The LA Police Commission is discussing revisions to LAPD use of force policy to make it consistent with the higher standards set by AB 392. 
LAPD kills more people than any other police agency in America. LA Police Commission is debating if it should adopt new restrictions on deadly force that can substantially reduce this violence. Why aren’t there any other black people in the room while this decision is being made?
Now the police are proposing their revisions to the policy. Trying to water down the intent of AB 392 at the local level.
Public comment period is coming up next. Have to push back against the police narrative and push for a policy that 1) limits officers to using minimum amount of force necessary; 2) requires de-escalation and 3) requires police to exhaust all alternatives prior to deadly force.
The room is half full. Almost everyone is white. More public comments have come from crazy white guys who said the police should’ve shot *more* people. Communities impacted by police violence have not been represented much at all in this meeting.
It’s now a dynamic where it’s white guys arguing the police should be able to shoot whoever they want being followed by white guys who argue the police are racist so the policy won’t matter (it does matter). The commission, also, is extremely white.
