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Minnesota Police Shooting’s Aftermath Is Captured in Gruesome Video

By | July 7th, 2016|Police & Community|

A Minnesota man was fatally shot Wednesday night by the police during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb, and the aftermath was captured in a grisly video recorded by the car’s front-seat passenger and streamed live.

It was the second shooting this week of a black man

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Laguna Beach cafe owners file countersuit against Muslim women who alleged discrimination

By | July 1st, 2016|Intergroup Relations|

The owners of a Laguna Beach cafe have filed a countersuit against a group of women who allege they were targeted for being “visibly Muslim” and discriminated against because they were ordered to leave.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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In San Francisco, a coordinated media effort to solve homelessness stirs the city

By | July 1st, 2016|Employment & Housing|

The wind whipped at blue plastic tarps protecting Andi Montoya’s tented home, a mattress-topped wood platform on two giant Costco flat shopping carts, easy to roll if the cops force her to move.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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‘An end to all the excuses,’ says L.A.’s chief bureaucrat in push for $1.8-billion homelessness plan

By | June 30th, 2016|Employment & Housing|

While guiding Los Angeles on its painful budget recovery, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana often had to be the naysayer.

He told the city no to hiring, he told the unions no to raises and he told the voters no to fixing sidewalks and streets without new taxes.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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San Diego launches campaign to expose ‘Ugly Truth’ about sex trafficking and child exploitation

By | June 28th, 2016|Police & Community|

San Diego County officials on Monday launched a campaign intended to educate the public about sex trafficking and child exploitation.

Dubbed “The Ugly Truth,” the effort will use billboards; radio spots; videos to be played in elevators and at health clubs; and posters to be displayed at bus shelters and on trolleys. It’s expected to run about three

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Violence in Sacramento shows old and new faces of white extremism

By | June 28th, 2016|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

The two groups at the center of a violent Sacramento rally that left at least seven people with stab wounds on the Capitol grounds Sunday represent a marriage of the past and future of white supremacist organizations, experts and law enforcement officials said.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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