Melina Abdullah @DocMellyMel Twitter profile

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

2 months

Setting this right here and pinning. Black Lives Matter Grassroots IS #BlackLivesMatter !

Attempted Murder of Black Lives Matter

They want to kill us because we are a movement driven by people who are unbought and unbossed.

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4 years

Calling out Netanyahu as a racist and declaring the rights of Palestinians wins my vote @BernieSanders . Thank you. #DemocraticDebate #DemDebate2020

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4 years

I’m front of DA Jackie Lacey’s house for that community meeting she promised with the @BLMLA crew. Rang her bell to invite her. Her husband pulled a gun, cocked it, pointed it at my chest and said “I’ll shoot you. I don’t care who you are.” @WP4BL @RealJusticePAC @shaunking

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6 years

And thank you to the man who intervened and affirmed this child’s genius and work ethic. This is what allyship looks like. May this act weigh heavy on the old White woman’s karma.

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Melina Abdullah

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3 years

LAPD exploded seized fireworks in South Central under the guise of keeping communities safe. They destroyed homes, cars, and seriously injured 17 people...then they made excuses about it. This would NEVER happen in an affluent white neighborhood. Police don't keep us safe.

People's City Council - Los Angeles

@PplsCityCouncil

3 years

The moment the explosion happened. What the fuck @LAPDHQ

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

They are white-supremacist terrorists, not protestors.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

We hope and pray that Derek Chauvin is convicted. However, there will be no victories today. Justice would mean #GeorgeFloyd is still with us. #ChauvinTrial #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Fuck you @MayorOfLA . Stop acting like #GeorgeFloyd is an isolated incident. YOUR police killed #GrecharioMack #RedelJones #EricRivera #WakieshaWilson #JesseRomero #LeeJefferson #KenneyWatkins #BrotherAfrica You gave them more money. Blood is on your hands. #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

The violent white-supremacist-patriarchal-heteronormative-capitalism that is pervading our country won’t be upended by a “kinder, gentler” form. It will only be defeated by courageous vision and a political revolution. Let’s go @berniesanders !

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Thankful to my beloved community for keeping me safe...even in the face of police with assault rifles.

Read Let This Radicalize You

@JoshuaPHilll

4 years

So today a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in LA, @DocMellyMel , got swatted. Meaning someone called the cops saying a kidnapping was underway at her home, and the cops showed up like this.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Anyone who claims to be worth $10 billion, have made nearly $500 million in a year and have paid only $750 in federal income taxes IS A THIEF. He benefits from the nation’s public resources without paying his fair share. This is not a victimless crime. We are all victims.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Watching police attack #GeorgeFloyd protestors in downtown LA and news take a completely pro-police position. Many news outlets are simply police propaganda.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Ok @JoeBiden ! Gonna look for you to back up this tweet when you take office...

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

3 years

No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol. We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

@JoshuaPotash I wanna go birding with Christian Cooper!

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

#DefundThePolice doesn't mean reform the police.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

6 years

Don't call the police on Black people. Don't call the police on Black people. Don't call the police on Black people. Don't call the police on Black people. Don't call the police on Black people. Don't call the police on Black people. Don't call the police on Black people.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

It’s hella problematic that Los Angeles “leaders” can say #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTalyor & #AhmaudArbery , but have yet to utter #WakieshaWilson #GrecharioMack #KeithBursey #RyanTwyman #EzellFord #RedelJones or any of the 618 killed by police in the last 7 years. #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

MUST READ! Police solve just 2% of all major crimes And yet cities like Los Angeles give them 54% of our general fund. THIS is why we say #DefundThePolice and #ReimaginePublicSafety . via @ChicagoReporter

Police solve just 2% of all major crimes

When police arrest a suspect who is then convicted of the crime, it is a rare exception rather than the rule in the US.

www.chicagoreporter.com

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

The governor JUST SIGNED #AB1460 !!!! AUTHENTIC #EthnicStudies will become a requirement in the Cal State system. THANK YOU @AsmShirleyWeber for your vision and fortitude! And to the best union on the planet @CFA_News ! And of course @BLMLA @Blklivesmatter @WP4BL !

