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LA Forward Monthly Meeting - Criminal Justice + Checking the Sheriff

As we commemorate one year since George Floyd's murder and the subsequent uprisings across the nation and world, we will focus on how police brutality and misconduct plague our own communities in LA. In particular, we'll focus on the news surfacing about the LA County Sheriff's Department, including:

  • unchecked activities of deputy gangs

  • harassment of the families of those murdered by the sheriff deputies

  • obstruction of oversight by the Sheriff himself

The Sheriff has now publicly joined efforts to recall District Attorney George Gascon, who is working to carry out voter-mandated efforts to hold police accountable for killings and misconduct.

At this teach-in, join LA Forward's criminal justice issue group, with special guests:

  • Check the Sheriff coalition leader Andres Kwon

  • Exoneree Franky Carillo - featured in Netflix's "The Innocence Files" as someone imprisoned for 19 years for a crime he did not commit

  • Criminal justice expert Elise Moore

  • LA Forward member Godfrey Plata

Learn about how you can stand up for justice in Southern California.

Earlier Event: June 6
A Public Bank Community Teach-in
Later Event: June 16
June Regional Group Meeting: Koreatown-DTLA-Boyle Heights

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