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.
Raunchy, racist jokes were the entertainment at sheriff’s gathering
One attendee at luncheon says comedian Edwin San Juan ‘managed to insult every ethnic group.’ Sheriff Lee Baca gives him
Florida Case Spurs Painful Talks Between Black Parents and Their Children
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — Tracey Wolff never had a problem with her 19-year-old son’s individualism: his “crazy”
17 people arrested in Zimmerman trial protest in Victorville
Demonstrators held a peaceful rally in Beverly Hills against the George Zimmerman trial verdict, but 17 people were arrested during a rally that turned rowdy in Victorville, authorities said Wednesday night.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Attorney General Eric Holder denounces ‘stand your ground’ laws
ORLANDO — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly condemned “stand your ground” laws Tuesday, saying the measures “senselessly expand the concept of self-defense” and may encourage “violent situations to escalate.”
Read more in the Washington Post.
14 arrested after Zimmerman verdict protest in L.A. turns violent
Los Angeles police arrested 14 people overnight for failing to disperse after hundreds of protesters splintered off a peaceful demonstration in the Crenshaw district and began stomping cars and breaking windows.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Two Nights After Zimmerman Verdict, Protests Rip Through Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Protesters angered by the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin ran through the streets of Los Angeles, breaking store windows, and stopping traffic and attacking passing cars and pedestrians late Monday night as passions continued to simmer two nights after the verdict in Florida. At least a
From CAHRO’s own Brian Levin: For Aggrieved Martin Family, Remaining Legal Options Are Limited
Saturday’s acquittal of George Zimmerman, 29, for the February 2012 killing ofteenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida leaves few legal options for his devastated family and supporters. Hundreds of thousands have protested the verdict and signed a petition advanced by the NAACP calling for federal intervention. NAACP director Ben Jealous stated that there was “reason
California Is Facing More Woes in Prisons
LOS ANGELES — Just six months after declaring “the prison crisis is over in California,” Gov. Jerry Brown is facing dire predictions about the future of the state’s prison system,
Prayer, Anger and Protests Greet Verdict in Florida Case
The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin reverberated from church pulpits to street protests across the country on Sunday in a renewed debate about race, crime and how the American justice system handled a racially polarizing killing of a young black man walking in a quiet neighborhood in Florida.
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Protesters block off portion of 10 Freeway marching against George Zimmerman acquittal
The Los Angeles Police Department issued a tactical alert Sunday night after protesters gathered in South Los Angeles to voice their anger that George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., and several protesters said between 50 and 100 protesters made it onto