The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has called for a swift, transparent, and independent investigation into the fatal police shooting of Corey Ruiz, a Black man killed by a Madison police officer on July 23, following the widespread circulation of cellphone video and renewed questions regarding police accountability and the absence of body-worn cameras among responding officers.
The family of Victor Lopez, an 18-year-old fatally shot by Santa Ana police during a January traffic stop, has initiated a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the unarmed teenager was in the process of surrendering when an officer discharged a firearm, striking him in the back.
The family of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was killed in a police shooting, filed a civil lawsuit against the LAPD after California prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges against the officer.
The California Department of Justice concluded that there was no legal basis to prosecute the El Centro Police Department officers involved in the fatal shooting of Elizandro Vargas, as the evidence showed that the officers acted in lawful defense of themselves and others.
A federal civil rights lawsuit alleges that Richmond police officers used “needless” deadly force against Jose De Jesus Mendez-Rios, an unarmed 51-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis, and violated his Fourth Amendment rights by failing to follow established crisis intervention practices.
The California Department of Justice concluded that there was no legal basis to prosecute the officers involved in the fatal 2022 San Francisco police shooting of Rafael Mendoza and Micheal MacFhionghain, as the evidence did not establish that the officers were objectively unreasonable in using deadly force.
The Anti Police-Terror Project expressed outrage and heartbreak over the killing of 40-year-old Anthony Anderson, an unarmed East Bay musician, by Alameda County sheriff’s deputies, and is calling for the expansion of non-police community crisis response systems in Alameda County.
The family of Victor Lopez, an 18-year-old who was fatally shot by Santa Ana police during a traffic stop, has filed a civil rights claim against the city alleging excessive force and a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Three legal claims have been filed against the city of Anaheim accusing police officers of using unjustified and excessive force during a Dec. 6 encounter that resulted in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Alberto Arzola, serious injuries to another teenager, and lasting trauma to a child who witnessed the shooting.
An ICE officer shot a California man after he allegedly reversed his car toward the officers, leaving the victim’s family concerned about the use of force and questioning the official account of events.
Community organizers are holding a rally to protest the early parole release of former Contra Costa County Deputy Andrew Hall, who was convicted of fatally shooting two people, and to highlight the dangers of the sheriff-coroner consolidation in the county.
The hearing for the case against Jason Fletcher, the officer who shot Steven Taylor in April 2020, has been postponed and the case is now in the hands of the state Attorney General’s Office after the Alameda court ruled that then-Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price was biased.
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