Police & Community – Page 39 – 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.

Arizona Sheriff’s Trial Begins With Focus on Complaints About Illegal Immigrants

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:29+00:00 July 24th, 2012|Immigration, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

PHOENIX — Letters purporting to offer information about illegal immigrants are among a vast array of evidence to be introduced in the class-action civil rights trial against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that began on Thursday in Federal District Court here.

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Assessing the Trade-Offs Between Security and Civil Liberties

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:30+00:00 July 24th, 2012|Police & Community|

When Al Qaeda struck a decade ago, among its incorporeal victims was Americans’ inbred wariness of the power of the government to snoop into their private lives. Shocked to watch nearly 3,000 die in a single, sprawling plot, many people were prepared to give up a little privacy and liberty so long as the counterterrorism

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Editorial: Arpaio’s day in court

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:30+00:00 July 19th, 2012|Immigration, Police & Community|

Nearly five years after Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was first sued over his immigration enforcement policy, the Arizona lawman will finally appear in court to explain himself. That’s welcome news given his defiant refusal to date to provide much-needed answers to the serious allegations leveled against him.

For Native American Women, Scourge of Rape, Rare Justice

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:44+00:00 May 23rd, 2012|Police & Community|

EMMONAK, Alaska — She was 19, a young Alaska Native woman in this icebound fishing village of 800 in the Yukon River delta, when an intruder broke into her home and raped her. The man left. Shaking, the woman called the tribal police, a force of three. It was late at night. No one answered.

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Houston jury acquits white ex-officer in beating of black teen

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:46+00:00 May 17th, 2012|Police & Community|

HOUSTON — An all-white jury found a white former city police officer not guilty Wednesday in the videotaped beating of 15-year-old African American burglary suspect Chad Holley, eliciting cries of outrage from community members.

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In Graduation Speech to Women, Obama Leaps Into Gender Gap

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:47+00:00 May 15th, 2012|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

President Obama, shifting the focus from his recent endorsement of same-sex marriage to what he portrays as a lifelong belief in the essential role of women, told female graduates of Barnard College in New York City on Monday that they should go out and “fight for a seat at the head of the table.”

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Racial and Social Justice in Seattle

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:47+00:00 May 11th, 2012|Conflict Resolution, Employment & Housing, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

There are some interesting things going on in Seattle, Wash., in the areas of racial and social justice. Its Race and Social Justice Initiative is hoping to make a real difference in the lives of Seattle’s residents.

Check out thier website.

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Listening Sessions: A Decade After 9/11

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:47+00:00 May 11th, 2012|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community, Uncategorized|

OC Human Relations shares listening sessions report:

http://egov.ocgov.com/vgnfiles/ocgov/Human%20Relations/Docs/Listen_Session_Final_Report_8-30-2011.pdf

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio is sued by Justice Department

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:47+00:00 May 11th, 2012|Immigration, Police & Community|

His Maricopa County, Ariz., department is accused of a ‘pattern of unconstitutional conduct’ against Latinos, especially immigrants. Allegations including racial profiling, abuse in jails and retaliation against critics.

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Lawsuit Says Sheriff Discriminated Against Latinos

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:47+00:00 May 11th, 2012|Immigration, Police & Community|

PHOENIX — A federal lawsuit asserting a “pattern of unlawful discrimination” by law enforcement officials here claims that Latinos at the county jail were often referred to as “stupid” or addressed with a coarse ethnic slur. It also says that an e-mail circulated among jail officers contained a photograph of a Chihuahua in a swimsuit,

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