Wow, the Dorner stuff keeps rolling in! This is the latest. We found out that community folks took to the streets in our area during and after the Dorner incident, but we had no idea that this brother was accosted by this sheriff's deputy. Does her name sound familiar? That's because just last year, she was involved in a beating that she subsequently lied about. According to this article, "her case was dropped due to insufficient evidence." Suspicious, don't you think?
Civilian oversight, transparency, accountability--these are all things we push for as interim goals as we forge a path toward a society free of the police state and the prison industrial complex. We really have to hand it to the activists in Los Angeles County, especially those who have been focusing on the injustices occurring in the jails and detention facilities (in particular, the notorious Twin Towers) for having pushed this far.
We have been getting reports from Lake Elsinore about a heavy police agency presence--both US Border Patrol and local police--who have been racially profiling Latinos, especially day laborers who look for work on street corners. Recently some of these reports were detailed and updated.
We received a report from one of the members of the homeless community in Pomona about one particular officer who makes life difficult for him and other unhoused people in the Pomona area. The officer's name is Diamond--we have not yet been able to determine his first name or rank.
"Whenever he sees me he gives me a ticket. For loitering, littering, camping--whatever he can think of. Any excuse to get me a warrant and take me in."
The community member, who asked to remain anonymous for the purposes of this report, was sick of the mistreatment.
HIGHGROVE: Burglary prompts officer-involved-shooting
Deputies say no one was shot but two suspects sustained police dog bites in the Highgrove incident
