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I believe in this time of visceral dislike and disrespect for the brave women and men who currently serve, we have to continue the camaraderie, friendships and family unity that developed after many years of service, working long hours, missing important events, getting injured on the job and supporting each other in the field. Please consider signing up or bringing in a new member when we open up again. Take care all and be safe, Ernie Alcantar PBA President September Birthdays
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HERE I AM IN MURPHYS, CA
OK, If I can do it so can you!
Let us know what you are up to. Where, when, what, anything?
Your Brothers-in-Blue want to know!
Richmond rapper Tay Way gunned down minutes after posting Instagram video that revealed his location
Walnut Creek settles lawsuit with family of man killed by police
Officers’ response to East Bay apartment complex tied to earlier double shooting, police say
Man stabbed on BART train in Fremont area, suspect arrested
Man fatally shot at Oakland homeless camp
15-year-old arrested in Redwood City on connection with narcotics, firearm offense
Antioch: 16-year-old pedestrian airlifted to hospital after being hit by a car
Sonoma County: Pedestrian scuffles with officer on Highway 101
Ex-California attorney sentenced for killing wife on cruise
Northern California man on felony probation arrested 5 times since August 26
All charges dropped against California man in car-crash death of his mother
California cop accidentally shoots self at gun range
3 people arrested in Oregon accused of setting up illegal roadblocks near wildfire evacuation zones
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Woman hospitalized after coyote attack on Marin…
How did he make it all the way out here to Marin?
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Killer whales launch ‘orchestrated’ attacks on sailing boats
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CREWS BATTLE VEGETATION FIRE AT ALUM ROCK PARK IN SAN JOSE
Along the slopes of the Sierra west of Lake Tahoe, several oddly symmetrical groups of trees rise from the middle of the forest. Shaped like wagon wheels, they are known as nelder plots and were planted in the 1990s as part of a study at the Blodgett Forest Research Station. The aim was to glean insights into resource competition among trees, said John A. Helms, a silviculturist involved in the project. “It’s a little bit like putting rats in a cage or people in a tight suburban environment,” he told the Sun. “People behave differently when they’re jammed together.”
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Bid for dismissal in fatal police shooting denied FREMONTBy Joseph Geha jgeha@bayareanewsgroup.com A judge has rejected the city of Fremont’s bid to dismiss an excessive force and wrongful death lawsuit against three of its police officers over the fatal shooting of a pregnant 16-year-old girl in 2 017. Northern California District Court Judge Nathanael Cousins ruled there’s too many facts in dispute about the police shooting of Elena Mondragon during a covert arrest operation that went awry in Hayward on March 14, 2017, to throw out the case. “We consider it a victory,” Melissa Nold, a lawyer for Mondragon’s mother, said in an interview. In his Aug. 31 decision, Cousins wrote that a jury will need to hear the disputed facts. He added that the disputed facts also preCASE » PAGE 2 Case FROM PAGE 1 vented him from deciding whether to grant the officers qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that protects government officials from liability. A lawyer for the police officers, Gregory Fox, said in an interview he plans to appeal the decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. “This is a very tragic situation, and I’m very sympathetic to Ms. Mondragon, but I also believe that my officers didn’t do anything wrong,” Fox said. Mondragon, an Antioch resident, was shot during an undercover operation of the Southern Alameda County Major Crimes Task Force in March 2017 as officers tried to snare then 19-year-old Rico Tiger, who police said was responsible for multiple violent armed robberies in Fremont and around the Bay Area. Fremont police Sgt. Jeremy Miskella and officers Joel Hernandez and Ghailan Chahouati were part of the team, tracking Tiger to the pool area of the City View Apartments in Hayward. Miskella claimed in his deposition he did not fire his weapon as the BMW was passing him, nor into the back of it. But police evidence photos of the BMW show bullet holes in the side and back of the vehicle, and Nold argued the bullets that hit Mondragon appeared to come from the side, based on an autopsy. The evidence suggests “that shots may have been fired at the side and back of the BMW as it drove past and away from the officer(s),” Cousins wrote, and “puts at least Officer Miskella’s testimony into dispute.” None of the officers had their body-cameras activated, court documents said. While officers testified the BMW struck the minivan driver’s side door at up to 45 mph, photos of the Caravan show the “door as wholly unscathed,” Cousins wrote, while there was more apparent damage to the back driver’s-side panel of the van. Chahouati said he was in the doorway of the minivan as the BMW sped toward him, and he dove into the van, injuring his leg as the door slammed on it; Miskella testified he didn’t see Chahouati. Depending in part on the disputed facts, a “reasonable jury” could find that the officers “behaved with Bid for dismissal in fatal police shooting denied FREMONT As Tiger and three other teens, including Mondragon, returned to Tiger’s BMW, officers planned to use an unmarked police minivan and SUV to try to block the car – which was stolen and being tracked by GPS – but they were delayed by another car pulling in front of them, Cousins wrote in his recap of the known facts. Inst ea d , C ha houat i pulled the minivan close to the bumper of the BMW as it began to pull out of its parking spot and activated