Rooted in enslavement and imperialism, policing is always how colonizers have controlled people and deprived communities of autonomy.
Read our Automating Banishment report, about policing's roots in settler colonialism and conquest:
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So the thinks a motion to disarm LAPD officers inside city council chambers is “irresponsible”
A reminder that senior lead officer Haissam Sabra, who murdered a Mark Miles in 2012, is one of the pigs stationed inside those very chambers
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L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez called this week for the city’s policy analysts to determine whether the council has the power to require that every police officer assigned to council meetings be unarmed latimes.com/california/sto
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Tune in Thursday at 8am PST on 90.7 FM for Radio Insurrection with guest host Pete White. This week we discuss “The Other King”, a conversation on the history of the radical Dr. Martin Luther King Jr anchored in our fight today.
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"Hamid Khan, a coordinator with , said the foundation over the years has helped the department build a dystopian network of surveillance capabilities by paying for equipment purchases that would have raised more questions had they been publicly funded."
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The foundation’s donors are rarely disclosed publicly, although they have an effect on how the LAPD provides for public safety, with a majority dictating how the department can spend the money they give.
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This is all by design! Let's not get caught up in euphemisms of "under-training" or "misuse." Training is about legal liabilities and more money for . They never miss their mark when it comes to Black, brown, poor, and unhoused communities. Legislations are political cover
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Good article. What doesn’t get talked about enough (and something that’s been hammered into my brain by @stoplapdspying) is that these laws and policies governing use (like AB48) *expand* police violence, giving them cover to further justify violence by checking the right boxes. twitter.com/KnockDotLA/sta…
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Good article. What doesn’t get talked about enough (and something that’s been hammered into my brain by ) is that these laws and policies governing use (like AB48) *expand* police violence, giving them cover to further justify violence by checking the right boxes.
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The law restricts the LAPD’s use of force, but potentially under-trained officers wielding “less-lethal” weapons against crowds can cause drastic harm.
Read more from @ACatWithNews:
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The majority of the improvement are for neighborhoods adjacent to Skid Row. The video was filmed in the fashion district. This application continues the #dirtydivide. Where new downtown gets and old downtown fights for resources.
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I am thrilled to announce that I have secured the LARGEST infrastructure grant ever for the Skid Row community! Skid Row will receive a grand total of $47.5 MILLION in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure repairs. To learn more about this amazing grant visit the link in my bio.
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. is pandering and appropriating in the worse way. The way he’s attempting to highjack Black folks work would make Elvis proud. LACAN has been putting in work since 2017 to get bike lanes and infrastructure in Skid Row cangress.org/with-council-v, and we secured them.
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I am thrilled to announce that I have secured the LARGEST infrastructure grant ever for the Skid Row community! Skid Row will receive a grand total of $47.5 MILLION in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure repairs. To learn more about this amazing grant visit the link in my bio.
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less forgiving is generous :) really I think this was a perfect example of what calls surveillance bureaucracy. We're not asking for transparency, we're organizing to get rid of the damn drones and everything else. Join us!
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#NationalHomelessMemorial2022 #PosadaforJustice in front of disgraced field office
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This article fails to meaningfully capture the situation at Berkeley on so many levels.
Here's my take, as a student at Berkeley Law. twitter.com/nytimes/status…
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Come through at 6pm tonight
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This Wednesday, December 21st, is National Homeless Memorial Day.
Join us at 6pm alongside @UniondVecinos vecinos, @BLMLA , @BAJItweet , and @LATenantsUnion at Kevin De León’s Boyle Heights office office to honor the five lives lost each day in Los Angeles to homelessness.
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Glad the LA Times finally wrote an article about LAPD’s robot dog, and talked to at least among other academic experts on policing, but it sure woulda been a hell of a thing to write an article like, *before* the LAPD acquired the $300k robot surveillance dog?
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The LAPD plans to acquire a canine-like robot. Authorities say the technology will help, but critics worry the technology will mostly be used in poor areas.
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This Wednesday, December 21st, is National Homeless Memorial Day.
