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Tue, Nov 3, 2009 -- 9:00 AM
San Jose Police Under Scrutiny
According to an ongoing San Jose Mercury News investigation, San Jose area police charge people for resisting arrest at much higher rates than police in other major California cities. The paper also reviewed over 200 court cases where resisting arrest was the primary misdemeanor, and found that in 70 percent of the cases force was used by police officers. We discuss the investigation.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Sean Webby, journalist with the San Jose Mercury News
- Bobby Lopez, president of the San Jose Police Officers' Association and former police sergeant
- Joseph McNamara, research fellow at the Hoover Institution and retired police chief of San Jose
- Shivaun Nurre, acting independent police auditor for the City of San Jose
- Skyler Porras, director of the ACLU of Northern California, San Jose Office
- Van Le, vice president of external affairs for the Vietnamese American Community of Northern California
- Victor Garza, chair and founding member of La Raza Roundtable de California, a San Jose-based advocacy organization
