Fight over weapons in LAUSD not over, group says
A civic group protesting the military-style weapons once held by LA Unified police said they will continue to disrupt meetings and hold demonstrations until they get answers and action. The [...]
Letter to LAUSD Create a motion to hold a Student and Community Accountability Session
March 2, 2016 LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King, LAUSD President Steve Zimmer, Monica Garcia, George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson, Ref Rodriguez, Monica Ratliff, Richard Vladovic Los Angeles [...]
March 1st Letter to LAUSD Board Members Stating LCSC demands on the 1033 Program
March 1, 2016 LAUSD President Steve Zimmer, Monica Garcia, George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson, Ref Rodriguez, Mónica Ratliff, Richard Vladovic, Superintendent Michelle King 333 South Beaudry Ave., [...]
L.A. schools have given up the last of their Defense Department-issued rifles
By: Sonali Kohli and Howard Blume The Los Angeles School Police Department doesn’t have any more weapons from a controversial Department of Defense program, according to a letter the school [...]
LAUSD Stop Supporting the Occupation And Militarization of Our Streets and Schools
LAUSD and LASPD has proclaimed its discontinued relationship with the Federal Department of Defense 1033 Program, FFSC Rally and Demonstration Demanding LAUSD to Destroy/ Return All 1033 Weapons [...]
Rolling Stone: What Obama’s New Military-Equipment Rules Mean for K-12 School Police
Last week, President Obama issued an executive order to regulate the use of military equipment within local police departments, as part of an ongoing effort to address police violence in [...]
Post navigation VIDEO: Protesters want LA Unified police to demilitarize
A small but loud group from The Labor Community Strategy Center’s Fight for the Soul of the Cities and Community Rights Campaign protested outside of LA Unified headquarters yesterday, demanding [...]
Demilitarize LAUSD – No Tanks in LA
The growing outcry and struggle to bring an end to state sanction violence against the Black community is on the rise. We stand in solidarity with the national day of action under the [...]
LAUSD school police return armored military vehicle, which is now in Barstow
Los Angeles Unified’s school police have returned their armored vehicle after community outcry over a federal program that sent military weapons to local law enforcement agencies. That “1033 [...]
Hey LAUSD, Demilitarize Our Schools and Communities, Ethnic Studies Now!
The Labor/Community Strategy Center’s Community Rights Campaign rejects Boardmember Ratliff’s resolution to study expansion of police into elementary schools, proud members of the [...]
LAUSD Schools Receive Specialized Military Equipment
Statement by the Labor/Community Strategy Center’ Fight for the Soul of the Cities and Community Rights Campaigns. It has come to our attention, in information released this past week that [...]
Top 20 LAUSD Middle Schools and High Schools With the Highest Rates of Ticketing and Arrests
Source: “Black, Brown, and Over-Policed in L.A. Schools” www.CommunityRightsCampaign.org LAUSD Schools with the Highest Rates of Ticketing in 2012-2013 Arresting [...]
Community Rights Campaign Releases, “Black, Brown, and Over-Policed in L.A. Schools”
The Community Rights Campaign, an organization within the Labor Community Strategy Center, has released a new report: “Black, Brown, and Over-Policed in L.A. Schools.” The structural [...]
