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White People 4 Black Lives

·May 4

Rabid decline: Say no to police robot dogs

Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Police Department requested a grant to test some new policing technology: a robot dog, also known as a “quadruped unmanned ground vehicle.” In January, The Public Safety Committee approved the use of this robot dog and passed the request along to the City Council…

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Rabid decline: Say no to police robot dogs
Rabid decline: Say no to police robot dogs

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White People 4 Black Lives

·Jan 21

Fire Chief Moore: Demand Accountability for the LAPD

The murders of three Angelenos in the first six days of 2023 by the LAPD reflect the ongoing brutality of policing and the immense harm its practices cause to our communities. As members of White People 4 Black Lives (WP4BL), we will not stay silent. Our community members, Keenan Anderson…

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Fire Chief Moore: Demand Accountability for the LAPD
Fire Chief Moore: Demand Accountability for the LAPD
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White People 4 Black Lives

·Nov 21, 2022

Rethinking Thanksgiving with Kids

by White People 4 Black Lives Resources for helping us have brave conversations about race at the dinner table with extended family on Thanksgiving are so necessary, but what if we are struggling with celebrating or even talking about the holiday with our children? How we frame this holiday for…

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Rethinking Thanksgiving with Kids
Rethinking Thanksgiving with Kids
Thanksgiving

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White People 4 Black Lives

·Oct 21, 2022

RESIGN NOW: Demand Racist L.A. City Council Members Step Down

by White People 4 Black Lives WP4BL is a white anti-racist collective committed to ending white support for “state violence,” defined as “the use of legitimate governmental authority to cause unnecessary harm and suffering to groups, individuals and states.” The leaked tapes from an October 2021 secret meeting between then-City…

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RESIGN NOW: Demand Racist L.A. City Council Members Step Down
RESIGN NOW: Demand Racist L.A. City Council Members Step Down
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White People 4 Black Lives

·May 18, 2022

Interrupting White Nationalism: A response to the white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo

After yet another white supremacist mass shooting, we at White People 4 Black Lives (WP4BL) in Los Angeles acknowledge that ending violence against Black people requires white people to take accountability: we must stand up against the spread of racist conspiracy theories and the systemic prohibition of historical knowledge about…

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Interrupting White Nationalism: A response to the white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo
Interrupting White Nationalism: A response to the white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo
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White People 4 Black Lives

·Mar 1, 2022

Torrance Needs a Civilian Oversight Commission

by Catherine Safley For three years now, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles has maintained the demand that Torrance City Council must establish an Independent Civilian Oversight Commission for the Torrance Police Department. …

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Torrance Needs a Civilian Oversight Commission
Torrance Needs a Civilian Oversight Commission
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White People 4 Black Lives

·Nov 19, 2021

Statement in Response to the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse

by White People 4 Black Lives Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty in the killings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and the injury of Gaige Grosskreutz. Those of us who align with anti-racism and abolition understand this as reflective of a justice system designed to uphold white supremacy. …

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Statement in Response to the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
Statement in Response to the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
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White People 4 Black Lives

·Nov 9, 2021

#LAPCFails Us

by White People 4 Black Lives Are you looking for a way to get involved in ongoing local political organizing pushing back against the racism and violence inherent to policing? If so, look no further than the #LAPCFails coalition, composed of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, Los…

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#LAPCFails Us
#LAPCFails Us
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White People 4 Black Lives

·Sep 8, 2021

Uniting Against Police Associations

by Catherine Safley Since February of 2021, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles has been hosting the End Police Associations weekly rallies on Wednesday afternoons, directly across from the offices of Los Angeles Police Protective League. …

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Uniting Against Police Associations
Uniting Against Police Associations
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White People 4 Black Lives

·May 18, 2021

WP4BL’s Summer Abolition Reading List

by White People 4 Black Lives Our mission at WP4BL is to end white support for state violence in L.A. County and stand in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led organizations working towards collective liberation. The movement is asking us all to work towards abolishing police and prison…

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WP4BL’s Summer Abolition Reading List
WP4BL’s Summer Abolition Reading List
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White People 4 Black Lives

White People 4 Black Lives

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