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ACLU Criticizes City Council’s ‘Inexcusable Failure’ to Adopt Recommendations Addressing Biased Policing In Independent Study of SDPD Data
ACLU Statement by
Norma Chavez-Peterson
Executive Director ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties:
ACLU of San Diego Demands Action on SDSU Racial Profiling Study Findings
(presented to the City Council by Christie Hill)
Good afternoon, Council President Cole and City Councilmembers. My name is Norma Chavez-Peterson. I am the Executive Director of the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you.
I am especially grateful that last year’s PSLN Committee voted to refer this matter to the full Council with a thoughtful motion that sought to position us for
ACLU of California Statement on Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Executive Orders
Today, President Trump and his new administration confirmed the institution of draconian, punitive, and discriminatory immigration policies that ign
SDACLU Applauds Study Recommendations To Address Biased Policing
SAN DIEGO, CA – Norma Chavez-Peterson, Executive Director of the San Diego ACLU delivered the following statement regarding the final SDSU Study of SDPD Traffic Stop data during the 2pm meeting of the Public Safety & Livable Neighborhoods Committee Meeting today:
SDACLU Executive Director's Statement on SDSU Study of SDPD Stop Data
Good afternoon, Council President Pro Tem Emerald and members of the committee.
Today’s conversation about SDSU’s analysis of SDPD traffic stop data is long overdue, and unfortunately the information we have been provided by the Mayor’s office leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Our first request is that the public be provided with specific information today regarding when the final report will be completed, and more importantly, when it will accessible for public review and comment.
When concerns are raised about racial bias in local policing, the response is often that San Diego is not Ferguson or Baltimore – meaning that there is no need to improve on police practices and relations in the region because massive numbers of people haven’t taken to the streets in protest. San Diego has not experienced civil unrest at the levels seen in other cities. Even so, there have been intimidating, brutal, and sometimes deadly encounters between law enforcement and
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