Man involved in violent arrest speaks out
The man at the center of a controversial arrest is sharing his story after cell phone video shows San Diego Police officers punching him during an arrest in La Jolla Author: Heather Hope (Reporter) Updated: 6:37 PM PDT May 14, 2021
SAN DIEGO Speaking with a band-aid on his cheek and with an injury to his eye, Jesse Evans shares what he said happened to him while he was physically arrested by San Diego Police Wednesday morning. The true story is I didn t even get to pee because they came around the corner, I unclipped my pants, I was going to pee anyway, but you can t pee right here. They were talking about indecent exposure,” Jesse said.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to endorse a sweeping federal police reform bill known as the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
The board faced demands to support the legislation in recent weeks, after a former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted of murder in the May 25 killing of Floyd.
Tuesday’s action, opposed by Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond, directs the county’s legislative staff to support the bill. The legislation, which cleared the House of Representatives in March, includes several potential reforms including banning the use of chokeholds and racial profiling.
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Community leaders on Wednesday urged the county Board of Supervisors to pass an anticipated resolution in support of a sweeping federal police reform bill named after George Floyd.
“I call on our supervisors to do what is right,” the Rev. Shane Harris, a civil rights activist, said during a news conference outside the County Administration Building.
The Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to direct the chief administrative officer to support the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on the county’s behalf.
Among several reforms, the legislation would ban chokeholds, racial profiling and qualified immunity, a court-established concept that shields police officers and other government officials from lawsuits except in cases in which officials violate “clearly established” constitutional rights.
Local civil rights activists demand police reform after Chauvin guilty verdict
Local activists demand police reform in San Diego County
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Since former Minnesota Police officer Derek Chauvin s guilty verdict, local civil rights activists are demanding government leaders to take on police reform.
Tuesday, a jury convicted Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges in the death of George Floyd. His killing sparked national controversy after a video of Chauvin thrusting his knee onto Floyd s neck during an arrest went viral last year. Community advocate Cornelius Bowser said he was expecting the guilty verdict.
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San Diego registered a drop in overall crime last year, but killings rose 10 percent from 2019, police officials announced Monday.
There were 55 homicides recorded in 2020, marking the highest year-end total in the city in each of the past five years, according to Police Department data from previous years.
Data shared Monday show overall crime dropped about 8 percent across the city, which consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the U.S. The data show drops in five of seven categories, with the exception of aggravated assaults, which increased about 9 percent, and homicides.
Among violent crimes, rape dropped 13.5 percent while robbery decreased about 10 percent.