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. …

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. …

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…

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. …

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…

By White People 4 Black Lives Content warning: This article discusses violence, including murder, sexual violence, and violence against sex workers. Like many of you, we at WP4BL have spent the past two days sitting with and mourning the loss of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Yan, Daoyou…

by White People 4 Black Lives Content warning: This article discusses violence, including murder, sexual violence, and violence against sex workers. Like many of you, we at WP4BL have spent the past two days sitting with and mourning the loss of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Yan, Daoyou…

by White People 4 Black Lives For many of us, 2020 has been a year of intense conversations. The uprising, the election, and issues related to Covid-19 have brought systemic racism to the forefront and people have felt compelled to call others in with a greater sense of urgency than…

The fight for Black lives, and against white supremacy, does not end simply because Joe Biden was elected. — by White People 4 Black Lives After four years of overt presidential investments in white supremacy, misogyny, ableism, transphobia, and xenophobia, it seems we are finally up for some degree of respite. (If you need a reminder, McSweeney has a list of 967 atrocities that can be found here.) It…