BLMLA Weekly Email 8/19-8/26/2024

BLMLA Actions/Events (8/19/2024-8/26/2024):

  • TUESDAY, 8/13/2024 at 9:30AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting at LAPD HQ 100 W. 1st St. -  Join the LAPC Fails Coalition, including Black Lives Matter-LA, Stop LAPD Spying, White People 4 Black Lives, LA CAN, and allies, as we show up and call out the LA Police Commission for refusing to hold killer cops accountable after they steal our loved ones and take much-needed resources away from our community. Join us in the struggle by making your voice heard during public comment. DEFUND THE POLICE!
     

  • Wednesday, 8/21/2024 4PM - BLACK POWER DAY #BlackAugust Edition of #EndPoliceAssociations Rally at 1313 W. 8th Street - This week's edition of #EndPoliceAssociations will continue to honor and commemorate our political prisoners during Black August. August 21st has been proclaimed Black Power Day. Let’s harness the energy of the date on which so many successful rebellions have occurred. Project Knucklehead is on deck to lead with drumming and energy. Join BLMLA and the families of those killed by police as we chant down the Los Angeles Police Protective League and demand the liberation of our stolen Black brothers and sisters.
     

  • Saturday, 8/24/2024 8-10AM - This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA 1580 AM - Tune in to This Is Not a Drill! every Saturday from 8-10AM on KBLA Talk 1580 AM or facebook.com/BLMLA. This week, we will be covering the Democratic National Convention and the protests surrounding it with guests Dominique DiPrima (KBLA), Cerise Castle (Capital & Main), Aislinn Pulley (Chicago Torture Center), and our own Dr. Melina Abdullah. Baba Akili hosts with Kim Holmes in the cohost chair.
     

Upcoming:

  • Friday, 8/30/2024 8:30AM - Court Support for the family of #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell at Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St., 9th Floor, Department 108 - Stand with the family of Christopher DeAndre Mitchell, who was murdered by Torrance Police in 2018. Former cops Matthew Concannon and Anthony Chavez now stand trial for Christopher’s murder. 

Recap:

  • Last Tuesday, the LAPC Fails Coalition, including Black Lives Matter-LA, rallied at the Los Angeles Police Commission meeting at LAPD HQ. The coalition, joined by Stop LAPD Spying, White People 4 Black Lives, LA CAN, and other allies, called out the LA Police Commission for refusing to hold killer cops accountable. The protest highlighted the ongoing theft of lives and resources from the community by the LAPD. Join us every Tuesday to express your outrage and continue applying pressure on the Los Angeles Police Commission.
     

  • On Wednesday's #EndPoliceAssociations rally, we commemorated #BlackAugust alongside veterans of the Black Panther Movement. Black Lives Matter-LA, along with the families of those killed by police, gathered to honor all our kinfolk stuck within the confines of prison walls and continue the fight against police violence.
     

  • Last Saturday's edition of "This Is Not a Drill!" on KBLA 1580 AM, hosted by Baba Akili and co-hosted by Sister Sheila, centered on #BlackAugust with guests Dequi Kioni-Sadiki, founder of the Jericho Movement, Dr. Anthony Ratcliff of Cal State LA’s Pan-African Studies Department, and co-founder of our BLM Grassroots Prison Chapters, Brother Ajamu. #MoreThanAHashtag with the mother of #KaciCyprian. Missed it? Watch here or listen to BLM’s This Is Not a Drill! wherever you get your podcasts.
     

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