Updated: 1:06 p.m. on June 18, 2026
Inglewood officials are walking back the 120-day city council meeting bans they gave to four family members and supporters of Bryan Bostic just two days ago.
Sheila Bates, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, was standing outside Inglewood City Hall after a press conference on Thursday morning when a city staffer handed her a sheet of paper.
“This letter rescinds the Notice of Temporary Exclusion issued to you on June 16, 2026,” read the document, reviewed by The LA Local.
Inglewood Mayor James Butts told The LA Local in an email Thursday that the city intends to rescind all four bans.
“We intend to give one last warning about the rules of decorum,” Butts wrote. “We have empathy for the family’s pain.”
Bates, along with two aunts and one longtime family friend of Bryan Bostic, were each handed notices ahead of Tuesday’s Inglewood City Council meeting that said they would be barred from meetings for 120 days because of their conduct at the June 9 meeting.
Bostic died in police custody on March 10. His family and activists have regularly demonstrated on city street corners and spoken at City Council meetings to protest his death.
The LA County Medical Examiner ruled in May that Bostic’s death was accidental, due to the effects of methamphetamine, though family members say they don’t believe the medical examiner’s report tells a full story.
Bostic’s family filed a wrongful death claim against the city and its police department in April.
Bates said she was not surprised the ban had been lifted.
“This was unjust and it was illegal,” she said. “We will continue to hold them accountable.”
David Loy, legal director for the First Amendment Coalition, told The LA Local on Tuesday that the bans could violate state law and constitutional free speech rights.
