On Saturday 9/7:
The Coalition’s Community Policing working group conducted our monthly outreach at Nickerson Gardens.
On Tuesday 9/10:
The Coalition spoke out at the weekly Board of Police Commissioners meeting against increased federal funding for the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC), the Southern California fusion center.
That afternoon, the Coalition attend the Los Angeles Public Safety Committee meeting where a new motion by Zionist Councilmembers Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield was on the agenda for discussion. The new motion would broadly criminalize protest and came about in response to pro-Palestinian protest. The motion was continued in response to overwhelming Community Opposition.
That evening we held our monthly War on Youth Community Meeting. This month we were joined by Ron Gochez, local educator and organizer, who talked to guests about how to best protect our educators from doxxing and targeting.
On Wednesday 9/11:
The Coalition held our monthly Coordinating Team meeting. This month we welcomed two new Coordinating Team members: Deshonay Dozier from the Community Policing working group and Michelle Chang from the War on Youth working group.
On Thursday 9/12:
This week’s episode of Radio Insurrection featured a conversation with Natosha Smith of Los Angeles Community Action Network’s Freedom Singers. You can listen to the episode at kpfk.org/archives
To plug in with any of the work groups listed above, or for more information about the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, email us at stoplapdspying@gmail.com.