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

6 years

It’s offensive and RACIST when the news talks about all of the violence of the week and skips over that two Black folks were murdered by a White supremacist in Louisville. Their names were #MauriceStallard and #VickieJones . #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Another victory... Maybe LAPD Chief Moore will follow suit and resign today, after the $150 million cut to his department. 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 LA School Police chief resigns one day after school board approves 35% budget cut via @abc7

LA School Police chief resigns one day after school board approves 35% budget cut

Los Angeles School Police Chief Todd Chamberlain stepped down from his post Wednesday, less than a year after he took the job and one day after the district school board approved a 35% cut to its...

abc7.com

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Lots of people turning to Black organizers imploring us to call for peace. Please turn, first, to the systems that oppress and kill us and call for justice. #NoJusticeNoPeace #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

5 years

. @KamalaHarris wins major points for cancelling her appearance. As an HBCU grad, I'm appalled that Benedict College would betray its motto as a "power for good in society" by honoring Donald Trump, the most blatantly White-supremacist president of our time. #WhatMatters2020

Michael Skolnik

@MichaelSkolnik

5 years

Respect to @KamalaHarris ! Every democratic candidate should cancel their appearance there. Especially those who aren't showing up to #JusticeVotes2020 on Monday at Eastern St. Penitentiary. Cc: @BernieSanders , @ewarren , @JoeBiden , @PeteButtigieg , @JulianCastro + @BetoORourke .

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

6 years

Hearing her name is #TheresePatriciaOkoumou . She may have immigrated from the Congo. If anyone knows how to get in touch with/support the courageous Sister who climbed the Statue of Liberty to uplift the demand to #AbolishICE , please let us know. @BLMLA @Blklivesmatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

THIS is horrific. LAPD bombed South Central Los Angeles and stole the life of Black retired school teacher, Auzie Houchins. Rise in power, Ancestor. We will fight for justice in your name. #LAPDBombs #LAPCFails #FireChiefMoore

Kate Cagle

@KateCagle

3 years

EXCLUSIVE: I've confirmed two elderly victims of the #LAPDBlast have died, including this woman's husband, 72-year-old Auzie Houchins, a retired teacher who was relocated without his oxygen tank or hospital bed. His family believes the incident contributed to his death.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

If these White politicians don’t get off the damn screen spewing select Martin Luther King quotes and telling Black people how to express our rage... We have a right to our rage. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

#NotMyPresident just referred to @Yamiche as "you people," then had a staff member physically take the mic from her at the #coronavirus White House briefing.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

2 years

Today I attempted to watch the mayoral debate held on the campus where I’ve taught for 20 years. As I waited for it to start, the white @PBI director called the police on me. He and each of the candidates watched as I was brutally removed. @CalStateLA

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

"People do not choose rebellion, it is forced upon them. Revolution is always an act of self- defense." -Rev. C.T. Vivian

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Property crime and violent crime are not the same thing .

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

A word of caution... Let’s be discerning about who we organize with. People/organizations with no track record of doing justice work may not be who they say they are.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

The day after the #RNCConvention praised a couple for pointing guns at #BlackLivesMatter protestors, a Trump supporter killed two demonstrators in Kenosha, WI. It’s more than a rogue 17-year-old who has blood on his hands.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

It’s the people v. the police associations (which pretend to be unions). What side are you on? Sign the open letter and #StandWithGeorge !

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

The answer to police killing our people isn’t more training or better recruitment of officers. The answer is abolishing a policing system that hails from slave-catching and intentionally puts targets on our backs. Build a strong, well-resourced community & #AbolishThePolice .

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Adam Toledo was 13. 13. I shouldn’t have watched the video.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

6 years

When a White man stabs two Black girls in the neck at a BART station, another shoots and kills a Black man for coming to the defense of his girlfriend, and another stalks and kills a Black man at a family reunion...all in a week's span, there is a war on Black people.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

8 years

New rule: If there r no Black ppl in the film/tv show, they don't get to use Black music 4 the soundtrack.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

1 year

This is not just a matter of rhetoric. Kevin de León is stoking violent anti-Blackness. KDL supporters chant “all lives matter” - an affront to Black life used by white supremacists.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” -Martin Luther King Jr. #RadicalKing #MLKDay

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Nobody FEELS like protesting...especially in the midst of a pandemic... But... Police stole #BreonnaTaylor ’s life. Prosecutors co-signed. Media echoing a narrative that blames Breonna and her partner for her own death. And they want us to be quiet. Nah. #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

#ChristopherColumbus was a thief, a rapist, a sex trafficker, a pedophile, a colonizer, a murderer, and a crazed genocidal maniac...not to mention an idiot. Fuck Columbus and the ship he rode in on.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

7-year anniversary read on #BlackLivesMatter in @thelasentinel . I am forever indebted to my dearest sister-friend-comrade @OsopePatrisse for her vision & for summoning us together and to our movement-family for breathing life into this beautiful struggle.

