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SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS SHAM! Read and share our letter: https://t.co/CbZ0xoQY0r
Join us tomorrow for our Community Townhall with the
@brennancenter, @SamTLevin, @YouthJusticeLA
on “Social Media in the Police State”. ASL interpretation and live stream will be provided.
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4 Days to Go! Tuesday May 17th at 6PM.
Community Townhall - Social Media in the Police State.
@LAPDHQ collects vast amount of social media through field interview cards, creating fake accounts or targeting peoples’ political activities. Abolish the #StalkerState. #KnowYourFight
LAPD’s budget is now set to increase to $3.2 billion — which they will vote on today in the Budget and Finance Committee!
The zine profiles select LAPD police chiefs and highlights their contributions to modern LAPD counter-insurgency efforts, masked as "community policing". Illustrated by the immensely talented Quincy Clemons (@UnyenzArt)!
Check out our newest zine A CHIEF-BY-CHIEF HISTORY OF LAPD ”COMMUNITY POLICING” AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY to learn about how LAPD chiefs have used community policing over the past century to deflect criticism, infiltrate our communities, and secure resources.
https://t.co/Vfi2hADQ1v
Year after year, @ericgarcetti has proposed record-breaking increases to LAPD funding. Read more about the growth of LAPD's budget in our zine, LAPD BUDGET CREEP: https://t.co/dSQwyBVBkn
When LAPD saw the Echo Park Lake community growing in solidarity, they used several weapons to monitor, map, destabilize, and attack the encampment, including social media surveillance, citations, and arrests of the encampment's most vocal voices.
There is no justice in reform.
The first way to get involved is our weekly webinars every Tuesday 6pm. These are zoom versions of the community meetings we used to have at @LACANetwork.
This week we're focusing on recruitment. We'll talk about the work groups and campaigns that are active now. Pull up!
With all these bullshit task forces, oversight commissions, and auditing regulations trying to coopt and pacify grassroots resistance, check out our 12 REASONS WE REJECT SURVEILLANCE BUREAUCRACY zine with @bbyanarchists from last summer! https://t.co/0056NizO3L