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An international vigil
of women linking the
United States, Canada.
West Germany and
Trinidad protested
against a series of brutal murders in tbe US
of women who are in
the main prostitutes
know from our experience with the Yorkshire Ripper case that
the police, the Courts
and the media don't
take murders seriously,
unless 'respectable
women are killed*.
Quoting an offensive
**h5^25s*S&*
As the protester
rightly pointed out,
women are not safe
when prostitutes are
under attack.
A spokesperson from
the BWWHW added
that in a society where
the contributions of
manding police action
and accountability over
a series of similar murders of black children,
Margaret Prescod,
founder and coordinator of the Black
Coalition Fighting Serial Murders, and co-
?LISH
Angry women protestors outside the US Embassy
and black, outside the
\merican Embassy in
Grosvenor Square last
week.
The London vigil
was called by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and the
Black Women for
Wages and House
Work (BWWHW).
They are outraged by
the failure of both the
Lb poiice and its criminal justice system to
tjke the murders seriously and act according!}. ' *
"We of the ECP
article which appeared
in the Los Angeles
Times on April 24
featuring a speech by a
prominent Californian
judge one women protester read the following to illustrate their.
point: "A woman who
goes out onto the
streets and makes a
whore out of herself-
....steps outside the
protection of the law-
....who the hell is going
to belies e a \»hore on
the witness stand unv-
women are undervalued, the lives of
black prostitutes become totally degraded.
•'The poorest of the
poor; we struggle to
make ends meet in the
midst of police refusal
to arrest rapists and
murderers and their
brutality against
ourselves and our children," declared one
woman.
Like the mothers in
Atlanta, and Georgia,
who a few years ago
came under attack
from the police for dc-
founder for BWWHW,
has received murder
threats she has also
been singled out for
attack by the police
themselves.
BWWHW sources
say the police have refused to meet with the
Black Coalition and
hase tried to discredit
Ms Prescod's work.
They dispute the
number of alleged victims and are actively
campaigning to stop
police intimiil-.itiuii and
ph\>icul jhus<.
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| Title | Counting women's lives, 1991-03-10 |
| Description | "Counting Women's Lives: Organizing for Police Accountability in Black Communities - Sample Organizing Packet from The Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders". Public session, 1991-05-29: materials from organizations, 2.5, 1986 - 1991 May 29. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1991-03-10 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991-03-10 |
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| Format | 55 p.: ill. |
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| Language | English |
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| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Public Sessions |
| Box and folder | box 25, folder 8, item 1 |
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| Title | Counting women's lives, p. 35 |
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| Full text | An international vigil of women linking the United States, Canada. West Germany and Trinidad protested against a series of brutal murders in tbe US of women who are in the main prostitutes know from our experience with the Yorkshire Ripper case that the police, the Courts and the media don't take murders seriously, unless 'respectable women are killed*. Quoting an offensive **h5^25s*S&* As the protester rightly pointed out, women are not safe when prostitutes are under attack. A spokesperson from the BWWHW added that in a society where the contributions of manding police action and accountability over a series of similar murders of black children, Margaret Prescod, founder and coordinator of the Black Coalition Fighting Serial Murders, and co- ?LISH Angry women protestors outside the US Embassy and black, outside the \merican Embassy in Grosvenor Square last week. The London vigil was called by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and the Black Women for Wages and House Work (BWWHW). They are outraged by the failure of both the Lb poiice and its criminal justice system to tjke the murders seriously and act according!}. ' * "We of the ECP article which appeared in the Los Angeles Times on April 24 featuring a speech by a prominent Californian judge one women protester read the following to illustrate their. point: "A woman who goes out onto the streets and makes a whore out of herself- ....steps outside the protection of the law- ....who the hell is going to belies e a \»hore on the witness stand unv- women are undervalued, the lives of black prostitutes become totally degraded. •'The poorest of the poor; we struggle to make ends meet in the midst of police refusal to arrest rapists and murderers and their brutality against ourselves and our children," declared one woman. Like the mothers in Atlanta, and Georgia, who a few years ago came under attack from the police for dc- founder for BWWHW, has received murder threats she has also been singled out for attack by the police themselves. BWWHW sources say the police have refused to meet with the Black Coalition and hase tried to discredit Ms Prescod's work. They dispute the number of alleged victims and are actively campaigning to stop police intimiil-.itiuii and ph\>icul jhus<. |
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