Official Twitter for #BlackLivesMatter-Los Angeles, the first chapter of #BlackLivesMatter. Member of BLM Grassroots @blmgrassroots. est. 7/13/2013
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We don't want to hug the police.
We don't want to kneel with the police.
We don't want to meet with the police.
WE WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
#DefundThePolice
#BlackLivesMatter
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More than 100,000 people flooded the streets of Hollywood in the name of #GeorgeFloyd and the 601 people killed by police in Los Angeles since 2013. THIS IS THE UNFOLDING OF THE REVOLUTION. We CAN have the world we imagine. Join us! Keep fighting!
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Two Black men were found hanging from trees in California in the last 2 weeks...
Authorities are calling them suicides.
What Black man do you know who hangs himself from a tree?
These are lynchings.
Not "modern day lynchings," old school ones.
#RobertFuller
#MalcolmHarsch
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HELLA wins today!
1. $150m cut to LAPD budget.
2. Unarmed non-police response to non-violent emergency calls.
3. Motion to bar police from traffic & transportation stops.
4. 35% cut to LAUSD police.
We’re on our way!
#DefundThePolicd
#ReimaginePublicSafety
#BlackLivesMatter
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Los Angeles County Sheriffs killed a Black man...Dijon...on 109th and Budlong and left his body facedown in the dirt.
We need all hands on deck.
Please get here ASAP!
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We send our love and prayers to Mr. Trebek’s family and friends. He was a strong supporter of #BlackLivesMatter who believed deeply in racial justice. He was one of the kindest souls. BLMLA feels blessed to have called him friend. May the good that he has done last forever.
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex.
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The Los Angeles Police Protective League is not a union; it's a gang. It buys off politicians, intimidates critics and covers up the crimes of its members. This band of bullies won't silence us. We will expose them and stand in our power. #ProtectPeopleNotPolice #PeoplesBudgetLA
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We need everyone to show up...virtually...to tell LAPD that it's about more than #GeorgeFloyd...It's about the 601 of our people killed by police right here in Los Angeles County in the last 7 years.
#BlackLivesMatter
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We won’t stop until the @MayorOfLA supports a #PeoplesBudgetLA that will #DefundThePolice. We’ll see you in the streets!
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Last month in LA....
-We were unarmed.
-No takeover of the mayor’s mansion.
-No attempted coup.
-Just having “Black brunch” in front of @mayorofla’s house...with our kids and elders.
What do you think would have happened if #BlackLivesMatter stormed the Capitol?
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This is LAPD showing “restraint”??? Police are a violent, brutal force. #BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice
Timothy Burke
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Instead of focusing on the few instances of protestors throwing empty water bottles at LAPD and property crimes, media should report on how cops shot peaceful protestors, including young people, with rubber bullets and beat folks to the point of hospitalization. #BlackLivesMatter
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Thank you to to all who marched with us. Meaningful change only comes when our voices are so loud we can no longer be ignored.
LAPD’s violent response further proved policing to be a brutal & inhumane force.
If you were victimized and need our help, please email info@blmla.org.
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It’s clear that @MayorOfLA hasn’t realized that his proposed budget cut is not impressive. It’s disingenuous, and we see through it. #DefundThePolice now! And support a #PeoplesBudgetLA.
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His name is #DijonKizzee and LA County Sheriffs stole his life.
Stand for him. Stand with the community on 109th & Budlong RIGHT NOW.
*White folks, please defer to Black leadership.
#BlackLivesMatter
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LAPD Chief Moore just said that "[#GeorgeFloyd's] murder is on the hands of the looters."
Chief Moore said this...who actually shot two people and killed one as a rank-and-file officer.
We're hearing calls to #FireMoore.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Disgraced LA City Councilman Kevin de León shows just how violent his anti-Blackness can get when he attacks our member for challenging his racism. Jason is recovering. De Leon must go…now.
RootsAction
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THIS is the kind of courageous stance we are looking for. No police dispatched for non-violent calls also makes a lot of common sense as it clears the way for those better equipped to handle such situations to do so.
Let's do it!
#CareNotCops #ReImaginePublicSafety
Today I, alongside my colleagues, will introduce a motion to replace LAPD officers with unarmed, non-law enforcement agencies who will be responsible for responding to non-violent calls for service.
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BREAKING: 1,600+ Google workers signed this letter calling on @google management to cancel the company's police contracts. Thank you to those google workers who have signed on already. We encourage more Google workers to sign on in support of #BlackLivesMatter.