Black Lives Matter at 7 Years and the Meaning of this Movement-Moment - Los Angeles Sentinel

“We are the diviners of change!” proclaims Janaya “Future” Khan. Three thousand people … significantly young and Black … fill the massive concrete steps at Los Angeles City Hall, pouring out onto the...

lasentinel.net

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

29 days

It’s me!!!! My spirit is soaring!!!! I’m so deeply honored to be @CornelWest ’s Vice-Presidential running mate. Let’s do it!!!!!

Cornel West announces fellow academic Melina Abdullah as running mate | CNN Politics

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West announced fellow academic Melina Abdullah as his vice presidential nominee in an interview Wednesday on “The Tavis Smiley Show.”

www.cnn.com

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

2 years

I’m beyond dismayed. Each of the candidates for LA mayor on the debate stage…including my longtime friend @KarenBassLA …wants to increase LAPD funding and condemned protestors. #lamayoraldebate

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

If the world survives this regime, history will see Trump much the way we now see Hitler. A vile, murderous, force of evil. The question will be, "How did people allow him to gain and maintain power? Why did they submit?" Do not submit. It is our duty to resist. Trump must go.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

7 years

Mr. Hayes was dragged and arrested at 82 years old for allegedly speaking off topic. New ordinance would make this treatment new norm.

ACLU SoCal

@ACLU_SoCal

7 years

LAPD is arresting people for speaking 20 secs over their time at public hearings. They want a new law that allows them to criminalize these people for exercising their civic duties. Take action to oppose this draconian measure.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

AB 1460 - which makes Ethnic Studies a CSU requirement - JUST PASSED!!!!! 30-5 vote... Next steps: -Conference Committee -Governor’s signature This is the result of years of tireless work by students, faculty, staff, and community, and the courageous vision of @DrShirleyWeber .

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Alright White folks... Imma give you this tip... Don't call Black people "articulate." WTF did you think we were gonna sound like?

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

Why is @MayorOfLA always smiling... Even when he’s talking about racism, oppression and the murder of Black people?

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

It does not hurt my feelings when white-supremacists call me a Marxist. I’d be much more upset to be dubbed a capitalist.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

7 years

Listen...White folks don't get to tell us who is and who is not racist.

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@DocMellyMel

6 years

Alright. Who is this woman? @shaunking

The Root

@TheRoot

6 years

Parking Patrol Paula decided to take a break from ruining potato salad to call the cops on a black man who was trying to get into his own car:

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Police abolition is not only possible, it’s necessary. Let’s start by getting #CopsOffCampus in CA public schools, colleges & universities. I am so very honored to have co-authored this with Dr. Angela Davis and Dr. Robin Kelley.

California must lead the way in abolishing school and university campus police

The UC and CSU campus police forces we have are not in need of a task force; they are the outcome of task forces. | OPINION

www.sacbee.com

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

What would happen if the people who stormed the Capitol were Black? #RhetoricalQuestion

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

Fuck the police .

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

I still haven’t told my son. My 10-year-old beautiful boy has dressed up in his Black Panther bodysuit nearly everyday for 3 years and gone in the backyard, reciting words to himself and practice his fighting skills. How do I tell him that cancer killed his King? #WakandaForever

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Call Assembly Speaker Rendon 916-319-2063. Tell him to pass #SB731 - The #KennethRossJr Police Decertification Bill. Let’s tell @rendon63rd that police who kill people shouldn’t get to keep their badges, guns, and jobs. #DecertifyDirtyCops #SB731 #BlackLivesMatter @blmla

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Fuck Chris Wallace for advocating for the National Guard to put down the "riots" in Portland. How about getting the police to stop killing people so we don't have to protest? #PresidentialDebate2020

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Come on @MSNBC quit trying to deracialize this. It's not about which counties "lean Democrat." BLACK VOTERS are voting in @ReverendWarnock in the #georigarunoff . They might give @ossoff the win too. Might.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Tried not to cry watching this beautiful Black woman...my #Oakland homegirl, @HowardU #Bison & #AKA1908 Soror @KamalaHarris be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor ...but failed miserably. #MsVicePresident #Inauguration2021

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Biden has spent his political career advocating a lock-them-up approach that feeds mass incarceration and overpolicing. @BernieSanders has been willing to get to the root of the issue...providing for people’s needs reduces crime. #ReimaginePublicSafety #NotMeUs

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@BenjaminPDixon

4 years

This is why they don’t want to talk about Biden’s or Bernie’s careers

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

This is a BIG DEAL! Let’s make this happen. #CareNotCops #ReimaginePublicSafety

Herb J. Wesson, Jr.

