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Reverence Project
Principal of the Reverence Project, a nonprofit that helps counsel victims of violence; long-time South LA community organizer
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Aqeela Sherrills
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FROM Aqeela Sherrills
Which Way, L.A.?
The LAPD Can't Do It Alone in South Los Angeles Yesterday, there was standing room only at the Hamilton United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, where City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson had called an "emergency meeting." It was all about the recent increase in violent crime.
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