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LAPD Are Not immigration Agents : Legal Ruling
2:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Los Angeles · Comments Off
26 Jun 2008
A California judge blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist Los Angeles police officers in weeding out undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit was filed by unnamed police officers, allegedly afraid to speak out about what they called a revolving door, where undocumented residents are routinely arrested and not deported.
Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu on Wednesday rejected arguments that the city’s policy — under which most suspects are not asked about their immigration status — conflicted with federal and state law.”
We already know that big cities, like L.A. and NYC engage in racial profiling practices. Hopefully this law will set a precedent that won’t allow LAPD to stop people based on them looking like “an illegal”, which has been racialized to mean looking Latino.
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LAPD Admits They Brutalized May Day Protesters
8:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Justice| Los Angeles · 1 Comment
12 Oct 2007
They may not have used those exact words, but the Los Angeles Police Department recognized that they may have “inappropriately” handled protesters at a Los Angeles pro-immigrant rally on May Day. The police asked for the public’s forgiveness for beating protesters and journalists covering the even earlier this year.
FBI to investigate LAPD beating of Latino man
6:57 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Controversia| Internet| Los Angeles · Comments Off
13 Nov 2006The power of YouTube continues to amaze us. The brutal August 11th beating of William Cardenas by the LAPD was caught on tape and put out there for the world to judge. And public opinion says it doesn’t think the LAPD has changed much over the past decade. You judge for yourself:
Thanks to the video’s viral popularity on the internet, the FBI is looking into the matter, reports BET:
The footage prompted federal investigators to open a civil rights inquiry into the Aug. 11 incident, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.The involved officers, who did not know they were being recorded, have been assigned to administrative duties while the FBI investigates. The LAPD’s internal affairs division is also investigating the arrest, the department confirmed Thursday.
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