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Los grupos de reforma de la justicia penal están apoyando un nuevo proyecto de ley que facilitará a las personas heridas en encuentros con la policía para que obtengan apoyo de la Junta de Compensación de Victimas de California. En la actualidad, la mayoría de las reclamaciones, aparte de las relativas a...
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Criminal justice reform groups are rallying behind a new bill that would make it easier for people hurt in encounters with police to get support from the California Victim Compensation Board. Right now, most claims – aside from domestic violence or sexual assault – require that the person be identified as a...
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Los adolescentes negros de 15 a 17 años tienen seis veces más probabilidades de ser registrados por la policía en comparación con sus homólogos blancos, según un informe de la Junta Asesora de Perfiles Raciales y de Identidad de California publicado esta semana. La junta procesó los números de...
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Black teenagers ages 15 to 17 are six times more likely to be searched by police compared with their white counterparts, according to a report from the California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board released this week. The board crunched the numbers from more than 3 million traffic and pedestrian stops...
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Nigel Duara y Byrhonda Lyons CalMatters Los agentes del Departamento de Justicia de California se dieron cuenta de que estaban faltos de personal apenas unas horas después de que un oficial de Policía de Los Ángeles matara a tiros a un hombre desarmado en Hollywood Boulevard. Una persona que...
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Nigel Duara & Byrhonda Lyons CalMatters California Department of Justice agents realized they were short-handed just hours after a Los Angeles police officer shot and killed an unarmed man on Hollywood Boulevard. A 911 caller told police the man was threatening people on the morning of July 15, 2021, waving what...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters The man was screaming, but the beating didn’t stop. It was June 27, 2000, and a group of rogue cops was at work in West Oakland. The Oakland police officers operated in one of the most dangerous beats in one of the most violent parts of...
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It escalated quickly. A California Highway Patrol officer drove slowly behind a man walking on the road. An Arcata Police officer rode in the passenger seat, a second CHP officer sat in the back. “Scoot up about 10 more feet,” the Arcata officer told the driver. “I’m just going...
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The call-ins were steady. Deputies were out sick. So were dispatchers. Even the sheriff was forced to stay home for five days. In a month’s time, the small Sierra County Sheriff’s Office became a revolving door of isolating and returning staff. When Sheriff-Coroner Mike Fisher was elected in 2018...