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... PRESS RELEASE... PRESS RELEASE... PRESS RELEASE... PRESS RELEASE ... PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Ruth Todcsco 91 8/299-1 070
No Bad Women-Just Bad Laws
Margaret Prescod 213/221-1698
Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders-
For Immediate Release
A press conference will be held Sunday, March 2, at 1:15 PM at the RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN
launching National Women's History Week in Riverside Park, 19th St. & Riverside Dr. near Denver,
to protest police footdragging in West Coast serial murders investigations and lack of accountability
on the part of the media in reporting the crimes.
"This is the largest group of serial murders in the history of this country and there has been no
national outcry," said Margaret Prescod, co-founder of International Black Women for Wages for
Housework and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Prostitutes Collective. In Los Angeles, 16 women have
been killed, all but 2 are Black. Police and media made the murders public only last fall after two
years and 10 women deed. "Although the attacker has been labeled a 'prostitute killer,' our view
is that he should be labeled a 'killer of women.' We do not want a repeat of the Green River Murders--
the unsolved serial murders of between 45 and 90 women in the Seatt!e,Wash., area," she said.
Ruth Todasco, coordinator of Tulsa Wages for Housework and spokeswoman for No Bad Women-
Just Bad Laws, said "We are appalled that we are just now learning of the LA serial murders and others,
7 women in Oakland and 5 in San Diego. We can't help but notice that only now in Tulsa have 6
attacks on women beginning last November been made public and a description of the 'Expo Square
rapist' released. We find this delay and lack of accountability on the part of the media, wherever it
happens, shocking and endangering to women's lives."
The RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN is sponsored by No Bad Women-Just Bad Laws Coalition; Tulsa
Wages for Housework; North American Network of Women Runners; Tulsa Poetry Alliance; Okla. Local
7 of the National Writers Union; Tulsa V/omen's Alliance; US PROS (U.S. Prostitutes Collective).
The event is endorsed by Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders; Coalition Figkting Back
Serial Murders; International Black V/omen for Wages for Housework and the International Wages for
Housework Campaign; Alliance for the Safety of Prostitutes (ASP Canada); International Prostitutes
Collectives (English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and Trinidad & Tobago Prostitutes Collective).
W
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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 |
| Type |
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| Format | 55 p.: ill. |
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| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| 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 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
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| Title | Counting women's lives, p. 45 |
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| Full text | ... PRESS RELEASE... PRESS RELEASE... PRESS RELEASE... PRESS RELEASE ... PRESS RELEASE Contact: Ruth Todcsco 91 8/299-1 070 No Bad Women-Just Bad Laws Margaret Prescod 213/221-1698 Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders- For Immediate Release A press conference will be held Sunday, March 2, at 1:15 PM at the RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN launching National Women's History Week in Riverside Park, 19th St. & Riverside Dr. near Denver, to protest police footdragging in West Coast serial murders investigations and lack of accountability on the part of the media in reporting the crimes. "This is the largest group of serial murders in the history of this country and there has been no national outcry," said Margaret Prescod, co-founder of International Black Women for Wages for Housework and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Prostitutes Collective. In Los Angeles, 16 women have been killed, all but 2 are Black. Police and media made the murders public only last fall after two years and 10 women deed. "Although the attacker has been labeled a 'prostitute killer,' our view is that he should be labeled a 'killer of women.' We do not want a repeat of the Green River Murders-- the unsolved serial murders of between 45 and 90 women in the Seatt!e,Wash., area," she said. Ruth Todasco, coordinator of Tulsa Wages for Housework and spokeswoman for No Bad Women- Just Bad Laws, said "We are appalled that we are just now learning of the LA serial murders and others, 7 women in Oakland and 5 in San Diego. We can't help but notice that only now in Tulsa have 6 attacks on women beginning last November been made public and a description of the 'Expo Square rapist' released. We find this delay and lack of accountability on the part of the media, wherever it happens, shocking and endangering to women's lives." The RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN is sponsored by No Bad Women-Just Bad Laws Coalition; Tulsa Wages for Housework; North American Network of Women Runners; Tulsa Poetry Alliance; Okla. Local 7 of the National Writers Union; Tulsa V/omen's Alliance; US PROS (U.S. Prostitutes Collective). The event is endorsed by Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders; Coalition Figkting Back Serial Murders; International Black V/omen for Wages for Housework and the International Wages for Housework Campaign; Alliance for the Safety of Prostitutes (ASP Canada); International Prostitutes Collectives (English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and Trinidad & Tobago Prostitutes Collective). W |
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