Davis, California has taken measures to address racial profiling, but data suggests that racial disparities in traffic stops remain a persistent issue, and the City of Davis continues to pursue meaningful ways to combat racial profiling and strengthen trust between law enforcement and the community.
The ACLU released a report alleging that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office misled the public by inflating the costs of court-ordered reforms, falsely attributing unrelated expenses to a long-running civil rights case.
Immigrant rights leader Magybet Mendez discusses the real-world consequences of ICE raids, racial profiling, and legal fees on immigrant families, as well as the Supreme Court’s shadow docket enabling military-style ICE invasions, and how communities are fighting back through advocacy, education, and small business empowerment.
The California Public Defenders Association has denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling in Noem v. Perdomo, which allows federal agents to use race, ethnicity, accent, location and occupation as grounds for detaining individuals, effectively permitting racial profiling of Black and Brown individuals suspected of immigration violations.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area has condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows federal immigration officers to conduct stops without reasonable suspicion in California, calling it a devastating setback for civil rights and an endorsement of racial profiling.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to resume immigration raids in Los Angeles based on race, language, job, or location, sparking outrage from politicians, advocates, and plaintiffs.
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed two lower court rulings in Vazquez Perdomo v. Noem, allowing federal immigration agencies to continue using enforcement practices that critics call unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary order barring federal immigration agencies from conducting certain types of stops in Los Angeles and surrounding counties, a move which has drawn strong opposition from the ACLU of Southern California.
Judge Christopher W. Dybwad presided over the trial of a man charged with felony possession of a firearm by a former felon, with the prosecution presenting evidence of the man’s arrest and the firearm’s recovery, while the defense argued that the man was only apprehended because he fit the mold of a usual suspect.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Juvenile Curfew Emergency Amendment Act, expanding the city’s curfew to include all minors from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily through Aug. 31, following several teenagers being arrested for illegal fireworks, despite evidence showing curfews have little effect on reducing crime.
Participatory defense, a grassroots movement founded by Silicon Valley De-Bug, has grown nationwide, producing tangible results such as shortened sentences, case dismissals, and strengthened communities, by empowering communities to take control of their own justice.
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