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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of an ongoing project with KQED in San Francisco and other NPR stations to chronicle the extent of extremism in California. There will be future reporting throughout the state published by the various newsrooms in the coming months.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A prominent San Diego figure in an antisemitic extremist group has fled the country with no sign of returning, inewsource has learned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Wilson, a public face of the hate group known as the Goyim Defense League, was supposed to stand trial for \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/255a9815-e2fe-4007-94b3-8a4cdc65d9e0_Hate%20Crime%20Charges%20Robert%20Wilson%2012-27-2021.pdf\">allegedly assaulting his neighbor while yelling homophobic slurs (PDF)\u003c/a>. Court records and interviews indicate Wilson has fled prosecution and is continuing to spread white supremacist views on social media from Poland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criminal case was intended to be a high-profile victory for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, which is prioritizing hate crime prosecutions due to the growing number of incidents nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Bay Area connections' link1='https://www.kqed.org/news/11940804,Read related coverage from KQED tracing the Bay Area roots of a neo-Nazi propaganda group' hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/NeoNaziExtremistsmain-1020x570.jpg']District Attorney Summer Stephan \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/255a9815-e2fe-4007-94b3-8a4cdc65d9e0_Hate%20Crime%20Charges%20Robert%20Wilson%2012-27-2021.pdf\">released a statement when the charges against Wilson were first announced (PDF)\u003c/a> in December 2021, emphasizing the case’s importance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This case and these events demonstrate that those who are motivated by prejudice often spread their hate around to various groups, attacking our neighbors on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation or other grounds,” Stephan said. “Hate against one group is a threat to everyone and we won’t tolerate these crimes in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost six months have passed since Wilson missed his last court appearance. DA spokesperson Tanya Sierra would not specify whether prosecutors are attempting to extradite Wilson, but said that “we never give up on bringing justice to victims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that he is not in San Diego County means that our community is safer,” Sierra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson is one of about six primary organizers and public figures in the Goyim Defense League, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which closely monitors the group’s activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hate group engages in internet trolling, flyer distribution, street demonstrations and other tactics to spread antisemitic, homophobic and white supremacist views. They are known for pedaling conspiracy theories centered on Jewish people and hanging derogatory banners on freeway overpasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.jta.org/2022/10/23/united-states/kanye-was-right-about-the-jews-antisemitic-group-says-on-los-angeles-highway-banner\">banner the group displayed in October in Los Angeles\u003c/a>, which said, “Kanye Is Right About the Jews,” garnered widespread attention when images were circulated on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2-800x728.png\" alt=\"A white man driving a van.\" width=\"800\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2-800x728.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2-160x146.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2.png 916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of a video showing Robert Wilson, a member of the Goyim Defense League, driving a van covered with antisemitic messages through Beverly Hills. The video was posted to the Goyim Defense League’s online channels. \u003ccite>(inewsource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Goyim Defense League is a small, loosely connected network of individuals who have dozens of supporters and thousands of online followers, according to the ADL. Their members are connected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/goyim-defense-league\">11 arrests or criminal cases\u003c/a> across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group’s propaganda efforts are expanding. Data shows that members participated in more than 130 flyer campaigns last year, more than double than the year before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, Wilson and others from the Goyim Defense League paraded around San Diego in a van \u003ca href=\"https://sandiego.adl.org/news/white-supremacist-propaganda-in-san-diego/\">covered with antisemitic messages\u003c/a>, shouting slurs through a megaphone. Months later, Wilson \u003ca href=\"https://www.stopantisemitism.org/press-6/anti-hate-group-speaks-out-against-antisemitic-incident-in-west-hollywood-and-beverly-hills\">did it again in Beverly Hills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly there is a growing sense of fear among the Jewish community in San Diego,” said Fabienne Perlov, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League for San Diego and Imperial counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that antisemitism has always been present, but it used to be more on the fringe,” she continued. “And now they have been mainstreamed by social media platforms, and, really, their antisemitic slurs are all over, and that’s a concern. We know that antisemitic words and slurs can turn into violent acts of hatred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An incident in Chula Vista\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wilson is a Canadian immigrant who moved to Chula Vista around 2016 and opened a business in his house, California Audio Video, that sold home theater and surveillance equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records show the business was later suspended by the state for delinquent paperwork, but its \u003ca href=\"https://calaudiovideo.com/\">website is still online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 41-year-old had several confrontations with his next-door neighbors, who are gay, prior to the alleged assault. Wilson’s neighbors filed a police report against him for using a homophobic slur and threatening them. Then, the neighbors sued him for doing construction on their shared driveway without permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940948\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940948\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A view of a driveway leading up to a house.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The driveway where Robert Wilson allegedly attacked his next-door neighbor in Chula Vista, as seen on Jan. