News & Commentary
Dec 10, 2014
L.A. Supervisors approve oversight of LASD, but will it have power?
Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted (3-2) to create a civilian oversight commission to oversee the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. ACLU SoCal and other community organizations sent in letters and made statements in support of civilian oversight.
By Esther Lim
Dec 06, 2014
Riverside Unified ban of tween book, unconstitutional
The Fault In Our Stars (“TFIOS,” to fans) is a critically acclaimed, largely popular YA novel about two terminally-ill teenagers who fall in love. Business Week reported in April that “more than 7 million hardcover copies […] have circulated widely—among middle school English classes, from teen to tween, from child to parent to grandparent, and beyond.”
By Adrienna Wong
Dec 03, 2014
The system, caught on tape
Why we need body cameras now more than ever
By Peter Bibring
Nov 26, 2014
A million dollars: The cost of free speech?
When Vickie Mena heard that her hometown of Adelanto, CA was considering plans to build yet another prison, she decided to express her concerns through a most time-honored American tradition: she organized a protest on the City Hall lawn. But the Adelanto officials had other ideas.
By Michael Kaufman
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