For Immediate Release
Contact: press@blmgrassroots.org
March 26, 2025
CONTACT:
Jasmyne Cannick: (323) 839-0216
GATHERING AND PRESS CONFERENCE LOCATION:
March 28 at 2 PM
LAPD Metro Detention Center
180 North Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
The family of Wakiesha Wilson will join Black Lives Matter- Los Angeles and state and federal lawmakers to commemorate the anniversary of the murder of their loved one who was killed in LAPD Metropolitan Detention Center on March 27, 2016 with new legislative proposals. Wilson’s family along with BLM Los Angeles, BLM California, and BLM Grassroots have been fighting and lobbying for policy changes and laws that would help prevent families in the future from suffering as they did when officials failed to notify them of their loved ones death for 4 days.
March 28, 2025 at 2 PM at the LAPD Metro Detention Center Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove will unveil the Family Notification Act which she re-introduced late last year and would require law enforcement agencies to inform families immediately when their loved ones are killed, injured, or moved within the federal prison system.
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan will make public the details of Wakiesha’s Law which is meant to address similar issues within the California state and local prisons and jails.
Lisa Hines, Wakiesha Wilson’s mother, and Sheila Hines, Wakiesha’s aunt, will speak on their quest for justice for Wakiesha and the urgency of policy changes to help other families avoid the same suffering they did. Dr. Melina Abdullah of BLMLA and BLM Grassroots will also speak to the need for such policies under the current political administration.
About Black Lives Matter Grassroots
Black Lives Matter Grassroots is the original formation of Black Lives Matter, birthed July 13, 2013. It comprises 39 chapters on-the-ground committed to ending state-sanctioned violence against Black people. Black Lives Matter Los Angles is one of those chapters. The mission of Black Lives Matter Grassroots is to support, sustain, empower, and uplift the necessary agitations, mobilizations, organizing, education, expressions, initiatives, and advocacy of Black Lives Matter chapters, partnering organizations, groups, and people in order to fulfill our sacred duty to advance Black liberation.
Wilson’s family along with BLM Los Angeles, BLM California, and BLM Grassroots have been fighting and lobbying for policy changes and laws that would help prevent families in the future from suffering as they did when officials failed to notify them of their loved ones death for 4 days.
Black Lives Matter Grassroots is proud to announce the launch of the “Black Women Are Divine” (BWAD) campaign for March 2025, a month-long celebration dedicated to honoring the divinity, strength, and resilience of Black women. This year’s campaign will spotlight 31 remarkable Black women from around the globe, each recognized for their invaluable contributions to their communities and beyond.
On the last Tuesday of each month, Black Long Beach residents gather at a local art gallery to discuss housing policies, build community and empower one another.
