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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down Mayor’s Community Meeting

    Black Lives Matter protesters shouted and turned their backs on Mayor Garcetti at a community meeting held last night at the Holman United Methodist Church in South LA. The meeting was meant to help improve the mayor’s relationship with the community there. The meeting was shut down early.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 20, 2015 • 1 min read

    Black Lives Matter protesters shouted and turned their backs on Mayor Garcetti at a community meeting held last night at the Holman United Methodist Church in South LA. The meeting was meant to help improve the mayor’s relationship with the community there. The meeting was shut down early.

    The full episode

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    The Mayor Disrupted, and the Real Drought
    1. 0:00Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down Mayor’s Community MeetingYou’re reading this
    2. 18:17Does Anyone Care About the Search for the Next LAUSD Superintendent?
    3. 24:32To Breastfeed or Not...
    4. 31:24The Truth About the Drought
    5. 45:53IKEA's Food
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Eric Garcetti

      Mayor of Los Angeles

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      Melina Abdullah

      professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and an organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement

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      Dallas Fowler

      Police Permit Review Panel.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The Mayor Disrupted, and the Real Drought
    1. 0:00Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down Mayor’s Community MeetingYou’re reading this
    2. 18:17Does Anyone Care About the Search for the Next LAUSD Superintendent?
    3. 24:32To Breastfeed or Not...
    4. 31:24The Truth About the Drought
    5. 45:53IKEA's Food
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand