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Lost PSL Campaign Video

"The past 3 days have seen organic and spontaneous rallies and marches around Leimert Park in Los Angeles. They've seen police open fire on peaceful and righteously outraged demonstrators. They've seen highway shutdowns and dance parties for justice at Hollywood & Highland. Tonight, the struggle continues. Folks will surely gather and keep talking about what justice looks like tonight at Leimert Park and elsewhere. ANSWER is calling a second rally point at a new location downtown at Occupy Los Angeles' old stomping grounds, the West Steps of Solidarity Park (City Hall) today at 5pm. --- should we insert event page?--- As a participant in OccupyLA, I can autonomously and loudly declare that I stand in solidarity with converging on all public space. Everywhere. I also support the organic beauty and logic to horizontal resistance, which has been on the ground in south los angeles the last several days. The scrawled cardboard homemade signs have replaced the mass-produced organizational cut-outs. Liberation is in the streets and the people know it. Bottom line: Bring your indignation and resolve outside. Don't keep it bottled up. Whether that is downtown or south LA, your own street corner or neighborhood park: Out of your apartments, buses, tents, houses, and cars! Into the streets! No justice, no peace. From Emmett Till to Oscar Grant, Kimani Gray to Trayvon Martin, the system has got to die. Hella, hella, Occupy." - Anonymous OLA'r ------- We are your media!! Contact us and send images, livestreams, updates, and news from the ground to this facebook page or: http://occupyla.tumblr.com/submit https://twitter.com/occupyla ------- From another LA comrade: Question: Are you really in this for the long haul? Trayvon Martins death is not an isolated tragedy. Youth of color are being murdered all the time by Police in OUR CITY L.A. and all across the Country. Rest In Power...De'Angelo Lopez. Kendrec McDade. Jose De La Trinidad. Michael Nida. Susy Peña. Jonathan Cuevas. Detrik Ford. Oscar Grant. Jamar Witherspoon. Charlie Wilson. Elaine Coleman...and on and on... There are A LOT of people in the streets this weekend. I hear a lot of folks feeling inspired, empowered, sad, frustrated, and strong at the same time. Organizing around this mess every day is SO HARD but SO WORTH IT. Short bursts of REACTIVE organizing never gives us LASTING justice. I want to work with ALL of you over the next days, weeks, months, years. We NEED you active consistently. Your community needs you. Some of us are privileged enough to feel empowered to organize around these issues daily, and all people of color are affected by this racist injustice and police system. They are BETTING millions of dollars on us not showing up or doing shit after maybe this weekend or next. Will you prove them right, or will you STAY ACTIVE in this fight with the same passion all year as you did this weekend? Myself and others are working with the Youth Justice Coalition and other great spaces to help support organizing families who have lost loved ones to police and vigilante violence. Who else is down to help us??" - E L-Z Happening TONIGHT

5pm Bike Bloc Critical Mass being called for Leimert Park for Justice for Trayvon gathering.

On July 21, 2012 Anaheim police murdered Manuel Diaz while he was surrendering and following police orders. He was shot in the head in front of his community. In response to the outrageous (and common) murder, community members began peaceful gathering outside their homes. The Anaheim police responded with extreme violence, unleashing attack dogs and shooting life-threatening munitions on babies, small children, elderly and everybody in range.

The video of the cowardly attack was quickly seen by millions worldwide, sparking emergency protests at the Anaheim Police Headquarters. On July 22, the Anaheim police murdered Joel Acevedo, further stoking the anger in the community. In the following days, thousands of people rose up against the scourge of police violence. Historic protests shook Anaheim for days. Though ultimately the city heavily militarized the police to repress the movement with violence and intimidation, it brought the struggle against police brutality to a national stage, and laid the foundations for future struggle. 

Now, on the 1 year anniversary of the murder of Manuel Diaz (which set of this chain of events), scores of families of police brutality victims (including the mothers of Manuel Diaz and Joel Acevedo) are calling on people of conscious all over California to unite for a mass march in Anaheim. Only a people's movement can turn the tide against the epidemic of police brutality. 

So far 25 families of police brutality victims have joined, as well as many organizations  throughout Southern California and the Bay Area.

Spread the word...

http://www.answercoalition.org/la/

Meet in front of LA CAN (Community Action Network) Thursday, May 10, 2012, 11:30am Then march to the S/W Corner of Spring St. and 5th St. Downtown Los Angeles

We the community residents of Downtown Los Angeles will be hosting a vigil to stop the rising numbers of police killings and murders of primarily young black men across the country. We will gather on this specific date to remember the one year anniversary of the fatal poliice shooting of community member Dale Garrett. From the killing of Garrett last year to the shooting and death of 19 year-old Kendrec McDade in Pasadena last month, officer involved killings are on the rise across the country. We are calling for an immediate stop to this epidemic. We hold this vigil to remember that no matter the police are here to protect us and not kill us. We all have the right to due process under the law and not by the tip of a gun.