Jasmyne Ariel Cannick was born on October 22,1977 and is an American politician, journalist, and pop culture, race issues and politics commentator.
27 Facts About Jasmyne Cannick
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Jasmyne Cannick is known for her work as an advocate for underrepresented and marginalized communities.
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Jasmyne Cannick emancipated from the Department of Children and Family Services when she was 17.
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Jasmyne Cannick is a former co-chair of the National Stonewall Democrats Black Caucus.
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Jasmyne Cannick currently sits on the board of the Los Angeles African American Women's Political Action Committee and the Black Alliance for Justice Immigration Political Action Committee.
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In 2020, Cannick decided to run for Los Angeles County Democratic Party's County Central Committee after she became disillusioned with the Democratic Party's silence on Democratic major donor Ed Buck.
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Jasmyne Cannick is the first black person to ever be elected to this office from the 53rd Assembly District which includes downtown Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, Koreatown, Hancock Park, and West Adams.
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In 2006, Jasmyne Cannick wrote an essay titled "Gays First, Then Illegals", in which she argued that the LGBT community should be given the right to marry prior to any discussion of granting citizenship and other rights to non-US citizens.
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Jasmyne Cannick was named Journalist of the Year by Out Magazine in 2019.
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Jasmyne Cannick started tracking Democratic donor Ed Buck in 2017 after the crystal meth overdose death of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore at Ed Buck's West Hollywood apartment.
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Weekly writer Dennis Romero, Jasmyne Cannick went on to start reporting on what she said was Moore's death was immediately classified as an accidental methamphetamine overdose by the coroner.
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Nineteen days later after Moore's journal was publicly published by Jasmyne Cannick and appeared in news reports, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's homicide bureau opened an investigation.
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Jasmyne Cannick raised questions about LAPD's purchase of a $6,000 quarterhorse from Chief Charlie Beck's daughter, an LAPD officer, and about Beck's alleged soft treatment of a sergeant who reportedly was dating her.
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Jasmyne Cannick broke the story of how a former "shot caller" for the Mexican Mafia was the featured speaker at a book signing event in downtown Los Angeles that was arranged by the LAPD with taxpayer dollars for a private group of prominent business leaders and local law enforcement officials.
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Jasmyne Cannick is known for starting all of her blog posts regarding the LAPD with:.
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Jasmyne Cannick is the co-founder along with Gemmel Moore's Mom LaTisha Nixon of Justice 4 Gemmel and All of Ed Buck's Victims.
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Jasmyne Cannick is the co-founder of My Hood Votes along with rapper Lil Eazy-E, a voter registration initiative focused on Los Angeles County's roughest neighborhoods.
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Jasmyne Cannick is a co-founder of the National Black Justice Coalition, the nation's largest and oldest Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization.
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Jasmyne Cannick currently sits on the board of the Los Angeles African American Women's Political Action Committee and the Black Alliance for Justice Immigration Political Action Committee.
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Jasmyne Cannick has been a voice and an advocate for many causes.
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Jasmyne Cannick led a campaign to retire white gay comedian Charles Knipp's character Shirley Q Liquor, a self-described inarticulate black woman on welfare with 19 kids.
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Jasmyne Cannick was the last person to interview Williams before his execution.
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Jasmyne Cannick has been an advocate of the black LGBTQ community, which she belongs to.
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Jasmyne Cannick is known for her column "A White Gay's Guide on Dealing with the Black Community for Dummies" where she would break down the pervasive and systemic racism in the white gay community towards black people.
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When Mitrice Richardson went missing after being released from a Los Angeles County jail in Malibu, Jasmyne Cannick worked with Richardson's family to call attention to the case and to challenge the Sheriff's Department on the narrative they were spinning in the media.
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Jasmyne Cannick was a producer on the pilot for Noah's Arc, a cable television dramedy about four black gay male friends living in Los Angeles which lasted two seasons.
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Jasmyne Cannick is currently writing several scripts for film projects.