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Kathleen Bils in her home in the North Park neighborhood in San Diego, California on May 1, 2021. May 1st is exactly one year since Bils son Nicholas Nicky was shot and killed by a San Diego County Sheriff s Deputy after escaping a park ranger truck in handcuffs outside the county jail. Nicky was mentally ill, Bils said that her son was afraid of the police. He was 36 years old when he died.
Cases in San Diego and San Leandro will test the stricter standards on when officers can shoot to kill. Training of officers on the new law is inconsistent.
On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose.
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On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose.
This month, Kathleen Bils laid a memorial stone in a flower bed on the San Diego street where a sheriff’s deputy shot her son one year earlier. Some 500 miles north, at a marina on the eastern edge of San Francisco Bay, Addie Kitchen recently held a memorial in the city where a police officer killed her grandson.
“I want people to understand that our children are important to us and that we want justice,” said Kitchen, a retired prison guard. “We want the officers to be held accountable.”
Unite to free Mumia Abu-Jamal!
By Judy Greenspan posted on May 7, 2021
Oakland, Calif.
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 67th birthday was commemorated with three well-attended actions in San Francisco and the East Bay from April 20-24.
Gerald Smith of the Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia speaks at the Alameda County Courthouse, April 24. Photo credit: Leon Kunstenaar/ProBonoPhoto
On April 20, more than 50 people picketed in front of KQED public television studios in San Francisco’s Financial District to protest the airing of Independent Lens’ “Philly DA” about the career of District Attorney Larry Krasner. Although he campaigned as a “progressive” who would rectify decades of white-supremacist rulings against Black defendants, Krasner has since refused to order a new trial for Mumia or open possibilities for overturning his conviction.
House lawmakers are looking to sweeten President Biden s infrastructure package; Hillary Vaughn reports from Capitol Hill.
More details of pork-barrel projects are coming to light as members of Congress are embracing the return of earmark spending with gusto.
The latest requests include funding for public bathroom renovations, monuments to celebrate Black culture and homeless encampments in California.
Fox News has dug into the billions of dollars of pet pork projects that lawmakers have made public this week and has been highlighting some interesting finds.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., wants $3 million to renovate 26 public restrooms at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations in Alameda County. She also requested $1 million for trash capture devices throughout San Leandro, Calif.