Russell Simmons invites the public to join him at All Def Digital‘s first Town Hall meeting addressing police reform at The Montalban in Los Angeles on June 23 at 7 p.m. PST.
The deaths of unarmed Black men, women and children who were killed by White officers that were never indicted for their actions, has spurred conversation of whether or not America’s police force is due for a change.
“We created this event to honor the lives of Rekia Boyd, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Ayana Stanley-Jones, Mike Brown and anyone else that has been killed or victimized by excessive police force,” reads a Facebook post signed by Simmons.
Those wanting to attend the event must RSVP to gain entry. The Town Hall meeting’s goal is to, “help end any more senseless deaths by reforming and reframing police officers practices, policies, and procedures.”
Police reform was chosen as a topic to “evoke passion.”
In 2014, Jay Z and Simmons met with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to address the same subject, requesting a special prosecutor be assigned to cases dealing with police brutality.
The move was in the wake of the deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, who was choked to death by a cop in New York for allegedly selling cigarettes.
In November 2014, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by police in Cleveland, Ohio. The responding officer mistook for his Airsoft gun for a real gun because it lacked an orange safety feature. June 25 will mark Rice’s 14th birthday.
The deaths of Sandra Bland and Freddie Gray soon followed in 2015.
RSVP for All Def Digital’s first Town Hall meeting here to understand your rights and to learn more about police reform.
I don’t trust anything led, sponsored or organized by russ
How about a reform on parenting? How about teaching your kid not to rob or point real/fake guns at people. How about accountability & the fact that more black kill blacks than anyone else. We need to stop screaming victim… Tell Russell to come out of his pockets & help us out, give us jobs.
The banks have paid back the taxpayers. Pay attention.
http://www.politifact.com/new-hampshire/statements/2012/oct/25/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-banks-paid-back-all-federal-bail/
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And where have you ever ever heard a white person claiming white people dont hurt white people? White people know theres more white on white crime than any other because there the majority any white person who says otherwise should be boxed up and shot into the sun…
russell just another c.o.o.n. who exploits and steals money from his own people instead of helping them
Some of you act as if white people never rip off there own people ( Banker bailouts buddy) You then generalize every black person as killers /thugs ( You know white people kill other whites ) James Holmes . Their are good and bad in every race . You’ve just been too socially engineered to realise that fact .
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Wow. So because they shoot innocent BLACK people we need to have a meeting and reform? What about all of the Latinos and illegal immigrants murdered? Black lives don’t matter. LIVES matter. All of them. Stop making things out to be a BLACK thing. You are prolonging racism. Latinos don’t complain because they realize that police murder innocent PEOPLE all of the time. They don’t see it as a LATINO lives matter. Ridiculous.
Wow. Maybe read before commenting. What I said was this isn’t a BLACK thing. It is a PEOPLE thing. It is wrong to shoot ANY unarmed person. Why do BLACK lives matter? ALL lives matter. LGBT, Latino, Asian, Isrealites, Muslim, black. We are PEOPLE. Not blacks whites latins etc. Stop race baiting and segregating. Ridiculous. If there was a white lives matter movement I would be the first to say it is ridiculous and everyone would be behind it. BTW, I am black. My parents are from Haiti. Haitian lives don’t matter? A lot more Haitians are killed every year than blacks in the us by cops. Seriously.
Okay? So your Hatian ass will benefit from police reform along with everyone else in America. So what exactly is your issue again?
Right. So BLACK lives matter. Let’s not worry about anyone else’s asses. All other asses are open season. That is the mentality that has gotten unarmed people shot, just reversed. You are obviously a little slow…my issue is a meeting about BLACK people being shot when all kinds of people are being shot by cops, and saying that BLACK lives matter is race baiting and self imposed segregation. All lives matter. Cops should not shoot ANYONE without just cause. The term black on black crime is another example of this crab in a bucket mentality. It’s OK to commit crimes against other races? Should I victimize White’s instead? It’s somewhat MORE murderous to kill anothe black man, or Haitian? You should read more, in general.
Yes…bc unarmed innocent blk ppl were senselessly killed by cops there is a clear need for police reform which will benefit everyone.
Be careful how you speak. What’s done to one group of people, you let it slide it then becomes okay to do it to the masses. You should be standing in solidarity with anyone who’s rights are violated. That’s a clear violation of your rights too.
Wow. Maybe read before commenting. What I said was this isn’t a BLACK thing. It is a PEOPLE thing. It is wrong to shoot ANY unarmed person. Why do BLACK lives matter? ALL lives matter. LGBT, Latino, Asian, Isrealites, Muslim, black. We are PEOPLE. Not blacks whites latins etc. Stop race baiting and segregating. Ridiculous. If there was a white lives matter movement I would be the first to say it is ridiculous and everyone would be behind it. BTW, I am black. My parents are from Haiti. Haitian lives don’t matter? A lot more Haitians are killed every year than blacks in the us by cops. Seriously.
Police reform? He needed to get leaders together to take ACTION on black gun violence. See what happened in Chicago last week?