THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 6:00PM-8:00PM:
SPEAK OUT ON THE NEED FOR STRONG REGULATIONS TO END RACIAL & IDENTITY PROFILING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA-HEARING OF THE STATE RACIAL AND IDENTITY PROFILING ADVISORY BOARD CREATED BY AB 953.
Location: CAL STATE LOS ANGELES Student Union Building
5154 State University Drive, Room 308 (Los Angeles Room)
Los Angeles, CA 90032.
THANKS TO THE POWERFUL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT THAT MANY OF YOU WERE A PART OF – INCLUDING ALL YOUR CALLS, VISITS WITH LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND STORYTELLING, RALLIES AMD MARCHES, SIGNATURE GATHERING AND A HISTORIC SHUT DOWN OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, THE COURAGE OF YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE BURIED LOVED ONES KILLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR THE MORAL STRENGTH SHOWN BY CLERGY LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS AND UNIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION WHO STOOD WITH US, FOR THE BRILLIANCE AND HARD WORK OF THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE DAILY LOVE AND COMMITMENT FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER, MARCUS MC KINNEY AND THE ENTIRE STAFF WHO DARED TO FIGHT AND ALSO DARED TO LET US FIGHT FIERCELY…
WE PASSED AB 953 TO CHALLENGE RACIAL AND IDENTITY PROFILING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALI.
BUT WE MUST WORK TO MAKE THIS VICTORY REAL.
Please come out on Thursday to speak out on the proposed regulations governing data collection.
AB 953, among other things, enacted Government Code section 12525.5, which requires state and local law enforcement agencies to collect data regarding stops of individuals, including perceived demographic information on the person stopped, and to report this data to the California Attorney General’s Office. AB 953 also requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and reporting of this stop data. (Gov. Code, § 12525.5, subd. (e).) The Attorney General’s Office has drafted these proposed regulations, and Thursday is our opportunity to comment on them.
You can review the proposed regulations here:
LINK: oag.ca.gov/ab953/regulations
See you on Thursday night, thanks!!