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2 weeks ago | berkeleyside.org | Lakshmi Sarah |Lisa Pickoff-White |Carly Severn |Nisa Khan |Zac Farber

Editors’ note: A version of this story first appeared on KQED. Widespread demonstrations in Los Angeles against increased immigration enforcement are continuing after the Trump administration deployed the National Guard to the region. Meanwhile in San Francisco, police officials said they’d arrested over 150 people — including six children — during protests in the city’s downtown on Sunday night.

2 weeks ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Lakshmi Sarah |Lisa Pickoff-White |Carly Severn |Nisa Khan |Zac Farber

Cal students march through Sather Gate at the end of a two-hour rally in January in support of immigrant community members. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight LocalThe San Francisco Bay Area has a long history of protest. But if you plan on attending a rally yourself, on any cause, how can you stay safe? What are your rights as a protester?

May 17, 2024 | kpbs.org | Emily Zentner |Lisa Pickoff-White

A former San Diego County Sheriff Department deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man outside the downtown San Diego jail over four years ago was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that could send him to prison for life, it was announced Friday. Aaron Russell was charged in the indictment with depriving Nicholas Bils of his right to be free from officers using excessive force and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, according to the Department of Justice.

Apr 11, 2024 | theguardian.com | Emily Zentner |Lisa Pickoff-White

The city of Stockton, California, has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Shayne Sutherland, a 29-year-old who died after being held face down by police officers in 2020, for $6m, the family’s attorneys announced Thursday. Sutherland’s mother, Karen Sutherland, said that nothing can replace her son, but that the settlement feels like an acknowledgement of responsibility from Stockton police, which she had been hoping for.

Feb 27, 2024 | theguardian.com | Emily Zentner |Lisa Pickoff-White

On a Thursday morning in October 2020, less than five months after George Floyd was held on his stomach by Minneapolis police officers until he died, Shayne Sutherland called 911 from a convenience store in Stockton, California, and asked for a taxi. When the operator told Sutherland he’d dialed 911, he said someone was trying to rob him. Stockton police officers Ronald Zalunardo and John Afanasiev arrived at the store about 15 minutes later.