BLM candidate Gina Viola, running for LA mayor, claims 'vote for Rick Caruso is a vote for White supremacy'
A candidate running for mayor of Los Angeles described police and other law enforcement as the "watchdog" of White supremacy in a recent interview ahead of June's primary election.
Gina Viola, an activist, self-described "abolitionist" and a member of "White People 4 Black Lives," registered at the last minute to run among a crowded pool of mayoral candidates in the June 7 primary, vying to replace Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti, who cannot seek re-election due to term limits.
L.A. mayoral candidate Gina Viola speaks on homelessness at KCRW studios on Friday, May 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, California. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
"I’m sorry, a vote for Rick Caruso is a vote for White supremacy," Viola told the Los Angeles Times in a recent interview published Monday. "White supremacy is codified into our legal system created to build White wealth, and law enforcement is its watchdog."
A spokesperson for Caruso, a billionaire former Republican who registered as a Democrat in the mayoral race and has been endorsed by Kim Kardashian in recent days, described Viola’s comments as "disturbing."
A candidate running for mayor of Los Angeles described police and other law enforcement as the "watchdog" of White supremacy in a recent interview ahead of June's primary election.
Gina Viola, an activist, self-described "abolitionist" and a member of "White People 4 Black Lives," registered at the last minute to run among a crowded pool of mayoral candidates in the June 7 primary, vying to replace Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti, who cannot seek re-election due to term limits.
L.A. mayoral candidate Gina Viola speaks on homelessness at KCRW studios on Friday, May 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, California. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
"I’m sorry, a vote for Rick Caruso is a vote for White supremacy," Viola told the Los Angeles Times in a recent interview published Monday. "White supremacy is codified into our legal system created to build White wealth, and law enforcement is its watchdog."
A spokesperson for Caruso, a billionaire former Republican who registered as a Democrat in the mayoral race and has been endorsed by Kim Kardashian in recent days, described Viola’s comments as "disturbing."
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