![]() ![]() This is letter is submitted by White People 4 Black Lives (WP4BL). We, the undersigned, demand full and transparent investigations into each police killing in Los Angeles County.īend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice of Southern Californiaīlack Community Clergy and Labor AllianceĬalifornians United for a Responsible BudgetĬlergy and Laity United for Economic Justice: Building a Just and Sacred Societyĭemocratic Socialists of America Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90021 at 12PM to meet with all families and concerned constituents in a public forum to address the petition demands. We invite you to attend a community Town Hall Meeting on Januat Los Angeles Community Action Network, 838 East 6th St. In the memory of all of those killed, we will continue to demand justice. We will continue to call your office until you respond to the petition demands. Who do you serve if not the people who elected you and pay your salary? Who do you fight for if not the families of victims? We will continue to hold space outside of your office until you meet with these families. This disregard for the grieving families is unacceptable. These families who demand justice for their murdered family members hear nothing from you. When we were then told on the phone that we had to write letters in order to make appointments, we wrote. When we were then told that we had to call in order to make appointments, we called. Your constituents have attempted to make appointments with you in person. Abdullah that she called because she is a “woman of her word,” but then simply hung up the phone. In her phone call later that evening, she told Dr. Abdullah by the end of the day, presumably to set a time to meet with you. ![]() Melina Abdullah that she would deliver the petition signatures to you and that she would call Dr. Gaines did promise Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles organizer and Cal State LA professor Dr. While she was incredibly patronizing, Ms. After being turned away from entering this open-to-the-public Hall Of Justice by Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, Special Assistant Cheryl Gaines came out and spoke briefly with the family members. to request a meeting with you and to deliver the 10,000 petition signatures. On October 25 2017, a number of these family members, with the support of members of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and other allied social justice organizations, attempted to enter the public building at 211 W. During your tenure as Los Angeles County District Attorney, close to 300 people - mothers, fathers, sons, daughters - have been killed by law enforcement officers in the county of Los Angeles, and your office has yet to prosecute one officer. We write today to demand you meet with the family members of Los Angeles County residents killed by police in an open community forum and to respond to the Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles petition of over 10,000 signatures demanding that you prosecute law enforcement officers that kill (petition can be viewed online at bit.ly/BLMLA). ![]()
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