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Wicked Local A member of the Arlington Police Department has been placed on administrative leave following a complaint from a Somerville resident who was detained police following a pursuit by officers.  "In consultation with the towns labor counsel, we determined that this was the best move for all parties going forward while the investigation is continuing," Town Manager Adam  Chapdelaine said in an interview. Following an incident on Feb. 10, the Somerville man posted about his mistreatme...

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar warned the country that without due process and the rule of law, Trinidad and Tobago could become a police state. Speaking at a virtual meeting of the United National Congress (UNC) last night, Persad-Bissessar said the UNC stands on the side of all law-abiding citizens: ‘The UNC stands on the side of all law-abiding citizens, and you’re innocent until you’re proven guilty. They say emotions are running high so we shouldn’t talk about rights, wel...

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COLUMBIA — Columbia City Council will vote on banning chokeholds and neck restraints Tuesday night.  Race Matters, Friends Executive Director Chad McLaurin agrees with the chokehold part of the ordinance but wants the council to reconsider banning neck restraints. "I think the board can definitely weigh in on the chokehold and ban them, but this particular restraint [carotid], I would like to see them actually cast a broader gaze at what the use of force continuum is for the police depa...

A Rose Blooms in Little Tokyo De Leon calls for intersection to be named Rose Ochi Square. Posted On City Councilmember Kevin de Leon released this image on Wednesday. Rafu Staff and Wire Reports Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin De Leon on Jan. 13 introduced a motion to designate the intersection of First and San Pedro streets in Little Tokyo as Rose Ochi Square in honor of the late civil rigthts activist. The motion states that Takayo “Rose” Matsui Ochi, who died on Dec. 13, just two...

State Legislators Celebrate Life of Rose Ochi Posted On SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature on Jan. 11 adjourned in memory to celebrate the life of civil rights activist and attorney Takayo Rose Matsui Ochi, led by Assemblymembers Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), and Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance). Rose Ochi Ochi, who endured her early life in American concentration camps during World War II, was the first Asian American woman commissioner on the Los Angeles...

Police officers caught breaking the rules from racist remarks to sexual touching All the results of 29 Humberside Police misconduct hearings and meetings in 2020 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for o...

“When I first came on … this would have been a deadly (police) shooting," said Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. "This wouldnt have been resolved the way it was, the way these officers handled themselves.” Instead, the video — compiled by the police department from body-cam footage — shows officers taking multiple measures to de-escalate the situation and avoid a lethal outcome. Among other tactics, the sergeant does not immediately confront the suspect near Pyne Poynt P...

   The second, more recent police shooting in Bethel took place around noon on Dec. 11. Police Chief Richard Simmons said that two officers were called to the intersection of Osage Street and Mission Drive. “They were called by behavioral health personnel from the hospital,” Simmons said. “And they had lost a guy. They had had a guy take his knife away from them, and he had severe mental problems.”   At the scene, one of the officers drew his pistol and shot the man holding the knife...

Rose Ochi, 81; Attorney, Civil Rights Leader Nisei broke barriers as an Asian American woman in a career that spanned Washington and L.A. Posted On Rose Ochi shattered glass ceilings throughout her career. In 2012, she posed for a portrait at the California Forensic Science Institute, where she served as executive director. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor Takayo Rose Matsui Ochi, an attorney, civil rights activist and political strategist who shattered n...