Weekly Email Highlights for May 12, 2020

60 SECONDS FOR JUSTICE: Quick Things You Can Do Right Now

1.    TWEET at Mayor Garcetti @mayorofla and City Council President Nury Martinez @cd6nury and tell them to “Fund services, not police!” Hashtag #BlockTheLABudget and tag @BLMLA. 

2.    SIGN TWO PETITIONS: 1) The petition to fire LAPD Officer Frank Hernandez for the brutal beating of a man in Boyle Heights, which was captured on video. tinyurl.com/FireLAPDHernandez 2) The petition for "compassionate release" for political prisoner, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, who is fighting cancer and vulnerable to COVID-19 in prison. tinyurl.com/FreeMutulu.

3.    POST a picture of yourself holding a sign that says “Let Them Go!” (to demand that low-level/low-risk folks be freed from jails and prisons). Tag  Governor Newsom @gavinnewsom and copy @initiatejustice and @blmlosangeles

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (5/10-5/17/2020):

• Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting

• Torrance City Council

• #JackieLaceyMustGo Virtual Protest

• Virtual Town Hall 9: “Opening The Country Up”

• General Meeting

For more information, please read the whole email in the archive