@HerbJWesson

4 years

Today I, alongside my colleagues, will introduce a motion to replace LAPD officers with unarmed, non-law enforcement agencies who will be responsible for responding to non-violent calls for service.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Is anybody else pissed at @MayorOfLA @ericgarcetti and White politicians casting themselves as authorities on "structural racism" while dictating the proper way for Black people to protest the murder of #GeorgeFloyd by police? #BlackLivesMatter

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

Don’t be afraid to say ABOLISH THE POLICE. #BlackLivesMatter

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

WEDNESDAY 8AM Police shouldn’t be dispatched as mental health providers, youth workers, EMTs, or housing services. Non-violent calls should go to experts in the appropriate fields. CALL AND AGREE... Tell the City…

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

2 years

One of the most committed, visionary DAs in the nation was just recalled. @chesaboudin made me believe in the term “progressive prosecutor.” Big-money, pro-cop interests bought the election. They’re trying to do the same thing in LA. We can’t fall for it.

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

Yesterday’s attempted white-supremacist coup is yet another reason to #AbolishThePolice . Police didn’t just “not do their jobs.” They supported and actively enabled terrorists and took part in a violent siege on the U.S. Capitol. This is who they are. They cannot be reformed.

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@DocMellyMel

1 year

Jason Reedy should be honored and celebrated for committing his life to standing for Black people and against injustice. Jason is a kind, dedicated Brother, dear friend, and BLMLA comrade. KDL is a violent racist who must #ResignNow

#BlackLivesMatter-LA

@BLMLA

1 year

Y’all wanted the whole video? Here it is. Racist, violent councilmember Kevin de León clearly attacks Black father, BLMLA organizer and Angeleno Jason Reedy. Shame on all who are making excuses for this man. #KDLMustGo #KDLResignNow

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@DocMellyMel

1 year

There’s no such thing as a Black cop. They’re all blue. #TyreNichols

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

When Black women struggle financially, we’re ridiculed and called welfare queens. When we literally work 5 jobs and purchase housing for our family, we’re called capitalists. Just stop. #SupportBlackWomen

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

This is a moment when the world has cracked wide open and all of our most radical imaginings can be ushered in. Grateful for our movement and all the beautiful beings in it. @osopepatrisse @blmlosangeles @blklivesmatter #BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice #ReimaginePublicSafety

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@DocMellyMel

5 years

As you may know, I'm facing 8 counts related to my activism combatting police violence against our people. It would mean the world to me if you would CALL THE CITY ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW AND TELL HIM TO DROP THE CHARGES...and then call daily. Calls only take about 30 seconds.

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

Yesterday @MayorOfLA appropriated our #ReimaginePublicSafety message and DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what the people have been demanding; he expanded LAPD by adding a new "Community Safety Partnership" Bureau. #DefundThePolice means DEFUND, NOT FUND.

WATCH LIVE: Mayor expected to discuss Los Angeles police reforms....

Watch Live: Mayor Eric Garcetti hold news conference where he is expected to dicuss Los Angeles police reforms. http://4.nbcla.com/tasB95L

www.facebook.com

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

To be clear, I am an on-the-ground organizer, in the streets everyday...for years. I'm not a "celebrity." I'm a single mama of 3, who works as an educator, and who has committed my life to Black freedom struggle. I'm also from Oakland, endured a lot, and not easily shaken.

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine. Black women are Divine.

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

Tuesday @LASchools can be courageous. Every School Board member should VOTE YES ON THE @monica4la motion to #DefundThePolice in LAUSD by 90% over 3 years. Need you to get on board @nickmelvoin @Jackie4LAkids @DrGeorgeMcKenna @Kelly4LASchools @ScottAtLAUSD @richardvladovic .

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

I vote because my Ancestors command it of me... There are a few times when I’m excited to get to the polls... @RepKarenBass on the ballot is definitely one of the greatest motivators. #KarenForVP #PeoplesVP #Unity

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@DocMellyMel

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Look... Quit trying to unite with the damn Trump supporters who are blatant white-supremacists, who didn't vote for your ass... Instead it's time to DO SOMETHING for the Black folks who saved you/us and VOTED TRUMP OUT. #BlackFolksDefeatedTrump

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

Violence is... The murder of #GeorgeFloyd at the hands of police. Violence is... Police beating and shooting rubber bullets at protestors. Violence is... The national guard using assault weapons on U.S. residents. Violence is NOT... Breaking the window at Starbucks.

