FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, Melina Abdullah speaks during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. Abdullah on Thursday, May 23, 2024, lost her lawsuit against the city's police department over its handling of hoax calls that brought a large law enforcement response to her home four years ago.
“We lost,” BLM-LA said on the social platform X. “The judge and the jury — which had no Black people — vote against us and for police violence. We will keep fighting.” There was no immediate response to a voicemail seeking comment that was left on Abdullah's cellphone. Her attorney, Erin Darling, said a statement would be released later.
During the trial, police Sergeant James Mankey, one of the defendants, said authorities received a call about a hostage situation at the activist's home. Mankey told jurors he ordered officers to approach the property in tactical gear even though he was “70%” certain they were responding to a hoax, theThe sergeant said he didn’t want to take the chance of not sending the officers if the 911 call turned out to be true.
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