police lights. The officers then got out of the cars, aimed rifles at the BMW, and yelled com- mands at Tiger. Tiger backed up the BMW, revved its engine then attempted to flee by squeezing the BMW through a small space between the police vehicles and a carport, Cousins wrote. Miskella and Hernandez both fired shots at the car, claiming in their court depositions it had slammed into the minivan and was heading toward Miskella, who they thought would be killed. Miskella rapidly backed up on foot while shooting five rounds into the BMW as it narrowly missed him. None of the shots hit Tiger, the officers’ intended target, but Mondragon was hit multiple times by bullets and shrapnel, and died from her wounds, Cousins wrote. Cousins highlighted a few areas of dispute raised by Nold, including where police officers fired on the car, how fast the BMW was traveling, whether it was actually a danger to officers, and where it struck the minivan, if at all. deliberate indifference to the harm they could cause,” Cousins said. “I think in this situation, the evidence was undisputed, the officers only had seconds to react to what they perceived as a deadly force threat,” Fox, the officers’ attorney said. “Judge Cousins disagreed with me.” Michael Cardoza, an East Bay defense attorney and legal analyst, said Cousins’ decision to leave all the plaintiff’s claims against the city intact is “rare,” but appears to be correct given there are disputed facts. “The defense in the case has to look at the emotional impact this type of case will have on the jury. The defense has to look at the climate in which they will be trying this case, when there will be a lot of jurors that will be anti-police department, and who will question very deeply why weren’t the (body-cameras) turned on,” Cardoza said. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is charging Tiger with Mondragon’s murder. Last month, Tiger pleaded not guilty to the charge. Contact Joseph Geha at 408-707-1292. Copyright (c)2020 The Mercury News, Edition. Please review new arbitration language here. 9/11/2020 Copyright (c)2020 The Mercury News, Edition. Please review new arbitration language here. 9/11/2020 ![]() COMBATING SHORTAGECriminal records can be expunged under measure signed by Newsom By Don Thompson, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO >> California’s inmate firefighters will have a shot at becoming professional firefighters once they complete their sentences, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday. The new law will allow state and county inmates who train as firefighters to seek to erase the criminal records that often are a bar to employment as firefighters or in other professions. The measure “ will give those prisoners hope of actually getting a job in the profession that they’ve been trained,” Newsom said as he signed the bill against a backdrop of gray ash and charred trees near Lake Oroville, site of one of the most devastating of the many fires that have charred the state in recent weeks. California has been struggling in recent years to field enough inmate firefighters because of changes in state law that have reduced the number of lower-level offenders in state prisons. Court rulings also ended some of the incentives for inmates to risk their lives fighting fires when they could earn similar early release credits with less dangerous duties. The shortage grew this year, as thousands more inmates were released early in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus through prisons, pushing the number of inmate firefighters down about 30% from last year. The new law may create a new incentive, by allowing former inmate firefighters, after their release, to ask a judge to withdraw their plea of guilty. The judge could opt to then dismiss the accusations. The measure excludes those convicted of certain violent felonies and sex offenses, and the ex- offender would still have to disclose the conviction if he or she applies to become a teacher. The expungement would give the former firefighters the ability to apply for any of more than 200 occupations that require a state license, an opportunity lost to most people with criminal records, according to Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes, D- San Bernardino, who authored the bill. “ These individuals have received valuable training and placed themselves in danger to defend the life and property of Californians,” she said in a legislative analysis. “ Those individuals that successfully complete their service in the fire camps should be granted special consideration relating to their underlying criminal conviction.” The bill’s passage was hailed by criminal justice reform groups, and Newsom said it was supported by various unions, including those representing professional firefighters. The district attorneys association had argued against the bill, saying that expungement of criminal records should be limited to lower-level offenders, few of whom remain in state prisons. It said the incentive should be limited to those who are sent to county jails and not state lockups. ![]() Parking ticket scofflaws given amnesty By Maggie Angst Police officer arraigned, released By Angela Ruggiero Attorneys Mike Rains, left, and Julia Fox and San Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara J. standing by use of rubber bullets By Maggie Angst |