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LAPD OFFICER REPEATEDLY YELLS “WHITE POWER” & THROWS UP WHITE POWER SIGN as he antagonizes the family of #AlbertRamonDorsey and #BlackLivesMatter protestors this morning at #Boycott24 demonstration outside 24-Hour Fitness in Hollywood. @WP4BL @shaunking @Jasmyne @CBSNews
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Hey @MayorOfLA. Don’t congratulate yourself on proposing a $150 million cut to your budget AFTER Angelenos take to the streets. That’s too little, too late. #DefundThePolice and support the #PeoplesBudgetLA coalition.
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One of the most beautiful parts of the protest. #FreeEmAll
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On Saturday, we hosted a Black community meeting and invited @MayorOfLA to discuss the #PeoplesBudgetLA but he declined our invitation with NO explanation!
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We presented #PeoplesBudgetLA at a special City Council meeting. The data is compelling...with policing as Angelenos' lowest spending priority. It's far-reaching...engaging 50,000+. Most of all, it's a call to courage...a referendum to #DefundThePolice & #ReimaginePublicSafety.
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TODAY AT 10AM!
We got the hearing we demanded!
#PeoplesBudgetLA is presenting to LA City Council...
Panel featuring:
Melina Abdullah (@docmellymel), Baba Akili (akili5454), David Turner (@teamprogress23), Kendrick… instagram.com/p/CBdPhErAo_U/…
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Both sides of the 405 freeway have been shut down by protesters now. @BLMLA #BlackLivesMatter #ManchesterShutdown
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"We're gonna need 10,000 folks on the streets tomorrow to push @laschools to #DefundThePolice in LAUSD." @LA_StudentsDsrv
Soooo...
Let's get 10,000 folks on the streets Tuesday morning...
9AM - 333 S. Beaudry.
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Just because you put the word "community" in front of policing doesn't make it non-problematic.
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For the past two weeks, we have been holding peaceful gatherings outside Mayor Garcetti’s mansion, urging @JoeBiden to commit to keeping our failed mayor out of his administration. On Day 13, LAPD advanced without warning and violently attacked us. #BlockGarcetti
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How can you help #KeenanAnderson?
Help ensure that his family doesn’t have to struggle to lay his body to rest. Please donate generously.
gofundme.com/f/funeral-memor…
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What's the difference between a president who calls for military intervention and tear-gasses his own people and @MayorOfLA who calls in the national guard on Angelenos and empowers LAPD to beat protestors and shoot them with rubber bullets? #GeorgeFloyd #BackLivesMatter
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Two national demands:
1. Prosecute killer cops.
2. Defund the police.
In the name of #GeorgeFloyd and all those killed by state-sanctioned violence.
#BlackLivesMatter
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No Chief Moore, we will not ask LAPD for permission to protest. You're our problem, not our partners.
#BlackLivesMatter
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They want to talk about the looters. The looters all over the city are the LAPD. They've been looting and killing Black people for over 60 years. #BlackLivesMatter
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This uprising is about more than #GeorgeFloyd. He was the spark.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Tens of thousands of folks showed up today in the name of #GeorgeFloyd. #BlackLivesMatter demonstration closed out at 2pm on 3rd & Fairfax.
Folks want us to “condemn the violence.” We condemn the violence committed by police who kill and brutalize our people.
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LAPD came to peaceful protests ready for war. #DefundThePolice
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The zoom got too full. Check out the live stream of the LA Police Commission here. #carenotcops #BlackLivesMatter piped.video/oz0CKlGj3uI
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#JackieLaceyWILLGo because we protested every week for more than 3 years, we walked neighborhoods, we convinced our friends, the families of those killed by police stood up, the Spirits of our Ancestors were poured into our work...because we organized... #VoteAndOrganize
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LAPD Chief Michel Moore celebrating those who cancel protests.
We ain't canceling shit.
See y'all in the streets.
#GeorgeFloyd
#BlackLivesMatter
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The @LAPDHQ won't put murder and George Floyd in the same sentence because they'd have to acknowledge their own murders #DEFUNDTHEPOLICE
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SATURDAY AT NOON IN PAN PACIFIC PARK
In the name of #GeorgeFloyd in Minneapolis and in LA
#AJWeber
#GrecharioMack #WakieshaWilson #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell #KennethRossJr
#KishaMichael
#JesseRomero
#MichelleShirley
#EricRivera
#JohnHorton
#RedelJones+++
#ReimaginePublicSafety
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LA County Sheriffs killed someone yesterday...again.
