Tag: Racial Profiling
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When Police Can Enter Your Home
It’s not altogether clear what words were exchanged between police officers and two brothers one night in City Heights last July before Luis and Diego Lobaton, as well as their mother, Hedy Julca, ended up in handcuffs. READ MORE: Their Crime: Walking Into Their Own Home Police reports after the incident emphasized that one of…
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Report Released On San Diego County Officer-Involved Shootings
Suspects shot by San Diego County law enforcement officers over a 20-year period were mostly young, white males who suffered from mental illness, were under the influence of drugs or both, a county report released Thursday shows. The study from the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office found 367 suspects were shot by law enforcement…
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Protesters Gather in Mid-City After Ferguson Decision
Demonstrators gather in City Heights Nov. 25 in the wake of a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot a black teenager. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Following a Missouri grand jury announcement not to file criminal charges against white Missouri police officer Darren Wilson,…
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San Diego Cops Risk Being Fired for Not Pressing Record on Body Cameras
San Diego Police Officers Association President Brian Marvel, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego ACLU Policy Director Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, San Diego NAACP President Lei-Chala Wilson, and San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Board Member Victor Torres discuss San Diego’s new policy for police body cameras. Voice of San Diego reporter Lisa Halverstadt moderates…
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Does San Diego’s Police Force Mirror the Community?
By Lisa Halverstadt San Diego’s police force mirrors some parts of the community better than others. Demographic data released by the San Diego Police Department earlier this year showed the agency had about 8 percent fewer Asian American officers and 9 percent fewer Hispanic officers than the percentages reflected in the 2010 U.S. Census for…