2020 George Floyd riots Archives

Oakland City Council Votes To Add More Police, Police Academies Amid Crime Surge

December 9, 2021 2:20 amApril 3, 2022 8:35 am

The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to add more police academies and officers, reversing a course of police defunding and hiring freezes from the last year and a half. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented...

Arsonist Who Firebombed Republican Group’s HQ Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Jail

May 25, 2021 2:37 amMarch 22, 2022 11:42 am

The Riverside County man who firebombed a Republican group’s office in La Quinta last May was sentenced to 60 months in a federal prison on Monday on one count of attempted arson. Press play to hear a narrated version of...

SCOTUS Decision in State-Ordered Church Bans is Good News and Not Good News

February 10, 2021 2:11 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:38 am

The South Bay United Pentecostal Church vs. Newsom case, which challenged California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on all indoor worship services, under the auspices of protecting people from catching or spreading the coronavirus, was just decided on Friday. As attorneys...

CA Senate Domestic Terrorism Bill Authorizing Investigation into Right-Wing Groups

January 11, 2021 6:28 pmJanuary 13, 2021 6:14 am

On Monday, State Senators Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) and Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced that they would soon be introducing a bill to have the state create special investigation units focusing on domestic terrorism. The as of yet unnumbered bill,...

Violent Protest in Downtown Sacramento, But Mayor ‘Stands With Portland’ Thugs

July 26, 2020 6:05 pmJuly 27, 2020 6:17 pm

A violent protest took place in downtown Sacramento Saturday night. The Sacramento Bee did not report on the violence. Sacramento Police Department sent out an email explaining what happened: “This protest resulted in damage to windows, spray paint on property,...

YouGov Poll Finds Only 16% Americans Want to ‘Defund the Police’; 65% Oppose

June 5, 2020 7:27 amJune 5, 2020 8:14 am

Earlier this week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced he was cutting $150 million from the police department budget and would give it to communities of color instead,” California Globe reported. Across the country, Democrats are calling for police departments...

CA Mayors Garcetti and Steinberg Kneel to BLM

June 4, 2020 10:39 amJune 4, 2020 2:43 pm

Sacramento marchers ignore curfew for third night, Mayor Steinberg and police chief take a knee. While the City of Sacramento will be under a curfew through the end of this weekend, only the honest, law-abiding citizens are following the curfew...