Latinos are nearly twice as likely as Whites to be fatally shot by police. So why aren’t they included in the national conversation about policing and racism?
By City News Service
May 12, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A skateboarder won a round in court today when a judge ruled that Sheriff Alex Villanueva will remain a defendant in the
plaintiff s lawsuit claiming he was falsely imprisoned by two deputies allegedly associated with an internal clique at the Compton station known as the Executioners.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Linfield denied a motion by Villanueva s attorneys to dismiss a supervisory liability allegation in plaintiff Jesus Alegria s suit, the only claim in the case against the sheriff.
Alegria s suit also names as defendants Deputies Miguel Vega and Christopher Hernandez, who he alleges were prospects of the deputy clique known as the Executioners. The group casts innocent people as street gang members and sometimes brutalizes, shoots and kills them, then claims the actions were in self-defense, the suit alleges.
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After his son was shot and killed in October, Fred Williams Jr. asked the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for the name of the deputy who pulled the trigger.
But sheriff’s officials refused to identify the deputy, making it nearly impossible for Williams to learn anything about him. Had he been in prior shootings? Was there a history of abuse?
“That’s exactly why me and my attorneys are pressing for the officer’s name: So we can dig into his background,” Williams said.
The secrecy Williams encountered is standard within the Sheriff’s Department, which routinely rejects requests from relatives of people who are shot, journalists and other members of the public to learn the names of deputies who open fire while on duty.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced a set of guiding principles Wednesday to address systemic racism in the criminal justice system. We as a society have engaged in systemic mass incarceration, Spitzer said. As a prosecutor, I will stop it. We as a society have prosecuted people of color differently. As a prosecutor, I will stop it. We cannot fix a systematic problem without a systematic approach, he said. That approach must be thoughtful, thorough, and include different perspectives, different experiences, and different ideas. Justice is not evidenced by the longest sentence; justice is what is best for the individual, the victim, and society as a whole.
By City News Service
Feb 11, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced a set of “guiding principles today to address systemic racism in the criminal justice system.
“We as a society have engaged in systemic mass incarceration, Spitzer said. “As a prosecutor, I will stop it. We as a society have prosecuted people of color differently. As a prosecutor, I will stop it.
Spitzer added, “We cannot fix a systematic problem without a systematic approach. That approach must be thoughtful, thorough, and include different perspectives, different experiences, and different ideas. Justice is not evidenced by the longest sentence; justice is what is best for the individual, the victim, and society as a whole.