In concert with Minneapolis and Los Angeles, join us in calling for the Fort Lauderdale City Commission to defund the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in the amount of $10 million by their next commission meeting on Tuesday, June 16.
South Florida organizers pushing to defund police. Protesters hold their fists in the air in front of police in downtown Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, May 31, 2020 during an anti-police brutality protest. South Florida organizers pushing to defund police.
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Organized by … In video footage that has now gone viral, an unarmed, kneeling 19 year old is seen shoved to the ground. 3.
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Names like: Jermaine McBean, Damain Martin, Barry Gedeus, Israel “Reefa” Hernandez, Sebastian Gregory, Michael Eugene Wilson Jr., Corey Jones, and Calvon Reid Jr., who may never make it to the national spotlight, should also be on our lips and in the air at all of our local actions.
Transparency. Over four hours, with thousands of people, marchers took to the streets chanting, “No Justice, No Peace” before converging on the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Make a clear divestment from weapons and equipment used for war, and into advancing equity into our schools that are underfunded. One decision the commission did make Tuesday was to move forward with some cuts related to COVID-19 city-wide, with some of them coming in the police department.
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The tow company utilized by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department is: Westway Towing Office: 954-731-1115 Fax: 954-318-0620. More », Click to listen to the entire segment. This action was organized with care, until it was agitated by police.
“This idea of systematic racism across the law enforcement community is just not accurate,” he said.
It is a guiding principle that in and out of these moments of crisis, we know best how to keep our people safe and we have proven that time and time again.
Reporters at the Wall Street Journal weren’t buying it.
We will not accept that this time period is short; other larger municipalities have acted with haste to reaffirm their commitment to black life, dismantle obvious inequities and guarantee safety for all of us. Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. The Ft. Lauderdale Police Department shoved one black woman on the ground and shot another one in the head with a rubber bullet. As a direct result of the murder or George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020, a nationwide wave demanding the defunding of racist police departments has begun.
MIAMI (WSVN) - Members of a South Florida organization are pushing to defund the police in the wake of killings by police of unarmed black civilians. Black Lives Matter Alliance is taking on this cause on a local level against the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, as well as BSO and other Broward departments.
5. Defund Police As a direct result of the murder or George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020, a nationwide wave demanding the defunding of racist police departments has begun.
For more information, see the Annual Report Newsletter Organizers of the march prevented damage to businesses by reminding everyone of the long-term goal of the protest and calling them to join organizing efforts to continue building the power to make demands. As I begin this new assignment, I will be evaluating our department’s strengths and looking for opportunities to improve our processes.My door is always open as I will be seeking input from the community.Click here to send me a message.
2. Reject Broward Charter amendment 2 | Opinion, defund the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Why Trump is the most pro-gay president in U.S. history | Opinion, Questionnaire: Jeff Holness, candidate for Broward County School Board, At Large Seat 9, Questionnaire: Beau Simon, candidate for Broward Soil and Water Conservation District, Dist. Not too far away, Latoya Ratlieff was also on her knees with her hands up, facing a line of police officers before she was shot in the head by a foam bullet. The public may view the reports by going to www.WSVN.com and clicking on "FCC Public File," or by visiting the FCC's website at, Body of missing Virginia man found in car trunk after suspect crashes on Palmetto Expressway, Disney’s Animal Kingdom announces birth of endangered white rhino, Churches raise enough to erase $26.2 million in medical debt for about 20,000 families, Restaurants and organizations offering free food. 4. At the commission meeting, we are also calling for the commission to schedule a date for a new municipal vote to divest the $100 million bond earmarked to build a new police headquarters and instead invest in community-led safety measures. Defund Police As a direct result of the murder or George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020, a nationwide wave demanding the defunding of racist police departments has begun. Improve oversight and independent investigations to hold individual law enforcement officers and police departments accountable for misconduct. Tifanny Burks is a Community Organizer with the Black Lives Matter Alliance Broward, a police abolitionist and an organizer of the May 31 anti-police brutality protest in Fort Lauderdale. To never again vote to increase police funding or to increase the police department's budget. With $10 million additional dollars, what can we imagine and build in our communities? https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-cops-fire-rubber-bullets-laugh-bodycam-video