Thursday, January 19, 2017

Public outrage: CHP officers cleared by Orange County DA in fatal shooting of unarmed Latino teen in Fullerton

Bullet holes on Villanueva's pickup truck
The Orange County DA's office reached an unbelievable conclusion last Friday that claimed a pair of undercover, plain-clothes CHP officers, involved in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Pedro Erick Villanova in a dark, residential cul-de-sac in Fullerton on July 3, were not criminally culpable for their actions.

In a letter written by Senior Deputy DA Brock Zimmon and Assistant District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh, which was suspiciously released over the weekend to avoid any press attention last week, the Orange County DA's office concluded that undercover CHP detectives involved in the shooting, Sergeant Jon Grover Cleveland of Santa Clarita and Officer Richard J. Henderson of Long Beach, were justified in using deadly force by shooting into an occupied and moving vehicle driven by an unarmed Latino teenager, Pedro Villanueva, on the eve of Independence Day last year.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

#DisruptJ20 anti-Trump inauguration protest marches set for Washington, D.C. and California on January 20th

The time and date are set for the first of many #J20 anti-Trump inauguration marches across the country
The first of at least four #DisruptJ20 organized protest events are set to take place in Los Angeles, California on inauguration day, January 20th, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015 at the crossroads of South Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles in front of L.A. Live, under the hashtags of #UnitedAgainstHate and #CAforProgress to protest President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States.

This protest is organized by a group called CA for Progress and is calling for a "United Against Hate-Inauguration March" against President-elect Donald Trump.

At least three other protest marches from an alliance of pro-immigrant rights groups in Los Angeles are also planning to march in downtown Los Angeles all on the same day.

The California Latino Congreso is calling for in inauguration day rally at 1 p.m. at the corner of Broadway and Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles.