A political action committee co-founded by activist Shaun King has teamed up with Black Lives Matter’s top strategist to push a proposed ballot measure that would fundamentally transform the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) — an agency that provides policing services to 42 contract cities and operates the nation’s largest jail system.
Canvassers representing the Real Justice PAC have been gathering signatures in support of the Reform L.A. Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative. The suggested referendum aims to stop the construction of two new correctional facilities and give a civilian oversight panel legal powers over the LASD. The campaign said its initiative “radically reimagines a system that responds to black and brown bodies with detention, incarceration, and criminalization.”
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