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How Teenagers Got Police to Back Down and Remove Military-Grade Weaponry From Their High Schools

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Brian Sumner 1266 Views Alternet.org, assault, Augustus F Hawkins High School, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Bryan Cantero, CA, California, Chief Steven Zipperman, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, demilitarization, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, ferguson, Fight for the Soul of the Cities, film the police, freedom, grenade launchers, Labor Community Strategy Center, LASPD, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles School Police Department, Los Angeles Unified School Board, M-16, militarized police, militarized police force, mine-resistant ambush protected, Monique Jones, mrap, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, public schools, repost, Sarah Lazare, So Cal, video, weapons of war

Last month students in the Los Angeles School District won a two year battle to have military grade police equipment

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Los Angeles Teen Activists Push To Disarm School Police Of Military Weapons, And Win!

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1288 Views Accountability, Activism, ARTICLE, black lives matter, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, DOD, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, freedom, grassroots movement, Harassment, high school, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, lapd, LASPD, Los Angeles, militarized police, military equippment, military weapons and police, no victim no crime, police accountability, police are not soldiers, police shooting, Police State, prison industrial complex, school and the cops, school board, School Officer, school to prison pipeline, successful activism, teenagers, teens and the cops, Transparency, writing

If you’re one of those citizens who feels as though activism and protest is irrelevantly ineffective, check this out. Recently,

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