Join us at 6pm alongside vecinos, , , and at Kevin De León’s Boyle Heights office office to honor the five lives lost each day in Los Angeles to homelessness.
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Today 5 community activists were arrested for protesting Atlanta's new "Cop City" with tree sits, forest blockades, and allegedly throwing rocks at police.
They're being charged with domestic terrorism.
Here's why all activists need to be paying attention:
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Council District 14 is also home to one of the only remaining Black communities in Los Angeles, Skid Row.
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En #TrafficAmericas Bogotá hubo tráfico de ideas, de emociones, de experimentos entre la academia y el activismo. Debates, performances y comidas que tejieron redes y afectos. De la universidad a la calle y de la calle a la universidad. Una maravilla de evento. Gracias 🙏🏽
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As of 10/31, no incarcerated people remain caged in CCC. The #CloseCAPrisons campaign is grateful that folks inside have been transferred out of this toxic facility. However, the ‘closure’ process at CCC shines light on the many issues with CDCr’s current prison closure process…
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I really don’t understand what he meant when he said, “we don’t have your budget.”
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It’s been an extraordinary few days in Bogotá for the brilliant Traffic in the Americas convening organized by . What a treat to have comrades Juan Herrera & Hamid Khan of involved in this work.
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🗞️ Our Comms Manager’s Op-Ed in , on an alarming trend of multiple U.S. cities adopting the #IHRA definition of antisemitism to silence Palestinians and expand surveillance. Featuring quotes from & !
🔗 Read: palestinelegal.org/news/2022/12/1
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Fed up after being left in the cold and denied entrance to L.A. city council meeting, we have taken to the streets to demand the resignation of KDL! #ResignKDL ✊🏿✊🏽
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Again this fucker represents Skid Row
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Mayor Bass’ homelessness state of emergency declaration on homelessness is time-limited. It must be taken up today, and Council has no mechanism through which it can remove de León.
That’s why de León is digging his heels in here.
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Speaks to just how fucking gross he is that he’s willing to jeopardize resources for unhoused folks (many of whom are in his district) to try and salvage his political career.
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Mayor Bass’ homelessness state of emergency declaration on homelessness is time-limited. It must be taken up today, and Council has no mechanism through which it can remove de León.
That’s why de León is digging his heels in here.
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Krekorian has left. De León now alone at the horseshoe, holding City business hostage in his desperate, selfish attempt for survival.
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"Letting KDL have it at council meetings is not just the 1st Amendment at its finest — it’s a civic duty."
KDL hasn't attended a minute of City Council public comment in over two months. What the fuck is talking about?
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For the past year, Councilmember Kevin De León and his most ardent critics have played a game of Spy vs. Spy against each other — with De León winning again and again, writes @GustavoArellano.
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LAPD is again threatening to shoot up the City Council chamber.
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LAPD officer with hard foam projectile gun standing behind City Council chambers. These weapons more commonly used during large street protests.
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All of the moves is making confirm he's not from LA. There is a balance and rhythm that is required for LA to function, and he continues to throw it out of wack.
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. is that drunk dude at the get-together that refuses to leave, stirs shit, and ultimately turns the party out. Using your stripes for sympathy is a strategy that threatens the whole city. Kick rocks, narcissist, you don’t deserve our city.
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Learn more about the sham of "community policing" through our No Community Safety in Policing campaign with : nocsp.org.
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City Council approved this LAPD funding with zero discussion, and it's yet another vote from to increase warlike policing of our communities.
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This was a vote for $2.5 MILLION to hire more officers through a DOJ Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant.
Read how LAPD specifically uses this grant to deploy troops from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in Black neighborhoods: automatingbanishment.org/section/6-refo
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Item 12 passes 12-2 w/ Eunisses and Hugo Soto-Martinez in opposition
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KDL’s people at city council are chanting “all lives matter” at BLM activists 🤡🤡🤡🤡
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Baba Akili, after a snarky comment from Stephan Fauble, commands the rooms attention as he shouts "Do not treat me like a joke. When I want to leave or be arrested, you will know."
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