Civil Rights Attorneys, Social Justice Organizations Respond to Findings from Sacramento Police Dept Audit, Calling SPD ‘Wrong’
Kellan Patterson, civil rights attorney (left) and criminal defense attorney Keith Staten (right) responding to an…
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