Demonstrate Against Police Brutality and for Community Control of Police Wednesday, March 15

Title: Demonstrate Against Police Brutality and for Community Control of Police Wednesday, March 15

Author: [Campaign for Community Control of the Police]

Publication: [Los Angeles, California]: [Campaign for Community Control of the Police], 2000.

Description: Flyer for a demonstration against police brutality and for civilian control of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), issued by the Campaign for Community Control of the Police. Undated, but 2000, based on internal evidence. Black-and-white photo reproductions. Bifolium, folded to 8.5 x 7 inches; [4] pages. Moderate creasing and edgewear. Very Good.

At the time of this publication, the Campaign for Community Control of the Police was a new grassroots coalition, organized in the wake of the LAPD Rampart Scandal. The flyer calls for dismantling the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) anti-gang units of the Rampart Division, whose officers had engaged in widespread criminal conduct. In addition, it calls for independent elected civilian review boards, an independent special prosecutor for police corruption cases, and improved responses to mental health crises. Evidence of organized efforts to establish civilian control of the LAPD, in the longer history of resistance to police abuse in Los Angeles. At time of cataloging, no other materials from Campaign for Community Control of the Police can be found in the trade or Worldcat.