Los Angeles, California – Hundreds overflowed from the courtroom as Melina Abdullah was scheduled to be arraigned and a pretrial motion was heard by the judge. The Los Angeles City Attorney filed eight misdemeanor counts against the college professor and mother, all related to her participation in public meetings of the Los Angeles Police Commission.
Read MoreIn early 2017, a coalition of organizations, that included the ACLU, Anti Police-Terror Project, Black Lives Matter, California Faculty Association, California News Publishers Association, CURYJ, PICO, Policylink, and Youth Justice Coalition, came together as bill co-sponsors to brainstorm how this veil of secrecy could be lifted through legislation. The “Right to Know” bill, authored by Senator Nancy Skinner, authorizes public access to internal investigations when police kill people or are found guilty of serious misconduct.
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