Demand Accountability from the
Lexington Police Department
People’s Movement Assembly
August 4th
7 PM
Join us for a PMA to address Lexington’s affordable housing crisis. This will be a hybrid assembly, in person at the Lexington Friends Meeting House, and virtually on Zoom.
Lexington Friend’s Meeting House
649 Price Ave
Disclose Locations of License Plate Cameras
The Lexington Police Department is participating in a pilot program to place 25 license plate reader cameras in areas that reportedly have high incidents of violent crime, despite objections from numerous community groups. We need your help identifying and mapping their locations!
On The Table
Join LPD Accountability and Lexington Pride Center for On The Table, a city-wide conversation that helps us get to know each other better and discuss what is and isn’t working in Lexington. Think about your neighborhood and its features like housing, schools, amenities, and safety. What do you like and dislike about your neighborhood? How would you like to see it improve? We need your voice to provide input to Lexington's Comprehensive Plan, which will guide how Lexington grows and changes over the next 20 years!
This On The Table conversation will be in person at The Lexington Pride Center on Wednesday, April 13th, at 7pm. If possible, plan to bring a device that can access the internet. A virtual option will also be available at the same time via Zoom. Please register at https://bit.ly/OTT2022
ACLU-KY: Fayette County Attorney: Drop the Charges Against Peaceful Protesters
“We're joining the community and calling on Fayette County Attorney Larry Roberts to drop charges against peaceful protesters. The charges stem from 2020 racial justice protests, and range from jaywalking to trumped-up rioting offenses. This attempt to intimidate constitutionally-protected speech must be heartily rejected.”
ACLU-KY STATEMENT REGARDING FIRING OF LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER JERVIS MIDDLETON
"The ACLU of Kentucky is concerned Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council fired Officer Jervis Middleton amidst longstanding calls for a radical transformation of policing and transparent relationships with the public. While Officer Middleton’s actions may warrant some level of disciplinary action, it is particularly concerning he was more swiftly investigated and harshly punished for sharing non-critical information than officers who use excessive force against protesters or create the culture of racism and hostility Middleton reported to no avail.”
Call to Action:
Drop the charges against protest organizers and leaders.
January 6, 2021 will forever be marked as the day the world bore witness to the complicit actions of law enforcement and police in defending, maintaining, and participating in racism/white supremacy. As hundreds of white people stormed the capital in a riot of insurrection, they were allowed to leave the crime scene without arrest. While the past several days have held headlines of people being arrested from across the country for their participation in Wednesday's attempted coup, people across the globe witnessed officers holding open barricades, taking selfies, and now reports have emerged from capital officers of fellow police flashing their badges as they were breaking into the capital. Social media and mainstream media have highlighted the stark difference in police response to BLM protests occurring across the country versus their lack of response in using tear gas, rubber bullets, force, and lack of arrests.
Over the summer of 2020, Lexington Police Department targeted local organizers and arrested 20 people for doing a nonviolent “die-in” at the police station. A month later, they arrested protest organizers for crossing the street. Unlike other cities across the country, no property was damaged during Lexington’s nonviolent protests and no police officer faced assault or injury from protest participants.
If you believe in justice, if you believe that America can transcend our historical divisions along racism/white supremacy, join in the call demanding all charges against those arrested June 13, 2020 and July 11, 2020 be dropped.
https://lpdaccountability.com//blog/lexington-police-department-arrests-peaceful-demonstrators
