Weekly Email 1/31/22-2/7/22

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (1/31/22-2/7/22):

  • MONDAY, 1/31/2022 at 4:30PM – Demand Justice for #AnthonyMcClain at the Pasadena City Council Meeting on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/161482446 – Pasadena City Council knows it can fire the officers who murdered #AnthonyMcClain. Making excuses in response to the murder of Black people is complicity and it is racist. We demand the firing of all the officers who murdered #AnthonyMcClain as the first towards true justice and police accountability. On this week’s agenda, Item #3: We object to this hiring agency for a new City Manager whom the public has never heard of until now, has pro-police employees and isn’t even based in Southern California. Item #9: Regarding officer-involved shootings, killing people on the job is not doing a good job. We demand the firing of the officers who murdered #AnthonyMcClain. Please submit speaker cards prior to the public comment period at the link here. To participate by phone, call 1-669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 161 482 446. Learn more and find talking points here.

  • TUESDAY, 2/1/2022 at 9:30AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting on Zoom at https://lapd.zoom.us/s/289225944 – LAPD killed 20 people last year, more than any other police force in the country. And yet this week at the police commission, LAPD continues to seek further funding for surveillance software. We must raise our voices during public comment to let the so-called “oversight commission” understand that they Coalition talking points here. Please use the “raise hand” function to speak. To participate by phone, call (855) 880-1246, Meeting ID: 289 225 944. Press *9 to be put in the cue for public comment.

  • WEDNESDAY, 2/2/2022 at 4PM (and every Wednesday at 4PM) – Fund Services, Not Police! #EndPoliceAssociations at 1313 W. 8th St., Los Angeles – Black History Month requires us to continue the tradition of resistance! Let’s stand together every Wednesday against the police associations that steal resources away from our communities and bully and bribe elected officials. Wear masks and bring your bodies, spirits, energy, drums, signs, flags and dedication. Streamed live on Instagram at @blmlosangeles. 

  • SATURDAY, 2/5/2022 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – Let’s talk about Black History Month as Black autonomy with Dr. Charles Davis of Scholars 4 Black Lives and more guests to come. This week’s host is Sistah Audrena Redmond of BLM-Grassroots and BLM Long Beach. Listen live on KBLA Talk 1580 AM, kbla1580.com, download the KBLA app, or watch the livestream with ASL interpretation by ProBonoASL on facebook.com/BLMLA. Taking your calls at 800-920-1580. 


Upcoming

  • MONDAY, 2/7/2022 at 10AM – #CheckTheSheriff Press Conference + Rally at Hall of (In)Justice 211 W. Temple St. – Join the families impacted by sheriff’s violence, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and #CheckTheSheriff coalition partners in demanding real sheriff accountability!

Megan Castillo