National Lawyers Guild, Central Coast

05/10/2022

The California State Auditor published a blistering audit of 5 law enforcement agencies. The audit covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; the San Bernardino, San Jose and Stockton police departments; and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The report found bias among officers and determined the departments had not done enough to prevent it. The auditor found multiple examples of troubling behavior that included social media posts and conversations between officers that mocked transgender people, women, Latinos, Black people and immigrants.

You can read the full report at http://auditor.ca.gov/reports/2021-105/index.html?te=1&nl=california-today&emc=edit_ca_20220510

11/19/2021

They claim their speed and efficiency will improve by splitting from the sheriff.

07/08/2021

“Systemic racism needs a systemic response,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet stated.

05/20/2021

"We rarely, if ever, stop to think that the biggest obstacles that Lewis and millions of Black Americans confronted during the Jim Crow era were not racist demagogues, such as the Alabama governor George Wallace, nor white supremacists, such as the Ku Klux Klan. The biggest threat to the struggle for Black citizenship and dignity in America during this period was, as it remains in ours, the police."

“America on Fire,” by the Yale University scholar Elizabeth Hinton, connects the unrest of the civil rights era to shifts in social policy authorizing aggressive police tactics whose destructive repercussions are evident today.

04/23/2021

Oklahoma Republicans have passed a new law granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally kill or injure protesters while attempting to flee.

The law also makes blocking public roadways a misdemeanor — punishable by up to a year in county jail and/or a fine up to $5,000.

The new law also makes blocking public roadways a misdemeanor offense.

03/17/2021

Actualización: Además de la asistencia para el alquiler y los servicios públicos a través de , los inquilinos y propietarios pueden solicitar asistencia para el alquiler a través del Programa de Asistencia de Emergencia para el Alquiler de California a través de www.housingiskey.com .
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Las solicitudes ya están abiertas para los pagos de asistencia de alquiler y servicios públicos ofrecidos por el Condado de Santa Bárbara a través de United Way. Todos los residentes del condado de Santa Bárbara que hayan experimentado una pérdida de ingresos debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 y cumplan con las pautas del programa pueden recibir hasta $ 6,000 durante 3 meses. Para obtener más información y postularse, visite: www.unitedwaysb.org/rent o siga el enlace en nuestra biografía.

02/28/2021

How to download and use the Siri ‘I’m Getting Pulled Over’ shortcut on an iPhone.

The Siri shortcut can be activated when you're pulled over by police, and will send your location to designated contacts and start recording video.

02/16/2021

A coalition of international human rights and legal groups are preparing to submit a report to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights about racist police practices in the United States. The report will be based on the findings of the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police...

02/09/2021

February 8, 2021 — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) International Committee (IC) joins the international call to support farmers in India engaged in the largest general strike in history. Since

02/02/2021

They are among hundreds of Philadelphians who say they came out to protest against police brutality only to be subjected to it.

01/30/2021

“Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice. They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice.”

Norwegian MP cites global impact of BLM in raising awareness and consciousness of racial injustice