United Against Police Terror – San Diego

http://www.prisonforprofit.org/2011/12/demnow-new-expose-tracks-alec-private-prison-industry-effort-to-replace-unionized-workers-with-prison-labor/

“There’s no transparency and accountability,” the ACLU statement reads. “It’s completely unacceptable that one line policy change is the same as transparency or accountability. They have policy in place. It apparently it was not followed. The solution is to not change the policy, it’s to hold officers accountable to the policy.”

AB 953 & AB 619 will give us information we need to identify racial disparities and other patterns in policing, and ways to avoid the tragic loss of life.
Join thousands of ACLU supporters who agree: Every Californian deserves to be treated with dignity & respect.

As the nation has witnessed in recent months, it’s almost impossible to hold problem officers accountable. That’s why California needs to collect data on police/community interactions – and make that information available to the public. In order to pinpoint and fix problems with policing, we need to start with the data.

Although many people of color – and other members of marginalized communities – have experienced biased policing and police abuse, these experiences are often dismissed as isolated incidents instead of part of a systemic law enforcement problem.
Urge the California legislature and Governor Brown to pass and sign these two important police reform bills. Together AB 953 & AB 619 will help increase police accountability, improve community safety, and protect the fundamental rights of all Californians.

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https://action.aclu.org/secure/police-reform-california

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http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/public-safety/san-diego-police-struggle-to-explain-killing-unarmed-man-in-mira-mesa/

McCarthy, who had spent just two years on the force before the incident, told police investigators that he feared for his life before he shot Ortega. Based on the officer’s version of events, prosecutors said Ortega’s killing was justified.
“But police reports, depositions, interview transcripts and other evidence disclosed in a federal lawsuit filed two years ago by Ortega’s widow reveal inconsistencies in McCarthy’s account of what happened in the alleyway immediately before Ortega’s death. U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns, who is presiding over the case, recently expressed doubt that it would be possible for McCarthy to have done everything he said he did during his altercation with Ortega.”