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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...
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Las llamadas fueron constantes. Los oficiales estaban enfermos. También lo eran los despachadores. Incluso el sheriff se vio obligado a quedarse en casa durante cinco días. En un mes, la pequeña Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Sierra se convirtió en una puerta giratoria de aislamiento y regreso del...
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New state Attorney General Rob Bonta vowed at his confirmation hearings this week to take a tougher hand in policing the police — ensuring misconduct records are released to the public, thoroughly investigating officer-involved shootings and using the AG’s office to pursue civil rights probes of local law enforcement agencies. His...