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Fonda to Reform LA Sheriff's Dept:  Actress Jane Fonda has joined forces with the co-founder of Black Lives Matter to help qualify a local  initiative to reform the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.  Jeffery Carwood of the Daily Wire reports that the 80-year-old actress has partnered with Patrisse Cullors, a police and prison abolitionist, to qualify the "Reform L.A. Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative" which needs 150,000 signatures in less than two weeks.  The measure would block the construction of two new jails and create a civilian oversight panel with subpoena powers over the Sheriff's Department.  At a United States of Women rally last month, Fonda admitted that she had not realized the extent of mass criminalization of blacks and attributed her lack of depth on the issue to her skin color.  If the required number of signatures are turned in, the initiative will appear on Los Angeles County's November ballot.
 

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