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Gun Control Legislation Sets Precedence for Racial Bias/Criminalization

When laws and legislation are built in this country they almost always criminalize, disenfranchise, and dismantle the self-determination of Black and Brown folks; Even the very few of those laws that are designed with good intentions. Because the foundation of governance and American political power is violently predicated on anti-Blackness, white-supremacy, and colonialism, these laws […]

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The Bluest Lie of Crime and Punishment

Since the emergence of the Movement for Black Lives in 2014, there have been constant attacks on those speaking out with attempts to delegitimize the countless experiences that Black people have when it comes to state-sanctioned violence. These coordinated efforts deflect from the work needed to make Black lives matter in this country. One way […]

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A Love Letter to Black People

Family, We know that Friday, January 20th was a rough one, but we just want to remind you that we love you and we got your back. We can’t downplay the current political moment and will not promise that you won’t feel the impact of this administration. But what we can promise is that we […]

BYP100 Speaks Out In Light of DOJ Report on Chicago Police Department

Contact: L’lerrét Ailith, Communications Manager 443-488-0312, llerret@byp100.org   The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report with findings from a year-long investigation into the Chicago Police Department (CPD), but no findings come as a surprise to the many Black and Brown Chicagoans who live with the daily consequences of CPD’s actions. But the DOJ’s […]

BYP100 DC and BLM DC Shutdown National Fraternal Order of Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2016 CONTACT: L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith 443-488-0312 llerret@byp100.org   BYP100 DC and BLM DC Shutdown National Fraternal Order of Police   BYP100 and BLM DC join with the Movement for Black Lives demanding divestment from policing and calling for #FreedomNow. Livestream here –> http://byp100.org/breakingdcfopshutdown/   Washington, D.C. – On July 20, 2016, […]

BYP100 in Defense of Black Rage and Black Resistance

Media Contact: L’lerret Ailith BYP100 Communications Manager llerret@byp100.org 443-488-0312 BYP100 is committed to the long-term struggle for Black liberation, human dignity, and transformative justice.  As our people – Black men, women, girls, femmes, and folks of all or no gender alike – are slaughtered in our streets by the hands of police and killed slowly and […]

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BYP100 Statement Demanding for the Release of Jasmine Abdullah

On June 2, 2016, Jasmine Abdullah, founder of the Black Lives Matter Pasadena Chapter, was convicted of a lynching charge and is facing a maximum of four years imprisonment as a result. Jasmine was accosted as she was trying to protect a fellow community member from being held within police custody. BYP100’s national membership of […]

BYP100 Chicago’s Statement On Dante Servin’s Circumvention of Accountability

BYP100 Chicago’s Statement On Dante Servin’s Circumvention of Accountability   It has been announced today that Dante Servin has chosen to resign from the Chicago Police Department instead of facing an evidentiary hearing for the 2012 killing of Rekia Boyd. While this serves as a relief for the sake of both Rekia Boyd’s family and […]