BLMLA Weekly Email 8/21-8/28/2023

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (8/21/23-8/28/23):

  • MONDAY, 8/21/2023 at 4:30PM – Demand Justice for #AnthonyMcClain at the Pasadena City Council Meeting on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/161482446 – Call in to the Pasadena City Council meeting and demand justice for #KendrecMcDade and demand the City Council fire the police 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.

  • TUESDAY, 8/22/2023 at 9AM – Press Conference and Speak Out at Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting at LAPD HQ 100 W. 1st St. – Join the family of #MichaelMeadows, killed last month by LAPD, BLMLA, LACAN, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, and others for a press conference as we demand that LAPD stop killing our people! They’ve already shot 20, killing 14 people so far this year. Then stay for the LA Police Commission meeting and tell incoming President Erroll Southers to represent the people, not the police. Coalition talking points here.

  • TUESDAY, 8/22/2023 at 6:30PM – Torrance City Council Meeting for #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell IN PERSON at Torrance City Hall 3031 Torrance Blvd. – Let’s continue demanding the Council deliver justice in the name of #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell by establishing a civilian oversight commission of the Torrance Police Department.

  • WEDNESDAY, 8/23/2023 at 10AM – Los Angeles City Council Meeting at 200 N. Spring St., 3rd Floor – Join BLMLA, DSA-LA and Ground Game in telling Mayor Karen Bass, City Council President Paul Krekorian, and LA City Council to fund resources, not police! Come out to the city council Make public comment against the city’s proposal to increase LAPD’s budget by $400 million, giving cops a 13% one-year raise. We want them to invest in resources like housing, mental health, and good union jobs. 

  • WEDNESDAY, 8/23/2023 at 4PM – #EndPoliceAssociations Rally at 1313 W. 8th St. – It’s ALL OUT for Black August as we challenge Los Angeles Police Protective League which bullied its way into a massive pay increase at the people’s expense. Bring your voices, your energy, and your commitment to building a just and free world. Streamed live on Instagram at @blmlosangeles.

  • SATURDAY, 8/26/2023 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – Mississippi God… .! Talking with BLM Mississippi co-founder Marquell Bridges and Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz about the guilty pleas from the MS “Goon Squad” and the ongoing mayhem in Mississippi at the hands of police and white-supremacists. Hosted by our very own Dr. Melina Abdullah. Taking your calls at 800-920-1580.

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