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VICTORY! Civilian Review Board is Approved

When The Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in LA Jails first started two and a half years ago we had a vision that the Black and Brown people who bear the brunt of sheriff violence would have the power to end human rights abuses in the largest jail system in the world.

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For two years we have built a movement of formerly incarcerated people, their families, and communities to push the county to implement independent civilian oversight of the Sheriff’s Department. Story after story of brutality by deputies have been transformed into a real victory for our loved ones on the inside and on the streets of LA.

Today we get to claim our DIGNITY and our POWER!!!

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Statement on Non-Indictment of Darren Wilson

My condelences to the parents and family of Mike Brown.

My name is Patrisse Cullors and I am the director of Dignity and Power Now and co founder of Black Lives Matter. This decision to not indict Darren Wilson from the grand jury in St. Louis further perpetuates the culture of anti blackness. St. Louis has set the precedent that Black people can be murdered by law enforcement and no one will hold them accountable.

This is a time for clearer and more radical demands, as well as clearer and more radical action.

The only way to end state violence is to divest from law enforecement and invest in community support, care and resilience.

Signing off from Cuba.