California

Context | Current Aggressions

4 JUNE 2022 Chelsea Becker, prosecuted for murder after her stillbirth, jailed for losing a pregnancy. Her nightmare could become more common | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/03/california-stillborn-prosecution-roe-v-wade

28 MAY 2022 Driver shot, killed by Ontario police after chase ends in crash | https://abc7.com/ontario-chase-police-shootings-deadly-shooting/11902530/

28 MAY 2022 San Francisco Police release body-cam footage showing officers kill Rafael Mendoza, 49, and Michael Macfhionghain, 57 | https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/28/san-francisco-police-release-body-cam-footage-showing-officers-shooting-down-two-men/

27 MAY 2022 Gilroy cop cleared in fatal September 2021 shooting | https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/27/gilroy-cop-cleared-in-fatal-september-2021-shooting/

17 MAY 2022 Former Oakland police chief takes stand in whistleblower retaliation trial | https://www.courthousenews.com/former-oakland-police-chief-takes-stand-in-whistleblower-retaliation-trial/

28 APR 2022 State audit: Racial bias in CA police departments, prisons | https://www.sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/article260778707.html

28 APR 2022 Police who pinned Mario Gonzalez until he died during fatal arrest won’t be charged | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/08/no-charges-california-police-mario-gonzalez-death/9509444002/

7 APR 2022 Adora Perez, Hanford woman, facing criminal charges for stillbirth of baby | https://abc30.com/adora-perez-baby-death/11718606/

18 MAR 2022 California’s Longest Serving Death-Row Prisoner On Pain, Survival and Native Identity | https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/03/18/california-longest-serving-death-row-prisoner-on-pain-survival-and-native-identity


2021


10 DEC 2021 Mario Gonzalez died after police pinned him down for 5 minutes. Now his autopsy is in | https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1063247782/alameda-police-mario-gonzalez-autopsy-homicide

5 NOV 2021 Leaked Documents Show Police Officers on Supposed Oath Keepers Rosters | https://truthout.org/articles/leaked-documents-show-police-officers-on-supposed-oath-keepers-rosters/

2 NOV 2021 San Francisco cop who shot unarmed Sean Moore charged with manslaughter | https://www.courthousenews.com/san-francisco-cop-who-shot-unarmed-black-man-charged-with-manslaughter/

28 OCT 2021 Beverly Hills PD hit with charges of racism again; attorneys call on state to open investigation | https://abc7.com/beverly-hill-police-racial-profiling-lawsuit-civil-rights-attorney-ben-crump/11174764/

27 OCT 2021 Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity for officer Nicholas Russell over the shooting of Kenard Thomas | https://sacupdate.com/appellate-panel-reverses-qualified-immunity-judgement-for-sacramento-county-deputy-who-shot-unarmed-man/

27 OCT 2021 Long Beach school cop faces murder charge in shooting of 18-year-old Manuela Rodriguez | https://www.courthousenews.com/long-beach-school-cop-faces-murder-charge-in-shooting-of-18-year-old/

26 OCT 2021 Kobe Bryant’s widow WINS legal battle to force Los Angeles sheriff and fire chief to testify under oath as she sues county over ‘sharing graphic photos of her late husband and daughter’ | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10134359/Kobe-Bryants-widow-WINS-legal-battle-force-Los-Angeles-sheriff-fire-chief-testify.html

23 OCT 2021 US Continues Centuries Long Practice of Blasphemy & Desecration of Apache Sacred Spiritual Site | https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2021/10/apache-stronghold-native-religious.html

22 OCT 2021 Aloe Blacc among artists performing in Santa Ana in honor of Brandon Lopez, shot and killed by Anaheim police | https://abc7.com/aloe-blacc-roses-from-the-concrete-jonathan-hernandez-brandon-lopez-police-killing/11157374/

22 OCT 2021 6 Months After Mario Gonzalez Died In Police Custody, His Family Still Waits For Answers | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mario-gonzalez-six-months-answers-police-autopsy_n_6173096ee4b066de4f626e1f

20 OCT 2021 Liberal California Has a Huge Racial-Profiling Problem | https://www.thedailybeast.com/liberal-california-has-a-huge-racial-profiling-problem?ref=home

19 OCT 2021 Hemet police officer punches trespassing suspect in confrontation caught on video | https://abc7.com/officer-punches-man-hemet-police-viral-video-caught-on/11142339/

18 OCT 2021 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of qualified immunity for officers accused of excessive force | https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1047085626/supreme-court-police-qualified-immunity-cases

18 OCT 2021 Over 18 Months, LASD Deputy Gregory Van Hoesen Killed Two People and Got Away With It | https://knock-la.com/lasd-shooting-jamaal-simpson-death/

6 OCT 2021 Unarmed Latino Brandon Lopez, said to be having mental health crisis, shot to death by police in California | https://abcnews.go.com/US/unarmed-latino-mental-health-crisis-shot-death-police/story?id=80440411

17 SEP 2021 Grand jury indicts 2 officers fired for beating Black teen Devin Carter, 17 | https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/grand-jury-indicts-officers-fired-beating-black-teen-80087609

19 AUG 2021 Black Woman Suing Police Over Violent and Unwarranted Arrest | https://www.theroot.com/black-woman-suing-police-over-violent-and-unwarranted-a-1847516094

16 AUG 2021 LAPD officer suspended after video shows him punching handcuffed suspect in San Fernando | https://abc7.com/lapd-officer-punch-suspect/10954218/

13 AUG 2021 Video shows unarmed man fatally shot by California police | https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/video-shows-unarmed-man-fatally-shot-california-police-79444302?cid=clicksource_4380645_7_heads_posts_card_hed

28 JULY 2021 Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, California Department of Fish and Wildlife & the Etna Police kill Hawj Soobleej Kaub | https://news.yahoo.com/hmong-american-man-allegedly-fatally-191432012.html

21 JUNE 2021 When Sean Monterrosa became another Latino killed by police, his sisters fought back | https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/06/us/sean-monterrosa-cnnphotos/

15 JUNE 2021 City Must Face Claims of Man Shot by Police After Throwing a Book | https://www.courthousenews.com/city-must-face-claims-of-man-shot-by-police-after-throwing-a-book/

Legislation

Not Reported