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  • Read more about Class-Action Lawsuit Against Caltrans “Homeless Sweeps” Moves Forward

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  • Read more about A Promising California Bill Could Help Communities Stop Secret And Discriminatory Police Surveillance

In today's troublesome political climate, local police surveillance must be reined in. 

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  • Read more about Long After Rodney King, We Need Transparent Policing More Than Ever

In the early hours of March 3, 1991, George Holliday stepped onto his balcony and saw police begin to beat a motorist on the street below. He then pulled out a video camera and filmed an incident that would become synonymous with police violence and misconduct: the beating of a young African American man named Rodney King by several Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers. News stations across the country broadcast the footage of King lying on the ground as officers viciously kicked and struck him repeatedly with nightsticks. 

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With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is poised to pass AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, the first-of-its-kind bill to collect basic information on police stops in order to combat racial and identity profiling. The bill, introduced by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), was approved by the California Senate today and will return to its house of origin for concurrence. Following concurrence, AB 953 will be considered for signature by Governor Brown.

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  • Read more about Long Beach Police Officers Association v. Long Beach (Police Transparency)
In 2010, Long Beach officers shot and killed Douglas Zerby when they mistakenly believed the garden hose nozzle he was holding was a gun. A concerned LA Times journalist requested the names of the officers involved under the CA Public Record Act, but the requested information was not disclosed.

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The Alameda County Paul Robeson Chapter is working to protect and advance civil liberties and civil rights in Alameda, Castro Valley, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and Union City.

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