![]() department pro- actively decided to update the manual to clarify that, from now on, the projectiles would “only be used in situations where a person is actively attacking an officer or another person or when an armed agitator poses a threat to officers or other peaceful protesters.” The newly amended manual also states that officers who use the weapons inappropriately will face an internal investigation and potential discipline. The city’s new policy aligns with that of many other major cities across the county – such as Seattle, Detroit and Washington, D.C. – that have made sim- ilar moves since early June to ban police use of projectiles as a “crowd control” tool, while still permitting officers to deploy them against violent individuals. Peralez, a former San Jose police officer, said he felt the policy changes would address the issues of peaceful protesters getting hit with the rubber bullets and would “make projectile weapons better tools, allow our officers to use them better and protect our citizenry as we utilize them.” But that hasn’t quelled the concerns for many community members and Mayor Sam LicBULLETS » PAGE 4 Bullets FROM PAGE 1 cardo, who advocated that they should be completely banned in any crowds. During an hourslong discussion on the topic at Tuesday night’s meeting, Liccardo grilled members of the police when they decided to use force against them. JT Stukes, a 37-year-old San Jose resident, was subjected to the department’s use of force, despite merely chanting and speaking to officers in front of City Hall on May 31, according to his account and a lawsuit filed on his behalf. J. standing by use of rubber bullets Mayor angrily opposes decision to allow police to use the rounds in certain crowded situations CITY COUNCIL S. department over their stance on the use of rubber bullets, saying that firing them into crowds under any circumstances puts residents at “too great a risk.” “I am not comfortable, knowing what we know from international experience and national experience, that this is something that we’re going to authorize to use in crowded situations,” Liccardo said. The lengthy conversation at times became heated as both Liccardo and Assistant Chief of Police Dave Knopf raised their voices and attempted to speak over one another. Knopf took issue with the “unfair picture” Liccardo painted of officers indiscriminately firing into the crowd at peaceful protesters and Liccardo called out Knopf for “blowing an assertion out of proportion.” From Knopf’s point of view, the police department had addressed the concerns of residents and city officials by banning officers from aiming rubber bullets at crowds of protesters or at the ground to force them to disperse. “I’m not exactly sure what else you want us to do,” the assistant chief said at one point during the meeting. “ I’m not going to commit the office in this department to stand on a line and not defend themselves in a riotous situation.” But Liccardo cast doubt on what he felt was an unclear policy and its ability to change the habits and behaviors of officers under chaotic circumstances like the recent summer demonstrations. “I appreciate your confidence in someone having the discernment in the heat of a moment in a very chaotic situation to know when to fire into a crowd and when not to, but I just don’t think as human beings we’re gifted with such extraordinary judgment,” Liccardo said. The debate came just days after the police department released officerrecorded footage of three high-profile police encounters stemming from the demonstrations and a post- action report in which the department admitted officers’ inexperience with large protest crowds led to problems with the department’s chaotic response to demonstrators. The city’s police department has drawn widespread criticism for its use of rubber bullets, tear gas and other munitions to disperse unarmed and nonviolent civilians protesting the disproportionate use of force by police against Black and Brown Americans. All the while, the department has largely reiterated the same rationale for using force – that police were responding to “continuous violent confrontations with officers, rampant destruction of property, arson, and Still, Stukes said he was hit in the back, hip, leg and helmet when trying to get out of harm’s way as officers began firing rounds of rubber bullets at protesters who had decided to stay out past the city’s curfew order. One bullet even ripped through his backpack slung over his shoulders. “It’s absolutely ridiculous,” Stukes said about the department’s response to the protesters. “I wasn’t swearing or telling them they were abusive. They were basically just beating people from a distance and that’s just going to create panic and chaos and incite a reaction.” A San Jose police officer prepares to fire a rubber bullet at demonstrators during a protest in downtown San Jose on May 31 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. looting.” The department rebuts the notion that it was firing rounds of rubber bullets “indiscriminately into crowds” and defends the use of force against some peaceful protesters because, as Knopf stated Tuesday, “numeral dispersal orders were given beforehand.” “Those who remained were unlawfully present during a riotous situation where the men and women in this department and other agencies were standing the line taking rocks and bottles,” he said. Many have pointed out that there is a difference between peaceful protesters who refuse to disperse and individuals inciting violence. And in the eyes of protesters and activists, police officers escalated encounters against demonstratorsPolice release first bodycam footage from Floyd protests SAN JOSEBy Maggie Angst mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com In the first publicly released body-worn camera footage of San Jose police squaring off with protesters after the death of George Floyd, officers in one video are holding down a man who is saying “ I can’t breathe” and in another clip an officer is yelling “Hell yeah! Let’s get some.” Nearly an hour’s worth of footage released by the San Jose Police Department on Friday afternoon offers the first glimpse from officers’ perspectives of three highly criticized altercations beFOOTAGE » PAGE 6 Footage FROM PAGE 1 tween police and protesters during downtown demonstrations that began in late May. The three videos – each lasting about 20-30 minutes and showing bodycam footage from multiple officers at the scenes – show an officer on a motorcycle striking a pedestrian, officers using force against a man who was pulled behind a skirmish line and Officer Jared Yuen taunting and spewing expletives at protesters. The release of the videos comes