Hispanic group calls for federal probe of Pasco police shooting

*Leaders of Consejo Latino, a civil rights group in Pasco, WA, says there’s a conflict of interest if a local agency investigates the fatal shooting by police of a Latino […]

*This is serious, it has been since the shooting happened last week. Only now is this story getting the attention of major “big box” media, and when it does it […]

*A good case about why Latinos and Blacks should work together on law enforcement concerns. VL By David R. Ayón, Latino Decisions Unfortunately missing from the raging national debate over recurrent […]

*I’ve read several stories, online and not, that try to establish a link between the Latino community and the concerns over the no-indictment of police involved in the deaths of […]

By Dr. Herny Flores. NewsTaco Over the years some of my critics have accused me of seeing racism under every rock.  Others have argued that racism is passé declaring that […]

By Andrew Lam, New America Media NAM Editor’s Note: Police killing of unarmed teenger, Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, MO, has mobilized African American media across the country. Below is a […]

*Someone was bound to ask the question. Here’s an attempt at an answer: less than 1 in 5 Latinos (18%) are following the events in Ferguson closely. Latinos are less […]

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco The shooting of young Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by the police has led me to contemplate several issues.  It wasn’t too long ago, I […]

*Residents in Salinas, California, are angry and protesting against a rash of police shootings that have left three Latinos dead. VL By Michael Martinez, CNN (CNN) — The central California city of […]

By Nick Belardes, Latino Rebels Latino Rebels will be running a series of pieces by local Bakersfield journalist/writer Nick Belardes about the in-custody death of David Sal Silva. This is the series’ first […]