Los Angeles Black Lives Matter Conducts “Smash and Grab” Event as Crime Overtakes City

The official Black Lives Matter chapter of Los Angeles conducted a “Smash and Grab” event on Thursday, raising concerns in the community as Los Angeles is struck with a string of damaging “smash and grab” robberies targeting businesses.

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“Today is a smash and grab. It is a different kind of smash and grab — don’t nobody go and grab Gucci purses, ok? We are smashing white capitalism and we are grabbing some justice. We are smashing and grabbing in the name of our people — we know that every year, the reason we do this is because our people are killed by white capitalism,” said Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles chapter, at the event.

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Los Angeles police union officials have begin to dissuade tourists from visiting the city, citing the rapidly rising levels of crime and lawlessness  {snip}