about three weeks after San Jose police Chief Eddie Garcia said it could take up to a year to make any of the protest bodycam footage public – and just days before San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo was preparing to use a rarely invoked authority to direct the city manager to more rapidly produce the videos, with or without the blessing of the police department. “We hope releasing these videos will provide the public more clarity into each of these incidents,” Garcia wrote in a statement. “Each video is only one piece of in- formation used to fully understand a complex event. Some opinions and conclusions may be affected after watching certain videos; others will not.” Videos of the three incidents captured by the media and hits record but not audio during that time. In this case, the officer must have hit record after striking the pedestrian and therefore his audio cannot be heard but the video was retrieved. Under the department’s policy, officers must have their cameras on “stand-by” mode during the entirety of their shift but are only required to record once an officer expects to come into conduct with an individual, Camarillo said. The third case covered by the bodycam footage involved an officer striking a protester, David Baca – who approached a skirmish line after an order to disperse was issued – in the Adam’s apple with a long baton. According to a Go-FundMe page set up by his wife, Baca had approached the officers to get a closer look and take down the name and badge number of one officer in particular who he believed was aiming his rounds of rubber bullets at people of color. Baca allegedly called the officer a racist before he was shot with multiple rubber bullets and hit with the baton. Baca’s knee was shattered, and he was later taken to the hospital for emergency surgery, according to the GoFundMe page. Police release first bodycam footage from Floyd protests SAN JOSE community members have been widely circulated in recent months, and the police department previously had posted montages of the publicly available videos on a newly created page on its website for protest videos. But the footage released Friday provides more context around each incident and allows viewers to watch them from the officers’ point of view. In late May, videos went viral of Yuen, a six-year San Jose Police Department veteran, making aggressive comments toward demonstrators protesting the death of Floyd. In multiple videos recorded by community members, Yuen – who drew immediate and widespread rebuke from thousands of people across the country – could be seen taunting and shouting at protesters as he manned downtown skirmish lines. His behavior sparked resounding calls for his firing, but as of Friday, the police department is still conducting an internal investigation into his conduct, and he continues to work in an administrative role with the department. One of the videos released Friday depicts that scene on May 29, when officers in a skirmish line are facing a large group of protesters. Officers identify a suspect who they believe threw a bottle at an officer and attempt to arrest him. In the footage, Yuen can be heard saying “Let’s get this motherf-” and “Hell yeah, let’s get some” before rushing toward the suspect. Another high-profile incident involves the video of a police motorcycle hitting a fleeing man, first published on Twitter in early June. The video originally posted by a member of the public did not show what happened before or after the collision. The police department’s video released Friday states that officers were attempting to arrest the man on suspicion of felony burglary after he allegedly tried to break into a nearby bank. Footage shows a handful of officers chasing the man down a sidewalk before he darts between two parked cars and into the street, where a police motorcy- cle rams into him from behind and knocks him to the ground. The bodycam footage of the officer on the motorcycle does not include audio. San Jose police Sgt. Christian Camarillo said an officer’s camera can pick up 30 seconds before he or she Footage released by the police department on Friday shows that after he was struck with the baton, Baca attempted to grab it from the officer’s hands and started swinging at him before other officers swarmed him. Baca can be heard yelling “I can’t breathe” while pinned down. Raj Jayadev, co-founder and longtime director of San Jose-based Silicon Valley De-Bug, said the release of the videos “looked like an organization trying to sanitize their prior action by changing the narrative.” In a defiant memo last month, Liccardo asked City Manager Dave Sykes to hasten the release of body camera videos for the three high-interest incidents during the protests in late May through early June – along with 10 minutes before and after the altercations to provide viewers with more context. The rest of the City Council was expected to authorize the mayor’s memo at its meeting on Tuesday, giving the police department two weeks to abide and release the videos to the public, but the police department decided to release it ahead of the meeting. The council on Tuesday will still discuss a request from the mayor for the city to create a new ordinance that would require the release of body-worn camera footage for incidents that the council deems to be of “extraordinary public interest.” Liccardo said Friday that he appreciated the police department’s decision to release the videos early and was looking forward to making the timely release of bodycam footage related to high-interest incidents easier in the future. “The public has a right to know, as does certainly the council as policymakers,” Liccardo said in an interview Friday. “If we’re going to bother to be forthright with the public and fair to the officers, then we need to allow the public to see the entire context of an incident and not simply five seconds of some use of force against an individual.” Copyright (c)2020 The Mercury News, Edition. 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