Sahra Sulaiman
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
Anatomy of an Officer-Involved Explosion: a Post-Mortem on LAPD’s E. 27th Street Fireworks Blast
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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.
Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?
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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.
Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”
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"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."
L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners
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"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."
LAPD Officer Fires 8 Wildly Out-of-Policy Shots at Man Fleeing Pretextual Stop; Evolving LAPD Statements Attempt to Pin Blame on Driver
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LAPD is accusing 30yo Travis Elster of assault with a deadly weapon to justify the shooting.
Metro Relaunches Rail-to-River Community Engagement Process to Choose New Southeast Cities Route
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The planned WSAB rail line won't leave enough room for a bike/walk path on Randolph, forcing Metro to seek an alternative route
LASD Won’t Name Deputies Involved in Killing of Fred Williams III at Otherwise Uninformative Inquest
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LASD once again proves unwilling to cooperate in an inquest into a questionable shooting by a deputy.
Documentary by Gardena High Alum Centers Stories of L.A.’s Unhoused Black Women
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Watch Zorrie Petrus' film 'Defining Ourselves For Ourselves: Unhoused, Black, and Female in L.A.'
124-Unit Project at 4242 S. Crenshaw Approved by City Planning
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The largely market-rate project is one of over half a dozen that were recently completed or are in the works along Crenshaw between Exposition and 61st.
Video Contradicts New Sheriff Account of Dijon Frizzee Killing
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The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place
Bystander Shot Six Times Left Homeless, Struggling; LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
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“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
Black and Brown Residents Speak to Urgency of Deep Systemic Transformation
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"We’re done paying for an institution that produces racism, violence, and poverty," said Carlos Cázares. "We are done talking. It’s time to put money where the people are at."