_(cropped).jpg "Melina Abdullah"){kind=small}
Patrisse Cullors
Search results
Mar 25, 2022 · Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, was arrested with probable cause at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting in 2018, a federal jury found Thursday after a...
- Nathan Solis
- Staff Writer
- nathan.solis@latimes.com
6 days ago · Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a lawsuit brought by Black Lives Matter L.A. co-founder Melina Abdullah against the city of Los Angeles, with a Los Angeles police sergeant telling a...
Mar 25, 2022 · Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, was arrested with probable cause at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting in 2018, a federal jury found Thursday after a...
May 2, 2022 · Melina Abdullah — a professor at Cal State L.A. and former chair of the school's pan-African studies department — told The Times she was carried out of the room by police officers because she...
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM Grassroots, said Thursday that the group was “stunned and dismayed” by the court’s dismissal order. A lawyer for the local organizers said an appeal would be filed “immediately.”
- amorrison@ap.org
- Race And Ethnicity News Editor
Jan 27, 2024 · Abdullah has alleged officers violated her civil rights in 2020 by forcing her out of her home at gunpoint after receiving a hoax call about a hostage situation there.
Mar 25, 2022 · What You Need To Know. Melina Abdullah filed suit two years ago, alleging that during a raucous May 8, 2018, meeting of the commission, she was “falsely, wrongfully, and intentionally detained, imprisoned, and arrested”. A federal jury sided with the city, finding the arrest was justified.
