think that's so totally awesome."