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Black Lives Matter activist loses lawsuit against Los Angeles police over ‘swatting’ hoax response

A leading Black Lives Matter activist in Los Angeles lost her lawsuit against the city's police department over hoax phone calls that prompted a large law enforcement response to her home.
Three teens motivated by racial hatred were responsible for the hoax calls, including incidents in 2020 and 2021 targeting Melina Abdullah, a BLM-LA co-founder and Cal State LA professor.
Despite suing the department for the 2020 incident, a jury determined the LAPD and the city were not at fault, as stated by the Los Angeles City Attorney's office.

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Jury rules against Black Lives Matter co-founder in LAPD 'swatting' lawsuit

Jurors found that two Los Angeles police officers were not liable for their response to a reported hostage situation that turned out to be a false alarm.

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Jury Rejects BLM Los Angeles CoFounder's Civil Rights Suit Against LAPD

LOS ANGELES - A jury Thursday rejected claims made by Melina Abdullah, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles, in a civil rights suit regarding the police department's response to swatting prank at her home in 2020.

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