In Compton.
While serving a warrant.
Still no additional details.
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WE DID IT!!!! @JerryBrownGov just signed SB 1421...our police transparency bill!!!! This is the first legislation that #BlackLivesMatter has co-sponsored and will lift the veil of secrecy when police kill our people or are found guilty of serious misconduct. @Blklivesmatter
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The protests in LA are not only about Minnesota. @LAPDHQ is the most murderous police department department in the country. This is about their actions here in Los Angeles. #BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice
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Let’s be clear: @MayorOfLA was moved by the power of protests. And we’re not finished! #DefundThePolice #Abolition
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This is just...smh. Another Black trans girl was murdered. When we said protect Black trans women—we meant our youth as well. She was only 17 and media of course used her birth name instead of her REAL name. Say her name. #BraylaStone 🕊
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“White supremacy is terrorism.” @JoeBiden
OKKAAAYYY JOE!!!!
Now we’re talking #StateOfTheUnion #PresidentialAddress
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The @MayorOfLA’s proposed LAPD budget cut is not enough! It’s a sad attempt to pretend as if he’s doing something. This would leave LAPD w/over half of the city’s unrestricted funds. This is unacceptable!!! #DefundThePolice.
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LA ain't havin it. We will fight for each other. We will fight for justice. It is our duty. #BlackLivesMatter @blmla
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So far, #BlackLivesMatter has fired a police chief...#FireBeck and a District Attorney... #JackieLaceyMustGo.
Who got next?
We’re thinking a corrupt ass sheriff...
#ByeAlex
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Today would have been #TrayvonMartin's 22nd birthday. Sending infinite love to his family & calling on his Spirit to power the movement.
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White supremacists continue to be the greatest terrorist threat.
Grateful for the courageous demonstrators who are literally putting their lives on the line for #BreonnaTaylor and all those killed by police.
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Joe Biden needs to cancel all student debt. #PresidentialAddress
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HAPPENING NOW...
We have 3 of the 4 votes that we need to #DefundThePolice in LAUSD by 50% for 2020-2021. We just need @jackie4lakids to get on board with @monica4la @nickmelvoin & @kelly4laschools.
This is one of those moments that history will judge...Be on the right side.
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Police associations are aligned with those that staged yesterday’s coup at the Capitol. They are CLEAR that they want to take the country back. #StandWithGeorge
Sign the open letter here: tinyurl.com/standwithgeorge
@Blklivesmatter
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We’re in front of @MayorOfLA’s mansion RIGHT NOW. Early Sunday morning wake up call on the heels of his announcement that he’s chartering a new, permanent LAPD Bureau appropriating our call to #ReimaginePublicSafety
#DefundThePolice doesn’t mean fund the police.
#FuckGarcetti
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Since taking office in 2013, 609 people have been killed by police. District Attorney Jackie Lacey refuses prosecute murderous police. We’ve been protesting her for 2.5 years. With the awakening of the world, some endorsers are now withdrawing support. #JackieLaceyMustGo
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No @MayorOfLA the murder of #GeorgeFloyd by police isn't "un-American"; it's all too American...That's why we're in the streets. #DefundPolice #BlackLivesMatter
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David Lacey, the husband of DA Jackie Lacey, WAS JUST CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS for pointing a gun and threatening to shoot BLMLA organizers and allies. #JackieLaceyMustGo
politico.com/states/californ…
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After murdering #DijonKizzee, LA County Sheriffs trained their assault rifles on #BlackLivesMatter protesters...including children and Dijon’s family. As night fell, they shot us with runner bullets and tear gas. Police don’t keep us safe.
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BLM doesn't endorse candidates, but we do endorse progress. And we will not let so called police unions deter all that we've fought so hard for. That's why we #StandWithGeorge and the transformative change he's trying to make. We will not be deterred. #WhenWeFightWeWin
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Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles has been excluded from the 4th Annual Women’s March in Los Angeles. WMLA did not invite Black Lives Matter to participate, failed to respond to an email request for inclusion, and further refused speaking time during a subs… ift.tt/3alQkJx
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Today, July 13th, is the 7 year anniversary of #BlackLivesMatter, born in #LosAngeles in direct response to the acquittal of #TrayvonMartin's murderer. The vision was conceived by @OsopePatrisse @aliciagarza & @opalayo and born out of the struggle of thousands.
