Patrisse Cullors, a police and prison abolitionist who co-founded Black Lives Matter, is leading a signature-gathering drive to place a referendum on the November ballot that would transform the largest sheriff’s department in the world.
News of the proposed Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative was first reported by NBC 4 Los Angeles, which labeled it the “Black Lives Matter Ballot Measure.” Proponents want more community control over the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), which provides law enforcement services to 42 contract cities and operates the nation’s largest jail system.
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