With Washington, DC, now facing the racial profiling and militarized policing that have made LA less safe, local leaders can show the country how to rebuild trust.
Claire Simonich, Associate Director, Vera California
Over the past two weeks, the country’s eyes have turned toward Washington, DC—many with horror, some with delight. The streets of the capital now swarm with federal agents, National Guard soldiers, and federalized police targeting people for supposed threats to public safety like sleeping outside or even throwing a sandwich. This worst of this occupation may be temporary, but the people of Los Angeles know that the long-term dangers, including frequent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and a climate of fear, will not simply end when the last soldiers leave…