The family of Wakiesha Wilson will join Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and state and federal lawmakers to commemorate the anniversary of the murder of their loved one, who was killed in the LAPD Metropolitan Detention Center on March 27, 2016, with new legislative proposals. Wilson’s family, along with BLM Los Angeles, BLM California, and BLM Grassroots, have been fighting and lobbying for policy changes and laws that would help prevent families in the future from suffering as they did when officials failed to notify them of their loved one’s death for four days.
March 28, 2025, at 2 PM at the LAPD Metro Detention Center, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove will unveil the Family Notification Act, which she reintroduced late last year, requiring law enforcement agencies to inform families immediately when their loved ones are killed, injured, or moved within the federal prison system.
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan will make public the details of Wakiesha’s Law, which is meant to address similar issues within California state and local prisons and jails.
Lisa Hines, Wakiesha Wilson’s mother, and Sheila Hines, Wakiesha’s aunt, will speak on their quest for justice for Wakiesha and the urgency of policy changes to help other families avoid the same suffering they did. Dr. Melina Abdullah of BLMLA and BLM Grassroots will also speak to the need for such policies under the current political administration.
