Our thoughts are with Mr. McCoy’s friends and family as they mourn this heartbreaking loss.
California must update its deadly use of force laws and provide officers with adequate training to stop the epidemic of police violence against Black people.
Mr. McCoy should be alive today.
In June, we shared the story of Robert Williams, the first known person to be arrested for a crime they did not commit because of a technology police shouldn’t be using. He was handcuffed on his front lawn in front of his wife and two little girls.
"The long-awaited reforms ushered in by true progressive prosecutors such as Gascon and Boudin represent a seismic shift in how justice is delivered. But why should only those living in L.A. and San Francisco benefit from changes we all deserve?"
A federal operation, purportedly aimed at reducing the sale of drugs in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, has resulted in dozens of people being deported, despite local and state sanctuary laws. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/24/da-critics-say-anti-drug-tenderloin-initiative-is-being-used-to-dodge-sanctuary-city-laws-deport-undocumented-immigrants/
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‘Basically what’s happening here is the creation of a deportation pipeline’: DA, critics say Tenderloin initiative is being used to dodge sanctuary laws
