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The <b>Malcolm X
Grassroots Movement</b> (<b>MXGM</b>) maintains
that regardless of what one may think of Christopher Dorner and the
rights or
wrongs of his actions, we want to call attention to the truth’s stated
in
Dorner’s manifesto regarding the pervasiveness of racism in the Los
Angeles
Police Department (LAPD).
<p class="MsoNormal">As many historians and commentators have pointed
out since
the release of Dorner’s manifesto, the LAPD is a notoriously racist
institution. The Ramparts Division scandal of the late 1990’s is one
recent reminder
of how racist and corrupt the institution is, and to what extent the
judiciary
and other branches and institutions of the US government support its
actions. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We should be clear that the LAPD is not an
aberration or an
exception to the rule. Racism is endemic to all law enforcement
agencies in the
United States, and is part and parcel of the foundations of the United
States
government, its historic mission, and its systemic functioning. What
Mr. Dorner’s
manifesto call into question is the degree to which racism is blatantly
ignored, reasoned away, and legitimized in this society. This is
further
evidenced by the fact that William J. Bratton, the innovator of the
infamously
racist “stop and frisk” policies and tactics, who was the Chief of
Police in
Los Angeles when Mr. Dorner filed his complaints and was subsequently
fired,
has been hired by the city of Oakland (which is currently under Federal
receivership for its racist conduct) to reportedly “clean it up”. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In July 2012 our organization issued a critical
report on
the Extrajudicial Killing of Black people by the Police (see <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mxgm.org/report-on-the-extrajudicial-killings-of-120-black-people/">http://mxgm.org/report-on-the-extrajudicial-killings-of-120-black-people/</a>)
that
highlighted the cold facts regarding the deadly impact of racism and
national
oppression, made several concrete demands on the US government, and
encouraged
Black people to unite and reorganize ourselves to defend our
communities
against the various forms of state repression aimed at us and our
social
movements for justice. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We maintain that our people must step up our
organizing
efforts to curtail the repressive apparatus being built by the US
government to
contain oppressed peoples and radical social movements, and we resubmit
the
critical demands we posed in 2012, as they are no less relevant in
2013, which
have been graphically illustrated by the impact of Mr. Dorner’s
statements and
actions. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Some fundamental demands</u>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Los Angeles specific demands:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">1.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>We
call for an independent investigation into the
numerous allegations made by Christopher Dorner against specific named
individuals, as well as his general allegations of police conduct, and
the
charges of nepotism that he contends surrounded his firing. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">2.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">We call for an independent commission
to investigate the documented
abuses of the LAPD and to hear unfiled claims of racial discrimination
and
abuse against the department, and to try the department before a
Federal court
to provide redress for the victims. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">3.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">We call for the immediate
institutionalization of a Police
Control Board in the city of Los Angeles directly elected by the
people, which
possesses the power to monitor, review, and change all racist policies
and
procedures, and to fire, subpoena, and try offending police officers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National demands: </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="">1.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span>We call for the institutionalization of Police
Control Boards that are directly elected by the people. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="">2.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span>We call for the elimination of the Police Bill
of Rights and the numerous civil service rules and judicial policies
and
procedures that give the police anonymity, freedom from having their
behavior
recorded and virtual immunity from accountability and prosecution. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="">3.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span>We call for the end to the various polices of
containment such as racial profiling, stop and frisk, gang injunctions,
secure
communities, etc. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="">4.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span>We demand the demilitarization of domestic law
enforcement, including eliminating the use of Drones and various
surveillance
operations and institutions. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="">5.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span>We call for the redirection of military funding to
social programs, such as public education, housing, health care, public
transportation, and grassroots-controlled programs to prevent domestic
and
intra-communal violence. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="">6.<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span>We call for the institutionalization of a <i>National Plan of
Action for Racial Justice</i>
to combat racism and racial discrimination in the institutions of
government
and the social relations that shape the economy. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organize and Take Action! The system will change,
only when
we make it change. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forward,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement<br>
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 </p>
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In Unity and Struggle,
<div>Kali </div>
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target="_blank">http://www.mxgm.org</a></div>
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href="http://navigatingthestorm.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://navigatingthestorm.blogspot.com</a><br>
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