Fill in the form below to send a message telling Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Los Angeles City Council, L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck, The Los Angeles Police Commission, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, Prosecutor Jennifer Wexler, President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, California Governor Brown, the California Congressional Delegation and other Congressional leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and members of the media: Drop the charges on Shalana Little, Xaime Casillas and all other protesters! (scroll down below the form to see the text). |
Text of Petition: To: Mike Feuer, Los Angeles City Attorneycc: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Los Angeles City Council, L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck, The Los Angeles Police Commission, Prosecutor Jennifer Wexler, President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, California Governor Brown, the California Congressional Delegation and other Congressional leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and members of the media RE: Drop the charges on Shalana Little, Xaime Casillas and all other police brutality protesters On December 19, 2014, The Los Angeles Police Department arrested Shalana Little, an activist in the anti-police brutality movement, on the charge of felony “lynching.” She was severely mistreated during her arrest, was held on $30,000 bail for four days, and finally released on Christmas eve. While her charges have since been reduced to three counts of resisting arrest and one count of failure to disperse, this is not enough. The public is still outraged at this racist arrest and charges. California’s lynching law was meant to protect people of color – not to prosecute them. The City of Los Angeles cannot pretend to support our right to protest, while simultaneously continuing its prosecution of protesters for their commitment to justice. Shalana is going to trial in June, but she is not the only activist whose arrest has sparked outrage. Xaime Casillas stands trial this Monday – May 18 – for five counts of resisting arrest and one count of battery against an officer — crimes of which he is innocent. Over 400 people have been arrested in recent months during mass protests against police brutality in Los Angeles, but Shalana and Xaime are facing some of the most serious charges. They each face the threat of four – six years in prison on these false charges, following the aggressive tactics of the police to disrupt various constitutional assemblies. We urge you to drop all the charges on Shalana Little, Xaime Casillas and all protesters now. We will not rest until those charges are dropped. Yours for justice, |
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