Melina Abdullah told us:

"We've been very deliberate in saying that the violence and pain and hurt that's experienced on a daily basis by black folks at the hands of a repressive system should also be visited upon to a degree to those who think that they can just retreat to white affluence."

By Abdullah’s count, 601 people have been killed by police in Los Angeles under the administrations of Mayor Eric Garcetti and District Attorney Jackie Lacey. According to The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office data compiled in the L.A. Times Homicide Report, law enforcement officers have killed 329 people since 2013, when Garcetti and Lacey were both in their current positions. The Homicide Report lists 876 people killed by police in L.A. County since Jan. 1, 2000.

Melina Abdullah told us:
<blockquote>
"We've been very deliberate in saying that the violence and pain and hurt that's experienced on a daily basis by black folks at the hands of a repressive system should also be visited upon to a degree to those who think that they can just retreat to white affluence."
</blockquote>
By Abdullah&rsquo;s count, 601 people have been killed by police in Los Angeles under the administrations of Mayor Eric Garcetti and District Attorney Jackie Lacey. According to The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner&rsquo;s office data compiled in the <a href="https://homicide.latimes.com/officer_involved/true/year/all">L.A. Times Homicide Report</a>, law enforcement officers have killed 329 people since 2013, when Garcetti and Lacey were both in their current positions. The Homicide Report lists 876 people killed by police in L.A. County since Jan. 1, 2000.

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Black Lives Matter-LA's Melina Abdullah Speaks About Saturday's Protests

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