racial profiling
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Gardena PD Ticket, Harass United Riders of South Los Angeles for Taking Lane while the Case of the Hit-and-Run Victim They Were Honoring Remains Unsolved
The United Riders of South Los Angeles had just left the memorial site for Benjamin Torres, killed last October in Gardena in a hit-and-run, when they were pulled over by the Gardena Police Department.
July 12, 2013
A Case for the Incorporation of Questions of Access Into Planning for Complete Streets
"David!" I yelled, gesturing at City Planning's David Somers to come over and listen to what the residents playing cards in their yard were saying about the need for a stoplight at the intersection outside their front gate.
June 19, 2013
A Tale of Two Communities, Part II: LAPD Finds it Stirred Up Hornets’ Nest by Profiling USC Students of Color
"We do not believe at this point that there is any indication that this [incident] was race-based,” Capt. II Paul Snell of the LAPD Southwest Division told 1000 attendees at a forum last Tuesday night to address the mistreatment of black students by the LAPD when shutting down their party on May 4th.
May 13, 2013
A Tale of Two Communities: New Security Measures at USC Intensify Profiling of Lower-Income Youth of Color
"What you got on you?" the 15 year-old girl says the cops pulled up alongside her asked as she walked along Vermont one night.
April 30, 2013
