Note: The following Op-Ed was submitted to the Silicon Valley Voice (aka: Santa Clara Weekly) for publication on March 4, 2022. Shortly after publication, the City of Santa Clara (CA) and/or its police department contacted editors in opposition to the Continue reading Open Letter to Santa Clara’s New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission…→
Have We Lost Hope in Santa Clara County? In the past few years, a lot has happened to bring about improved accountability of police officers who kill or injure unarmed people namely the passing of State Assembly Bill 392 which Continue reading Have We Lost Hope for Accountability and Justice in Santa Clara County?→
Flex Your Rights launched an online system – OpenPolice.org – to help people prepare, file, and track reports of police misconduct! If you have been mistreated by police, you witnessed them commit a policy violation or a crime regardless of Continue reading Open Police Complaints Launches!→
On August 11, 2015 Governor Brown Signed the Right to Record Act into law! Senate Bill 411 by Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) clarifies that civilians’ right to record public safety officers in California is permissible under the law. Known Continue reading California Law Affirms Person’s Legal Right to Film and Record Police→
Both the California and U.S. Supreme Court has validated your right to video and audio record every interaction with police to include DUI checkpoints, any stop on the street, in a public establishment, or at a residence. Police cannot order Continue reading ACLU Provides Free Mobile App to Record Police Interactions→
SANTA CLARA — The city of Santa Clara will pay $1.7 million to a man who suffered “life-altering” injuries after a police officer fired two rubber bullets that hit him in the head. Handed down last week, the verdict followed Continue reading Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Victim of Santa Clara Police Excessive Force→
Longtime readers (of Monterey County Weekly) may recall the tale of Nicolas Aquino, the U.S. Air Force officer who in 2013 was tackled and detained by sheriff’s deputies outside his home for, essentially, being a hoodie-wearing Hispanic in Carmel. Aquino, Continue reading Judges Slam Investigation of Sheriff Deputy, Excessive Force→
Federal marshals have seized the car, furniture and other belongings of a sheriff’s sergeant who was found liable by a jury for shooting an unarmed man, leaving him paralyzed. The property was seized Saturday at Deputy Adams Lin’s house, according Continue reading Marshals Seize Deputy’s Car, Clothes to Pay $22.4 Million Awarded in Shooting→
In my rural red state police academy, instructors preach about ‘officers dying left and right’—even though the numbers show this isn’t happening. The trumpets of the thin blue line and right-wing news sources have been sounding, piping out warnings of Continue reading Police Academy Teaches the ‘War on Cops’ Myth→
The video showing an Oklahoma cop shoot and kill Terence Crutcher after he had his hands in the air, only to later claim he was not complying, is so outrageous that even an Ohio police chief took to social media Continue reading Police Chief Crosses Blue Line by Voicing Disgust Over Shooting Death→
