Why Black Lives Matter-LA is trying to take down the county's first Black district attorney.
after Lacey's office declined to prosecute the officers involved because physical evidence corroborated their account that Ford posed"an immediate threat" to police.
"Throughout my time as D.A, I have always been more than willing to sit down and have an open dialogue with the Black Lives Matter Organization," Lacey said in an email."As an African American woman, and lifelong Democrat I have consistently pursued criminal justice reform and I strongly feel that BLM can play a very meaningful role in this debate. Unfortunately, in recent times the organization has rejected my offers to have constructive conversations.
"For years our communities have watched, officer after officer, no charges be brought," she said during awith Garcetti and other mayors."That has led to the explosion that is happening in all of our cities now."
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