Police & Community – Page 26 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

CAHRO is a strong advocate for community policing as a vehicle for preventing conflicts between law enforcement agencies and the communities they are charged with serving. If police agencies have a strong positive relationship helping neighborhoods address causes of crimes by providing resources and support we believe they will establish avenues of communication that will prevent major conflicts from escalating.

The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 4th, 2014|Police & Community|

In hundreds of police departments across the country, the percentage of whites on the force is more than 30 percentage points higher than in the communities they serve, according to an analysis of a government survey of police departments. Minorities make up a quarter of police forces, according to the 2007 survey, the most recent

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CSUN professor creates film for persons with disabilities on how to avoid getting shot by police

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Disability, Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Stories of excessive force complaints, officer related shootings, and general police dickery are becoming more and more commonplace in the United States. The tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, have cast new light on the disturbing trend of police officers responding to potential threats from citizens with deadly force. More

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Amid Mourning for Michael Brown, Call for Change

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 26th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

ST. LOUIS — His gold-and-black coffin was topped by a baseball cap — a palpable, personal reminder of the young man who was fatally shot by a police officer only weeks ago. But the calls from the pulpit were for Michael Brown’s memory to live on in a broad movement

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LAPD chief faces tense crowd over shooting of mentally ill man

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 20th, 2014|Disability, Health, Police & Community|

The atmosphere in a South Los Angeles church was at times tense Tuesday night as residents and activists peppered Los Angeles police officials with questions about two officers’ fatal shooting of a mentally ill man.

http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-lapd-shooting-20140820-story.html

Los Angeles Times

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As Tension Eases on Ferguson’s Streets, Focus Turns to Investigation

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 20th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

FERGUSON, Mo. — Even as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was scheduled to arrive in St. Louis on Wednesday, law enforcement officials and local leaders said they were hopeful that they had turned a corner in calming the restive community of Ferguson after 12 days of protests and unrest.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

The New York Times

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Cities Rocked by Past Unrest Offer Lessons in What, and What Not, to Do

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 19th, 2014|Police & Community|

The trigger for civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo. — the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer — has also provoked riots in American cities both small and large in the last two decades. But few of those disturbances were as stubbornly resistant to resolution as

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Officer-involved shooting of Ezell Ford protested at LAPD headquarters

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 18th, 2014|Police & Community|

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on Sunday to express their outrage over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed 25-year-old black man who family members have described as mentally challenged.

http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140817/officer-involved-shooting-of-ezell-ford-protested-at-lapd-headquarters

Daily News

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A mother’s lament: For young black men, high stakes and hard rules

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 18th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Christine Ewings learned in a phone call from a friend that her street had been closed because a young black man had been shot by police.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-mother-20140818-story.html

Los Angeles Times

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Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 18th, 2014|Police & Community|

FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=a-lede-package-region&region=lede-package&WT.nav=lede-package

The New York Times

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Missouri Governor to Deploy National Guard to Ferguson

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 18th, 2014|Police & Community|

FERGUSON, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon announced early Monday that he would deploy the Missouri National Guard to this St. Louis suburb, ratcheting up efforts to quell unrest that has paralyzed the city since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSumLargeMedia&module=a-lede-package-region&region=lede-package&WT.nav=lede-package&_r=0

The New York Times

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