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By Sonali Kolkatkar for Yes! Media.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the YES! Media-Public News Service Collaboration Thirty years ago, in the wealthy Southern California city of Simi Valley, a majority-White jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of all charges in the videotaped assault of a Black man named Rodney King. . ....
The number of Ukrainians arriving in Washington state has increased since the Russian invasion in February. Already, the Evergreen State is home to the third-largest population of Ukrainians, after California and New York. Oleg Pynda is the executive director of the Ukrainian Community Center of Washington, which provides mental and behavioral health services. . ....
This week, members of Faith in Texas will be at the Dallas County Jail, as they are most Fridays. As the state s incarceration rate grows, the group is making its case for cash-bail reform by freeing people from jail who are unable to post their own bail. The group says the bail system discriminates against low-income people. . ....
Washington state law schools are aiming to recruit more Latino and Native American students through a program at a central Washington university. The state s three law schools at Gonzaga University, Seattle University and the University of Washington are collaborating with Heritage University on a three-week course at the school s Toppenish campus over the summer. Andrew Sund, president of Heritage University, said some law firms have told him they have difficulty recruiting attorneys in the region. . ....
Heart Mountain was an internment camp in northwest Wyoming where Japanese Americans were relocated against their will during World War II. It was the subject of a recent PBS TV special, and will also be featured in the Alliance for Historic Wyoming s new Placed-Based Stories project. Dakota Russell, executive director of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, said while the camp closed at war s end, many families who had lost everything they owned after relocation decided to stay in Wyoming. . ....