LOWCOUNTRY
ACTION
COMMITTEE

We are a Black led grassroots organization dedicated

to Black liberation through service, political education,

and collective action in the Lowcountry.

We are an official branch of the National Alliance Against

Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR).

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Defeat Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia

Xenophobia, and All Other Forms of Bigotry

Although the Lowcountry Action committee has a specific focus on the fight against national oppression and the self determination of our people. We defend the human rights of all those who are unjustly oppressed.

WHAT WE WANT

Fundamental Change

Police departments can either continue serving as a tool to control our communities, or our communities can take control of the police. Community control means severing a cornerstone of power from those who have used the police to terrorize and oppress Black, Puerto Rican, Chicano/Mexicano, Indigenous, and other oppressed communities.

Community Control of Police

This is not another "oversight", "review", or "accountability" board that just answers to the city, fettered by conflicting interests and powerless to do more than provide advice. Community Control gives a direct path to implement a vision of safety made by the people.

Whether the demand is for defunding, demilitarization, or transparency, every police department, every police policy, every dollar spent on law enforcement, and every officer, chief, and superintendent should be subject to the will of the people, not the other way around. The only way to ensure that the disjointed pleas for justice, accountability, and transparency can be backed by the power needed to make them possible is through democratic control of police through a directly-elected civilian council.

What does Community Control require?

The idea of community control was formulated by the Black Panthers as a strategic measure to fight back against racism and white supremacy in the US.

What does Community Control mean?

A directly-elected all-civilian council
Final authority over police policy, oversight policy, and budget, including writing and reviewing
Full authority on disciplinary measures and legal recourse, including subpoena power and the convening of grand juries
Hiring and firing power over the police chief or superintendent, all officers on the force, the head of any existing oversight or review boards and offices, and the members of those.
Full access to all investigations by the oversight or review institutions
Broaden the scope of investigations to include all allegations of misconduct, including sexual assault
Exclude all current and former law enforcement agents from serving on the board