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Sahra Sulaiman

@sahrasulaiman
Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.

Recent Posts

Cyclists at CicLAvia in front of L.A. City Hall. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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L.A. Mayoral Candidates on Transportation

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | May 13, 2022 | No Comments
Candidates Bass, Buscaino, Caruso, de de León, Feuer, Greiwe, Viola, and Wilson in their own words
LA Mayoral Candidate Forum at Cal State LA
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L.A. Mayoral Candidate Thoughts on Metro Given Only Brief Moment at Forum

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 3, 2022 | No Comments
In between some weird questions and the sparring matches with Caruso, candidates were asked when they last rode Metro
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County Sheriff Villanueva Threatens to Pull LASD Out of Metro’s Multi-Agency Policing Contract

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 15, 2022 | No Comments
In which the sheriff neglected to explain why Metro had moved to a multi-agency contract in the first place
A vendor sells salvaged bikes along Manchester Avenue. Under the ordinance proposed by councilmember Joe Buscaino, this kind of activity would be criminalized. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.
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Broad Motion by Homelessness Hardliner Takes Aim at Streetside Bike Sales and Repairs in L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments
In which CM Krekorian details how annoyed he was when police asked him why he believed the bikes he saw at an encampment were stolen.
Although LAPD claims they shot 22-year-old Margarito "Junior" López because he "advanced" toward officers while holding a knife, an examination of the body cam footage shows the standby warning for a "less lethal" projectile went unheeded, resulting in contagious fire. The warning (in green) is added by Streetsblog; LAPD elected not to include it in their transcription.
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LAPD Officers Who Killed Margarito López Didn’t Heed Standby Warning for “Less Lethal” Fire

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments
Half a second after the projectile is fired at López – who is in the midst of turning away from officers – a burst of contagious fire erupts.
Figueroa Street red bus lane markings next to green bike lane markings give. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 30, 2021 | No Comments
COVID, new Metro leaders, resistance to freeway widening, new bus lanes, and unsuccessful recall campaigns
Despite having given press statements regarding the imminent detonation of volatile fireworks, called in the fire department to be on standby, placed the last of the explosive materials in the TCV ten minutes prior to detonation as helicopters from local TV stations hovered overhead, and yelled “Fire in the hole!” to warn observers they were about to set off the counter charges, LAPD’s very first public step after the blast at 716 E. 27th St. was to take to twitter and launch an active disinformation campaign.
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Anatomy of an Officer-Involved Explosion: a Post-Mortem on LAPD’s E. 27th Street Fireworks Blast

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 11, 2021 | No Comments
A year ago, a councilmember co-authored a motion to shift $150mil from LAPD's budget. A month ago, LAPD called everyone but his office to watch them detonate fireworks in his district. The explosion rocked the city.
The 911 call made by Isaias Cervantes sister: she immediately announces the emergency is a mental health crisis but a Mental Evaluation Team is not dispatched nor do the responding deputies call one to the scene.
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Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 10, 2021 | No Comments
The brevity of the encounter and the violence of the outcome make abundantly clear just how urgent it is for calls of this nature to be diverted to unarmed first responders trained to aid those in crisis.
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Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments
"I don't have another life to give. I don't have any more breaths to take. I don't have any more hashtags. I don't have any more energy to be marching with my fist up in the air [only] to come back to the same thing," declared Khadijah Shabazz. "Right now, it needs to be all broken down, torn down, and started all over again."
Mrs. Will Bruce (left) with her daughter-in-law Meda (center) and her sister - near Bruce's Lodge in Manhattan Beach, ca 1920s . Photo via Living the California Dream by Alison Rose Jefferson, courtesy California African American Museum
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L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments
"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."
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LAPD Officer Fires 8 Wildly Out-of-Policy Shots at Man Fleeing Pretextual Stop; Evolving LAPD Statements Attempt to Pin Blame on Driver

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 18, 2021 | No Comments
LAPD is accusing 30yo Travis Elster of assault with a deadly weapon to justify the shooting.
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Metro Relaunches Rail-to-River Community Engagement Process to Choose New Southeast Cities Route

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments
The planned WSAB rail line won't leave enough room for a bike/walk path on Randolph, forcing Metro to seek an alternative route
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