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@DocMellyMel

5 years

@JulianCastro None about anti-Blackness or people being killed by police either. Thank you for lifting #AtatianaJefferson .

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@DocMellyMel

6 years

People are greater than money. People are greater than money. People are greater than money. People are greater than money. People are greater than money. People are greater than money. People are greater than money. The people will win.

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5 years

Just drove home down Crenshaw... Police using @NipseyHussle ’s murder to terrorize and harass the community...and I’m sure more of their bullshit is coming...

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

#Karen ...ahem...I mean Amy Wakeland, wife of @MayorOfLA , called the LAPD on @blmla protestors 80+ times during #GeorgeFloyd uprisings because she believes white comfort is more important than Black life.

L.A.’s first lady, Amy Wakeland, navigates shifting political fortunes in final Garcetti years

Mayor Eric Garcetti's wife, Amy Wakeland, has generally remained out of the spotlight. But protests, COVID-19 and a lawsuit have brought public attention.

www.latimes.com

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@DocMellyMel

6 years

I vote in every election because my Ancestors fought & died for that right. If it weren’t important there would be no gerrymandering, voter suppression, disenfranchisement... That said, there are limits to electoral politics. Most of my heroes are activists, not politicians.

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@DocMellyMel

6 years

Stop calling them “White nationalists.” They are not some benign group that simply disagrees ideologically. They are violent White supremacists. They are terrorists. @MSNBC @CNNPolitics

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@DocMellyMel

3 years

In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009, #OscarGrant was fatally shot by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police. 12 years later and his family has yet to receive justice. Tweet @AlamedaCountyDA and demand DA O’Malley reopen Officer Pirone’s case.

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

This is an uprising. A rebellion. A revolt.

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@DocMellyMel

7 years

In CA taxpayers spend $9k per pupil but $63-189k per prisoner. #SchoolsNotPrisons

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@DocMellyMel

4 years

LAPD already eats up 53% of LA’s general fund. @MayorOfLA wants to increase police overtime funds by 47%! That’s $200 million, at a time when crime is down 30% & we need funds for services in the midst of the #coronavirus crisis. @CD6Nury & City Council need to #BlockTheLABudget !

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

6 years

It may be LA County Sheriff. Point is police just killed a Black child in LA and is now terrorizing the community that is in uproar. 107th & Budlong NOW.

#BlackLivesMatter-LA

@BLMLA

6 years

Getting word that LAPD just killed a 16 year-old boy. His body is still on the ground on 107th & Budlong. #BlackLivesMatter

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Black folks can't be expected to unite with white supremacists @JoeBiden .

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

I LOVE how regular-ass-Black-folks, who never before said anything political, are GOING OFF in this moment...reminding us that it was always there...in all of us.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Well damn! If @JoeBiden were the kind of radical they’re purporting him to be in the #RNCConvention , he’d get my enthusiastic support!

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

3 years

Lawmakers & @joebiden sure moved quickly to make #Juneteenth a federal holiday. Need them to pick up the pace to pass #HR40 and run us our #Reparations .

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

White-supremacist-patriarchal-heteronormative-capitalism will not give way easily. The system will unleash all of its weaponry to put down those who dare challenge its power. And this is why it’s called struggle.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

#Juneteenth is BLACK FREEDOM DAY to be celebrated by Black people. Stop mainstreaming it.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

7 years

"I don't plan to have children. These films are what I want to leave behind, what I want to do with my time here." @ava #DefiningJustice

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

6 years

Capitalism makes us...working class folks...believe that we are in competition with one another because viewing each other as adversaries allows capitalism to thrive. We topple capitalist oppression when we work in cooperation. Solidarity.

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Sad truth is that no matter how racist, ignorant, poorly spoken, bumbling, and visionless @JoeBiden is, the Democratic Party, mass media, and corporate interests are going to do all they can to make sure he’s the nominee. And then they’re going to lose to Trump. #DemDebate

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

2 years

Interim term for new Council Pres runs through December. I wanna see @mikebonin in that seat! Let him close out his tenure with the crown deserves. And @CD6Nury + 3 gotta step all the way down. Not just from the presidency. Who’s with that?

Nury Martinez Resigns as LA City Council President Over Recording That Included Racist Slurs

Nury Martinez announced Monday that she will resign as Los Angeles City Council President.

www.nbclosangeles.com

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Melina Abdullah

@DocMellyMel

4 years

Look... As much as I wanted it to be @RepKarenBass ... I told y’all from the beginning that @JoeBiden was gonna pick @KamalaHarris . Somebody owes me a dollar.

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