Throughout the United States police brutality has become rampant. In the past few months there have been many instances of police brutality displayed throughout the LOs Angeles and Long Beach areas. With the shooting of Marcella Byrd, a 57 yr-old mentally ill homeless women to the brutal display of excessivce force on the 16 yr-old gentleman in Inglewood.

The police have tried to repress political dissidence as well. It has been well documented that the Long Beach Police department has used excessive survelliance techiques to suppress politcal dissent in the areas. As labor and community unrest grow we must stand up to the state and say we are not going to take this any longer. No more beatings, no more racial profiling!!

Come together as a community to demand that the police department be held accountable for its actions. Let the community decide what and how we should pursue community policing. Enough of the patriarchal institutions of the police department. We can no longer take state repression and we must take the power back into the communities!!!

Join us August 3 at 3pm in Long BEach on the corners of Pacific and E 14th st and the march will proceed to the Long Beach Police station. The time has come for the citizens to take their communities back!!