{"id":191735,"date":"2021-03-05T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191735"},"modified":"2021-03-05T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T01:30:18","slug":"black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter\u2019s Most Prominent Chapter Launches Drive Targeting Police Unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BLM-rally.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Black Lives Matter\u2019s most prominent chapter recently launched a campaign to \u201cend police associations\u201d as part of its ongoing effort to defund and abolish the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-02-25\/black-lives-matter-la-launches-campaign-against-law-enforcement-unions\">According<\/a> to the Los Angeles Times, Black Lives Matter-LA is \u201ctargeting two of Southern California\u2019s biggest police unions, saying they will push to have them ejected from the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and ultimately disbanded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BLM members and allies began protesting last week outside of the ACLU of Southern California, located across from the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) headquarters. The union represents about 9,800 LAPD officers. Activists vowed to return every Wednesday, a common BLM strategy to build support for the group\u2019s long-term objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the demonstrations have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xashgiggles\/status\/1367664384990871552\">displayed<\/a> signs with anti-law enforcement messages, such as \u201cNo Good Cops,\u201d \u201cAll Cops Are Bastards,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stxchun\/status\/1367226485614866434\">Abolish Police<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spaghettialliso\/status\/1367279949132931073\">and<\/a> \u201cPolice Associations Are Organized Crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFund Services, Not Police\u201d Rally \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLMLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BLMLA<\/a> \u2013 Downtown Los Angeles \u2013 3\/3\/21<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/newpost?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#newpost<\/a> on IG @ giggle_snaps <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e6NcpNCSY1\">pic.twitter.com\/e6NcpNCSY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ash\u2728 (@xashgiggles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xashgiggles\/status\/1367664384990871552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are here as a start of a new weekly protest to topple police associations, to end police associations and you all know it might be a long fight \u2013 or it might not,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2021\/02\/24\/black-lives-matter-movement-launches-campaign-against-la-police-officers-union\/\">said<\/a> Melina Abdullah, lead organizer of BLM-LA at the launch last week. \u201cBut we know every fight we\u2019ve engaged in we have won.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DocMellyMel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DocMellyMel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLMLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BLMLA<\/a>: we have won every fight we\u2019ve waged, from voting out Jackie Lacey, Measure J, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlockGarcetti?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlockGarcetti<\/a> and defunding the school police. We will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndPoliceAssociations?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndPoliceAssociations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Qkgy4T1z6\">pic.twitter.com\/9Qkgy4T1z6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc9c\u2764\ufe0fJane Nguyen (@theglowingstars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theglowingstars\/status\/1367260722195955713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abdullah <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theglowingstars\/status\/1367260722195955713\">cited<\/a> several recent victories claimed by BLM, including defeating former L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey at the ballot box in November, blocking Mayor Eric Garcetti from a Cabinet position in the Biden administration, nudging former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck out the door, and forcing elected officials to defund local police forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a spiritual fight, and the way that you know that we have spirit, that we have ancestors on our side, is that we always f[******] win,\u201d Abdullah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CL-nolMlgwz\/\">said<\/a> at Wednesday\u2019s action. \u201cAnd that is the evidence that spirit is on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2021\/02\/24\/black-lives-matter-movement-launches-campaign-against-la-police-officers-union\/\">According<\/a> to the L.A. Daily News, BLM\u2019s objective is to end policing. The outlet reported that Abdullah said \u201ctheir goal was to defund and ultimately abolish the LAPD, via challenging its police union, which they allege has set the rules for how officers are disciplined, at the expense of the public\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefunding is just shorthand for abolition,\u201d Abdullah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-02-25\/black-lives-matter-la-launches-campaign-against-law-enforcement-unions\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t forget that TODAY is the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndPoliceAssociations?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndPoliceAssociations<\/a> action led by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLMLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BLMLA<\/a> to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAPPL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LAPPL<\/a> reign of terror.<\/p>\n<p>3pm in front of the LAPPL building at 1313 W 8th St.<\/p>\n<p>Be there!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbolishPolice?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AbolishPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FundServicesNotSweeps?