Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Civil Rights

The one heavily damaged Metro bus on Beverly was an outlier - Photo via Reddit user kaykakis

May Protest Update: Metro Refused Some Mutual Aid Requests, Most Bus Damage Was Minimal

By Joe Linton | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

Metro shuttled LAPD officers, provided 23 buses to police, and reported "62 damaged buses" when only about a dozen sustained significant damage.

Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Campaign Pushes for Manhattan Beach to Honor Full Black History of Bruce’s Beach

By Joe Linton | Jul 14, 2020 | No Comments

A new petition calls for Manhattan Beach to provide restitution to the Bruce family, whose land was seized by the city in the 1920s

New Legal Details Emerge on City Sidewalk Repair Settlement

By Joe Linton | Jan 12, 2016 | 10 Comments

New court filings today reveal more details about the settlement in Willits v. City of Los Angeles, a class action lawsuit over L.A.’s failure to make the public pedestrian right-of-way accessible to disabled people. Today’s documents concur with the basic outlines of the settlement revealed in April 2014: the city of Los Angeles will spend $1.4 […]

This is what stopping youth or men of color often looks like, regardless of the reason for the stop. Mikey, Jonathan, and George/Jorge were frisked for weapons on Ave. 50 and York Blvd. in Highland Park in 2013 while waiting for friends. Sahra Sulaiman/LA Streetsblog

Man is Shot and Killed by the Officers He Called to Help Search for Stolen Bike. Is it a Livable Streets Issue?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 17, 2015 | 20 Comments

Several months ago, I asked that a link to a story on the beating of Clinton Alford by LAPD officers be included in our daily headlines. The 22-year-old African-American man had been riding his bike along Avalon Blvd. near 55th St. in South L.A. one night when a car pulled up alongside him and someone […]

Featured Headline: Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Not About Immigration

By Damien Newton | Jun 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

I don’t think I’ve ever taken a tongue lashing in the comments section for any article or opinion piece as I did when I wrote in December of 2011 that it was past time for the State of California to license undocumented immigrants. The piece also supported LAPD Chief Charlie Beck’s position that cars shouldn’t […]

The BRU Roars: Mr. President, Enforce, Restore, Expand Our Civil Rights

By Damien Newton | Jul 26, 2012 | 19 Comments

We’re the BRU. This is our fight Mass transportation is a human right We want 50 cent fares and $20 passes ‘cause mass transportation belongs to the masses –BRU Chant, heard yesterday. Hoping to leverage the importance of minority and lower income voters to President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, the Bus Riders Union (BRU) launched […]

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