Who Gets To Hang Out At The Pool?
*We might make the mistake of not seeing the events in McKinney, Texas, in their historic context.[tweet_dis] The segregation of public pools has a long history in the U.S.[/tweet_dis] In […]
You don’t hear much about Latino victims of police violence. That could change soon.
*It depends on where you’re listening. We’ve read and posted many stories about recent Latino victims of police violence – Jessica Hernandez, Antonio Zambrano-Montes, Ruben García Villalpando. But we’ve also read […]
Civilians Can Record Police Encounters, But When Is It Interference?
*FYI. It’s important. VL By Hansi Lo Wang, Code Switch The arrest of South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott in North Charleston this week, […]
LA County Pays $5M to Family of Unarmed Latino Man Shot by police in 2012
*This is timely, given the Pasco shooting of Feb. 10 and the recent Walter Scott shooting in North Charlotte. VL By Rodrigo Ugarte, Latino Post The family of Jose de […]