#racial-profiling

#racial-profiling

A jury has awarded $8.4 million to a former White police officer who alleged he faced discrimination and retaliation by Korean-American command staff at the La Palma Police Department. Ross Byer joined the department in May 2022 and completed his training that August with positive performance evaluations, according to court records. His performance remained satisfactory until he was reassigned that year to a different sergeant.

There is no legal requirement that U.S. citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them,

Sleeping with a passport by your pillow. Bringing a birth certificate to soccer practice. Avoiding large gatherings and crowds. Grocery shopping for relatives too afraid to go outside. These are some of the ways that US citizens and permanent residents of color have altered how they move through the world as widespread immigration raids create a pervasive climate of fear.

You're going to arrest the one Black dude on the train, because this white woman said she didn't like the way I was sitting on the train?

Gov. Newsom is acting like an extortionist. His threat to withhold university funding unless schools publicly oppose President Trump's demands is political coercion. Public universities should not be strong-armed into adopting the governor's preferred positions. Their mission is education and open inquiry, not serving as instruments of partisan pressure. What makes this especially troubling is the hypocrisy. Newsom built his political brand by criticizing Trump for using federal funds as a political weapon.

In January, AB 379 will take effect, reinstating a repealed law that criminalizes "loitering with intent to purchase commercial sex." Governor Gavin Newsom, signed the bill, saying it will help protect victims of human trafficking. However, critics are its unclear language will enable law enforcement to detain individuals based on the subjective suspicion of having an "intent to purchase a commercial sex act."

Some outlets interpreted Sotomayor's remarks as directly aimed at Pam Bondi, Stetson Law's most regrettable export, who declared the administration would use the Kirk killing as a pretext to crack down on "hate speech." But since Sotomayor said, "representative," she likely intended to cast a broader net in the direction of Capitol Hill. That said, the former Florida attorney general has made a career out of proving that a J.D. is not an inoculation against constitutional illiteracy, so the shoe fits.

"Safer today than 60 years ago? Yes, he said on Tuesday Aug. 5. Is there still racial profiling? Yes. But not to the degree it used to be."

The Berkeley Police Department first adopted its fair and impartial policing policy in 2014, aiming to eliminate racial profiling and reduce disparities.