@DocMellyMel

Pan-African Studies Professor, #BlackLivesMatter organizer, Pan-Africanist, Hip Hop scholar, daughter of God, womanist, truth-teller, mama #WestAbdullah2024

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined October 2008
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Setting this right here and pinning. Black Lives Matter Grassroots IS #BlackLivesMatter ! laprogressive.com/racism/mur…

Attempted Murder of Black Lives Matter

They want to kill us because we are a movement driven by people who are unbought and unbossed.

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The Black Panthers at 60: Black Liberation Was Never Just About Voting laprogressive.com/racism/bla… via @docmellymel

The Black Panthers at 60: Black Liberation Was Never Just About Voting

From community survival programs to revolutionary solidarity, the Black Panther Party demonstrated that freedom requires more than elections—it requires organized people power.

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BLM Grassroots@blmgrassrootsOct 24
This Is Not a Drill! Is LIVE on @kbla1580 KBLA1580.com talking about the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. Tune in and call in at 800-920-1580.
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Full support for Professor Abdullah's (@DocMellyMel) #MoralMinimums to hold up against candidates and ballot measures.
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Leo Carney@chefcarneyOct 23
“The Senatobia police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in June has resigned from the force, attorneys for the Wiley family told Action News 5.” actionnews5.com/2026/10/23/s…

Senatobia officer resigns as his body cam video in Kohen Wiley shooting is released

The Senatobia police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in June has resigned from the force, attorneys for the Wiley family told Action News 5.

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@samsweyOct 22
The Police Data Archive obtained 10 years of records of police shootings investigations in Mississippi. We’re publishing it here for activists, journalists and communities interested in transparency and change: drive.google.com/drive/folde…
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Mississippi's attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in the June shooting death of a 1-year-old boy while responding to a shoplifting call. The conclusion of the state's investigation follows months of mourning and calls for justice. cnn.it/4z0O5X6
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On this National Day Against Police Brutality, may we be inspired into greater action by the legacy of the #BlackPantherParty. My latest on continuing the fight in @thelasentinel. #O22 lasentinel.net/all-power-to-…

All Power to the People! Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party - Los Angeles...

Over the last several weeks, we have been slapped with the reality that this nation’s systems were never designed to benefit or bring justice to Black people. In fact, the nation was built on our...

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IAmGodIAM@IamgodiamOct 22
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Today is O22… National Day Against Police Brutality. Looking forward to talking with my girl @catbrooks_ on @kpfaradio KPFA.org at 8:30am PT about what @blmgrassroots has moving and being in the streets with my @BLMLA folks at 4:30 at @LACANetwork.
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Janai Nelson@JNelsonLDFOct 20
Kohen Wiley was shot to death by police in the backseat of his mother’s car on an unfounded accusation that she shoplifted diapers. In no sane world is drawing a gun justified under these circumstances. Mississippi Attorney Gen. Lynn Fitch should be fired. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

Mississippi attorney general rules fatal police shooting of one-year-old as ‘justified’

Officers responding to an alleged shoplifting call fired into the vehicle of Vellesiya Wiley, killing her son, Kohen

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Ben Crump
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The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced it found an officer’s use of force was justified in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. How can anyone accept that conclusion when Kohen’s family and the public still have not been allowed to see the body-camera footage? This is a department whose chief was fired after reports of racial slurs in his text messages, and whose officer faced a complaint alleging a racially offensive remark two days before he shot Kohen. If the footage supports the state’s decision, release it. We will not stop fighting until this family gets the truth. abcnews.com/US/wireStory/mis…

Mississippi AG says officer's force was justified during shoplifting call in which boy was killed

Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in using force during a June shoplifting call that ended in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

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On the anniversary of his murder, we remember socialist revolutionary Maurice Bishop and his June 1983 trip to New York. jacobin.com/2023/10/maurice-…

Maurice Bishop Knew Why He Was Dangerous

On the 40th anniversary of his murder, we remember socialist revolutionary Maurice Bishop and his June 1983 trip to New York.

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FridayJones@IAMFridayJonesOct 19
This serpent of the devil's spawn has ruled that the killing of Baby Kohen Wiley in Senatobia Mississippi was justified. May his soul rest in peace. If our babies are not safe, none of us are safe. Lynn Fitch should be removed from office immediately.
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Remembering Curtis Renee: Seven Lessons in Love, Liberation, and Revolution | @DocMellyMel The beloved Black Lives Matter Grassroots Detroit co-founder showed how abolition, food sovereignty, community safety, and radical love can transform the struggle for Black freedom into the practice of building a new world laprogressive.com/racism/rem… | @LAProgressive

Remembering Curtis Renee: Seven Lessons in Love, Liberation, and Revolution

The beloved Black Lives Matter Detroit co-founder showed how abolition, food sovereignty, community safety, and radical love can transform the struggle for Black freedom into the practice of building...

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Paris is burning.
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"Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. We have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible." -Dr. Huey P. Newton
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Last weekend we paid tribute to our beloved comrade and friend Curtis Renee, co-founder of @DetroitBLM. Curtis is already deeply missed and left us with so many teachings to live and organize by. My latest in @thelasentinel. 💜💜💜 lasentinel.net/curtis-taught…

Curtis Taught Me… - Los Angeles Sentinel

Curtis Renee had the warmest hugs, the best laugh, and the deepest love. With eyes that dance, skin that glows, and a face that always held a laugh just beneath the surface, Curtis embodied the best...

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Remembering Curtis Renee: Seven Lessons in Love, Liberation, and Revolution laprogressive.com/racism/rem… Melina Abdullah: The beloved Black Lives Matter Detroit co-founder showed how abolition, food sovereignty, community safety, and radical love can transform the struggle for Black freedom into the practice of building a new world. @DocMellyMel
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The raid carried out this morning at the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar by the Trump Administration is a sham designed to cast suspicion on the Congresswoman and manufacture an appearance of wrongdoing on the eve of the midterm elections, without any apparent legal basis. Our statement:
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Ro Khanna
@RoKhannaOct 12
The Trump administration just raided the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. It is disturbing that they are targeting political opponents in this way. Any decent American needs to stand up and speak out.
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