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SACRAMENTO — Despite weeks of street protests over the killing of George Floyd and California’s reputation for progressive politics, a series of major police reforms proposed in Sacramento largely fizzled in 2020. Backers hoped to have more success in 2021, with the pandemic waning, legislators spending more time on the issue and momentum building to address inequities in policing. But police reform is hitting hard times again this year, including a plan common in other states to oust bad cops. Across the nation, 46 states have rules preventing abusive officers from jumping jobs, furt...

Despite weeks of street protests over the killing of George Floyd and California's reputation for progressive politics, a series of major police reforms proposed in Sacramento largely fizzled in 2020. Backers hoped to have more success in 2021, with the pandemic waning, legislators spending more time on the issue and momentum building to address inequities in policing. But police reform is hitting hard times again this year, including a plan common in other states to oust bad cops. Across the nation, 46 states have rules preventing abusive officers from jumping jobs, furthering their careers ...

Skip to main content Opinion: California was complicit in George Floyd's murder. Here's what you can do about it Julia Yoo, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield April 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A man holds up a sign in front of a mural of George Floyd following the guilty verdict the trial of Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. - Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted on April 20 of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged trial that was seen as a pivotal test of police accountability in the United States. (Photo by Elija...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. California Bill to Amend the “Bane Act” Will be One of the Most Powerful Law Enforcement ... Haddad & Sherwin LLPApril 22, 2021 GMT OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code section 52.1, is California’s most broadly applicable civil rights law – the state counterpart to the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Bane Act forbids people from interfering with a person’s constitutional rights by threat, intimidation, or...

SAN DIEGO —  A man who said he was jabbed with a police baton and shot with bean bags during a protest in downtown San Diego last year is suing the city and the county, alleging civil rights violations. In his federal lawsuit, filed Friday in San Diego, Matthew Burgess also alleges negligence and lack of training for both San Diego police and San Diego County sheriff’s deputies in relation to actions taken by law enforcement during the May 31 protest to decry police brutality. Neither law enforcement agency immediately responded to a request for comment. According to the suit, the ci...