The Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an investigation into an anti-Black hate crime targeting a University of California, Irvine student, who was allegedly chased, assaulted, and subjected to racial slurs by five white teenagers riding electric bikes.
The California Public Defenders Association has condemned San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow for sharing posts on social media linking New York City’s newly elected first Muslim mayor to the September 11 terrorist attacks, citing concerns under state anti-discrimination law.
CAIR-LA has demanded that San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow publicly apologize and retract anti-Muslim social media posts, and requested an independent investigation into his conduct and his fitness to serve as district attorney.