Advocates Urge Metro to Reimagine Public Safety Starting at Tomorrow’s Board Meeting
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The Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA) has posted an emergency email alert asking the public to email the Metro board in support of motions that would shift transit security resources away from police to unarmed responses. ACT-LA are “calling on Metro to divest from its police budget and reinvest funds into our communities through free […]
![Officer drags Bethany Nava off the train at Westlake/MacArthur Park for not removing her foot from the seat where it was propped up. [Image: still from video taken by Brock Bryan.]](https://i0.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-2.14.59-PM.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
![Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]](https://i2.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-10.51.24-AM.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)