April 6, 2007 is a day Cherise Rogers will never forget. It was the beginning of an average Friday, or so she thought. Twenty-five-years-old and not long out of college, she was working as a clerk typist for the Los Angeles Police Department. She just finished her shift, which ended at one in the...
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California prison authorities announced last week the end of the inmate hunger strike at Pelican Bay State Prison. However, the issue over how California treats its prisoners is still far from resolved. On Friday, July 22, a group of roughly 50 demonstrators, many of whom are family and friends of striking inmates, assembled outside...
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Pro-immigrant advocates rallied yesterday at Florence Avenue and Main Street to warn drivers of a police sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint. Standing down the street from the checkpoint, members of the Southern California Immigration Coalition, or SCIC, held placards warning motorists of the police stop. Their signs read “checkpoint” in both English and Spanish....
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