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FundServicesNotSweeps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PrKJWmFFSk\">pic.twitter.com\/PrKJWmFFSk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steven Chun \ud83e\udd84 (@stxchun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stxchun\/status\/1367226485614866434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The L.A. Times reports, \u201cRepresentatives of Black Lives Matter-L.A. also want the labor federation, which represents about 300 affiliates, to sever its ties with the Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, the union representing deputies with the county\u2019s Sheriff\u2019s Department.\u201d According to The Times, \u201cAkili, who goes by a single name, said his group is working on state legislation to decertify police unions.\u201d Formerly known as Greg Akili, he is one of BLM-LA\u2019s most respected members who previously worked as an organizer for the United Farm Workers in the 1970s with the late Cesar Chavez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you ever seen (LAPPL) on the front-lines or a picket supporting $15 an hour?\u201d Akili asked supporters. \u201cAnyone has ever seen that? Hell no, because they don\u2019t care about working people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LAPPL President Craig Lally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2021\/02\/24\/black-lives-matter-movement-launches-campaign-against-la-police-officers-union\/\">described<\/a> BLM\u2019s campaign as \u201cyet another dangerous idea from the anti-public safety fringes that\u2019s akin to their previous ideas to defund the LAPD budget by 93% or to end incarceration for dangerous convicts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an outright lie to suggest that this group has any ability to strip the union representation rights of our members or any member of a union,\u201d Lally continued. \u201cThat\u2019s an anti-democratic tactic usually promoted by authoritarian regimes, not organizations that purport to be rooted in respecting workers\u2019 rights and democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the L.A. Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-02-25\/black-lives-matter-la-launches-campaign-against-law-enforcement-unions\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Asked about the activists\u2019 campaign, L.A. County Federation spokesman Christian Castro said his organization believes that all workers have a right to form a union.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe stand by our original stance \u2014 that every worker in every field should have the right to collectively bargain and build power in the workplace under a union contract,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Police Protective League has serious pull in Los Angeles and Sacramento,<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-06-10\/lapd-union-political-donations\">putting money<\/a> into the campaigns of state lawmakers, citywide elected officials and council members, among others. Last fall, despite massive summer protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the league and other law enforcement unions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-09-02\/california-police-reform-bills-derailed\">derailed several bills<\/a> aimed at requiring more accountability, oversight and transparency from law enforcement agencies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing more dangerous than pretending you live in peace when someone has declared war upon you,\u201d Abdullah said on Wednesday. \u201cWe have to remember that police associations have long declared war on us. These police are descendants of slave-catchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they are attempting to put their prongs in, to dig their claws in every way they can,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey\u2019ve evolved; they\u2019ve bettered their tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what makes a labor union a union?\u201d Abdullah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CL-nolMlgwz\/\">asked<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s solidarity with working-class people. It\u2019s not just about the wages and benefits of your members; it\u2019s about how you come together with every other working-class person. (Police unions\u2019) interests are fundamentally opposed to every other working-class person. So they are not a f[******] union, and we are going to get them kicked out of the house of labor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah said police unions \u201conly advocate for their narrow interests\u201d and attempt to lobby for taxpayer dollars to \u201cpour money into policing that puts targets on the backs of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BLM\u2019s push to end police associations comes at a time when several law enforcement unions and officials have coalesced against newly-elected, controversial L.A. County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n. Victims rights advocates announced a campaign to recall Gasc\u00f3n last weekend, which will officially launch on Monday, 90 days after he took office, the first day a recall petition can be filed.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-leader-stands-with-l-a-s-new-progressive-d-a-dont-let-the-aholes-sway-you\">urged<\/a> BLM members and allies to \u201cstand alongside [Gasc\u00f3n] because his enemies are coming with a vengeance.\u201d She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melina.abdullah\/posts\/10158725120215930?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXbli2i2Rk-pG46N1mHay2NhaInSmuqYQe0dVSiBbqkoKlAg1OKW2fFfdWTiZcnpoEb3pT02O9QG6xFcQQoU_BxSQAtiz6Winp-1r8OxntXGAw7fHVn1PmCfY4z50eJF6eir_XQ4bGMw37Hd4q7Yoex&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">told<\/a> her followers on social media that Gasc\u00f3n \u201cseems like the real deal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m posting this because just as we hold electeds accountable when they harm communities, we must also stand with those leaders who advance justice,\u201d Abdullah wrote on Facebook, tagging Gasc\u00f3n in the message. \u201cWe\u2019re with you George Gasc\u00f3n! Don\u2019t let the a**holes who are dead set on maintaining an unjust system sway you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-leader-stands-with-l-a-s-new-progressive-d-a-dont-let-the-aholes-sway-you\">Black Lives Matter Leader Stands With L.A.\u2019s New Progressive D.A., \u2018Don\u2019t Let The A**Holes Sway You\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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