After California’s legislature approved $500 million dollars in construction funding to local adult criminal justice facilities, the state is now in a position to determine what type of facilities it should invest in.
Those most at risk of being killed by officers (rates 2.5 to 20 times the state average): Native Americans ages 20 – 44; African Americans ages 15 – 49 and 65 – 69; Latinos ages 20 – 34.
The deadliest cities: (1) Eureka, (2) Desert Hot Springs, (3) Vista, (4) Perris, (5) San Bernardino, (6) Moreno Valley, (7) Hemet, (8) Compton, (9) Inglewood, (10) Indio
Brown has allowed more people convicted of homicide to parole than have the past four governors combined. That’s a good thing — but not good enough.
Blog Dec 30, 2015
Young black men is not a metaphor for violence
The failures of local authorities to hold police accountable for killing unarmed black men deserve angry condemnation — not more stereotyping.