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Black Lives Matter Directs Allies To L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s Home After Chauvin Guilty Verdict

BLM Demands Garcetti Defund LAPD. “There is an entire system that needs to be upended.”

Jeffrey Cawood
Black Lives Matter Directs Allies To L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s Home After Chauvin Guilty Verdict
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Shortly after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges for his role in the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter’s Los Angeles chapter instructed followers to gather outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s home.

“Relieved by the guilty verdict AND…Justice for #GeorgeFloyd required that we #ReimaginePublicSafety and #DefundThePolice,” tweeted BLM-LA’s official account. “Meet us in front of the Mayor’s mansion RIGHT NOW.”

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