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Sahra Sulaiman

@sahrasulaiman
Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles.

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LASD Won’t Name Deputies Involved in Killing of Fred Williams III at Otherwise Uninformative Inquest

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 1, 2021 | No Comments
LASD once again proves unwilling to cooperate in an inquest into a questionable shooting by a deputy.
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Metro’s Transportation Boarding School Breaks Ground at Vermont/Manchester

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments
"Groundbreaking celebrated without construction to follow had been the norm at a certain point," said Ridley-Thomas. "But no more."
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Cops Give Contradictory Account of Dijon Kizzee Killing

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 19, 2020 | No Comments
The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place
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Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 13, 2020 | No Comments
“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
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How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments
Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
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As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 2, 2020 | No Comments
Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
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COVID Crisis Stokes Homelessness in Los Angeles

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Streetsblog LA. The clacking of dominoes against the picnic table was a welcome sound of community on an otherwise largely empty street. The three masked men engaged in a friendly game initially didn’t want to be photographed, but 47-year-old Miguel R. decided he had things he needed to […]
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Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 25, 2020 | No Comments
A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
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Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 1, 2020 | No Comments
Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help
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Friends, Family March for Justice for Woon, Pen Personal Messages Asking for Change

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 16, 2019 | No Comments
"Whenever I ride, I think if I'll make it back to see my mom wake up or to have dinner. Put yourself in our shoes."
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USC’s Public Safety Officers Tackle, Traumatize Woman for Hugging Tree on Sorority’s Lawn

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 7, 2019 | No Comments
"How is USC going to make it right?"
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Paint Is Not Protection: Woman Killed in Horrific LA Hit-and-Run

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 23, 2019 | No Comments
Paint and signage suggesting a pedestrian can expect a safe crossing where drivers regularly hit well above 40 miles an hour is not just negligence, it's criminal. Especially at night.
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