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Demands to Defund Police Pepper Fresno Budget Opener

At its first budget hearing for the next fiscal year, the Fresno City Council stepped into the "Twilight Zone" as one member put it Tuesday. Budgeting looked much different amid the pandemic and following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. The council started debating a...

California Legislative Leaders Back State 'Sleeper Hold' Ban

SACRAMENTO — California's Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, a proposal that appears to go beyond any other state. Major law enforcement groups did not...

Fresno, Clovis Districts Investigate Racist Incidents Involving Student, Staff

The Fresno State chapter of the NAACP is asking Clovis Unified alumni to talk about whether they experienced or witnessed racial discrimination during their school years. The online survey is in response to reports that a Buchanan High School student posted racist content on Snapchat, including an image "explicitly promoting...

Led by Public Defender’s Staff, Protesters Say, ‘Enough is Enough!’

Chanting slogans like "no justice, no peace, no racist police," hundreds marched around downtown Fresno in a lunchtime rally protesting police brutality — the latest peaceful event in the wake of George Floyd's death. Organized by the Fresno County Public Defender's Office, the march started at its office at Fresno...

Democrats Unveil Police Overhaul, Kneel at Capitol

WASHINGTON — Democrats proposed a sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures Monday, an ambitious legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement. Before unveiling the package, House and Senate Democrats held a moment of silence at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall, reading...

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