Innocence advocates push police transparency bills
Detroit Two men who spent decades in prison for murders they didn t commit joined a state representative and innocence advocates Friday to lobby for making police discipline records public, which they say would help identify problem cops and curb wrongful convictions.
The legislative virtual briefing was hosted by Rep. Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit, who on Thursday co-sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require police departments release files of disciplined police officers requested under the Freedom of Information Act, or during court cases. The proposed bills are similar to those Carter co-sponsored last year, which expired in committee.
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Oakland Chinatown turns to private, armed security in wake of assaults, robberies
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Business owners in Oakland’s Chinatown raised more than $80,000 to hire private guards.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Pressure to increase public safety in Chinatown has mounted since early this month, when surveillance videos of robberies and attacks began surfacing on social media.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
As Oakland Chinatown reels from a recent string of assaults and robberies some of them captured in stark, instantly viral video footage merchants are testing a controversial solution: armed security guards.
A six-person foot patrol roamed along 9th and Webster streets on Tuesday morning, each guard clad in a black uniform with a tactical vest. Three of them carried expandable batons and guns in leg holsters. Volunteer ambassadors in blue vests also thronged the area around Pacific Renaissance Plaza, a cluster of
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