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Official Black Lives Matter events to which the public is invited will be posted on our social media and include our official logo. People should beware of organizing efforts led by people and organizations that they do not know and trust.
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Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go. @BLMLA shutting down La Cienega and Manchester. #BlackLivesMatter
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On Wednesday law enforcement shot 3 people...two of them died. Today a third Black male...reportedly a 17-year-old...was shot and killed by the LA County Sheriffs.
This is why we gotta stay in these streets.
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Hey @CNN @MSNBC...what will it take for you to cover the huge number of killings by police in Los Angeles? Why not talk about how the murderous officers are never even suspended, let alone prosecuted? #DijonKizzee #DanielHernandez #KennethRossJr #GrecharioMack
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If the job of police is to protect people, then why is it so hard for you to get them not to shoot people?
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PLEASE WATCH & RT.
NEW bodycam footage shows TORRANCE, CA POLICE MURDERED 23-year-old #ChristopherMitchell within 15 seconds as he was complying with their orders. @ACLU_SoCal @YouthJusticeLA @APTPaction @crzeladi @BLMLBC @Blklivesmatter @shaunking @WP4BL @Jasmyne @MattMcGorry
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When police kill our people, that’s permanent family separation. #FamilesBelongTogether #BlackLivesMatter
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If there's one place police don't belong, it's in our schools!
Amazing work by students, teachers, parents, and community, who organized for an WON A 35% CUT ($25m)TO LAUSD POLICE!
Thank you to Board members @monica4la @nickmelvoin @kelly4laschools & @jackie4lausd for hearing us.
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3 strikes are for baseball. Not for people's lives. #StandWithGeorge in order to end sentencing enhancements, which keep Black people locked up. Sign the open letter here: tinyurl.com/standwithgeorge
@kendrick38 @janaya_khan @Blklivesmatter @OsopePatrisse
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We surveyed 18k Angelenos & engaged 32k in participatory budgeting. We keep pushing @mayorofla to adopt the people’s budget.
On Monday at 10am we’ll present to LA City Council. #PeoplesBudgetLA #DefundThePolice @wp4bl @peoplescitycouncil @groundgamela @sunrisemvmtla @KtownforAll
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"Looting and vandalism" is not the crime that we should be focusing on...
Arrest and prosecute the police who brutalize and kill our people.
We care more about life than property.
#GeorgeFloyd
#BlackLivesMatter
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AB 1460 - which makes Ethnic Studies a CSU requirement - JUST PASSED!!!!!
30-5 vote...
Next steps:
-Conference Committee
-Governor’s signature
This is the result of years of tireless work by students, faculty, staff, and community, and the courageous vision of @DrShirleyWeber.
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Today’s @latimes cover story...
This is a moment when the world has cracked wide open, when all of our most radical imaginings can be ushered in. Grateful for our movement and all of the beautiful beings who give so deeply of themselves to make Black fre… instagr.am/p/CBtkmT-AudT/
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#BlackLivesMatter reached out to every Democratic candidate and asked them to uplift the continued state-sanctioned murder of Black people and issues specific to us. @JulianCastro is the first spend half-a-day engaging. Hopeful that others will follow. #WhatMatters2020
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“I'm a 16 year old Black woman. Do you know the trauma of watching countless Black and Brown people be killed by police officers?” These public comments!
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People's City Council - Los Angeles
We hope Joe Biden’s clean drinking water initiative starts in Flint, Michigan. #PresidentialAddress
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The murder by cops of #GeorgeFloyd in Minneapolis and 601 folks in LA County comes as a result of over-spending on police. Still @MayorOfLA wants to spend 54% of our general fund on LAPD. Tell City Council to reject the ADOPT THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET. #CareNotCops #PeoplesBudgetLA
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15-year-old #MaKhiaBryant is why we can’t celebrate too long.
#SayHerName
#AbolishThePolice
#BlackLivesMatter
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In supporting Black athletes' rt to #TakeaKnee, let's remember why @Kaepernick7 knelt...bc police r killing Black ppl. #BlackLivesMatter
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Police are not social workers, mental health providers, drug rehabilitation counselors, or EMTs. Let's not pretend that they are. Fund services, not police. ADOPT THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET.
#PeoplesBudgetLA
#CareNotCops
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Who called the police on #RayshardBrooks?
Was it you @wendys?
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