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kristian Carreon/inewsource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Wilson started appearing on the Goyim Defense League’s online platforms. The group reposted videos of him baiting people into conversations and spreading white supremacist messages under the pseudonym “Aryan Bacon.” He joined the group’s propaganda campaigns in Florida and Texas months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s issues at home soon escalated. According to court records, in November that year, he allegedly blocked his neighbor’s car, yelled anti-gay slurs at him and called him a “pedophile.” He then reached through the car window and struck his neighbor in the face — all while holding a small child of 2 to 3 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entire incident was captured on tape, according to a Chula Vista police officer’s court declaration. Video footage shows a woman outside the vehicle trying to stop Wilson as the neighbor rolls up his car window, the officer wrote. Wilson then attempted to open the car door, but it was locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>What should I do if I see or experience a possible hate crime?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Call 911 in an emergency and obtain medical attention if needed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Write down details of the incident. Take photographs if possible, and keep all the evidence.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get contact information for other possible victims and witnesses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report the incident to the authorities.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How do I report a hate crime?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims and witnesses of possible hate crimes can report them through many channels. Here are some options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report an antisemitic or otherwise discriminatory incident to the Anti-Defamation League using their \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/report-incident\">online form\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report hate crimes to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/report-hate-crimes-to-the-fbi/view\">Federal Bureau of Investigation\u003c/a> by calling (800) CALL-FBI or submitting an \u003ca href=\"http://tips.fbi.gov\">online tip\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report hate crimes to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/hate-crimes\">San Diego County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a> non-emergency line at (858) 565-5200.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Report hate crimes to the San Diego District Attorney’s Hate Crimes Hotline at (619) 515-8805 or using their \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcda.org/helping/hate-crimes\">online form\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“The victim said over the years they have attempted to obtain a restraining order against Wilson, which has been denied twice, so they do their absolute best to avoid Wilson,” the officer wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement agencies said there is a clear link between hate-based language and criminal activity, but some incidents may be protected as free speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generally speaking, speech alone, including hateful speech, does not constitute a crime,” the San Diego DA’s office said. “However, we still encourage the public to report hate incidents to law enforcement, as hate incidents usually are precursors to future hate crimes. Thus, documentation of prior hate incidents may serve as potentially powerful evidence in future hate crime prosecutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940947\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940947\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-800x432.png\" alt=\"Two men seen from behind in court.\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-800x432.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-1020x551.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-160x86.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-1536x830.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1.png 1915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of footage captured by CBS8 showing Robert Wilson (left) at his arraignment on Dec. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(inewsource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hate crimes targeted at all marginalized groups, including Jewish people, are climbing. California reported a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-releases-2021-hate-crime-report-highlights-resources\">33% increase in incidents\u003c/a> in 2021, reaching its highest level in the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anti-asian-hate-crimes-increased-339-percent-nationwide-last-year-repo-rcna14282\">hate-related events aimed at Asian American communities\u003c/a> hit an unprecedented high, prompting the San Diego DA’s office to launch a \u003ca href=\"http://sdcda.org/helping/hate-crimes\">hate crime hotline\u003c/a> to encourage more reporting of incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local police agencies are also prioritizing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/hate-crimes\">hate crime investigations\u003c/a> and prevention efforts. Last month, the San Diego Police Department announced it \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-01-24/san-diego-police-operation-takes-down-criminal-network-with-ties-to-white-supremacist-groups\">took down a large network of people\u003c/a> with ties to white supremacist gangs, making 71 arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>What is a hate crime?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A hate crime is a criminal act motivated by prejudice based on a person’s perceived characteristics, including disability, gender, nationality, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To charge a hate crime, speech must threaten violence, and target a specific person or group, and the offender must have the apparent ability to carry out the threat, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/hate-crimes\">San Diego County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What is a hate incident?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hateful speech or activities may not rise to the level of a hate crime if their activities are protected as free speech, but they are still considered hate incidents.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>Never again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors charged Wilson with felony battery and a hate crime allegation, which comes with a possible sentence of up to three years in prison. He was also charged with violating sign regulations for hanging an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2021-12-27/chula-vista-man-charged-with-anti-gay-hate-crime-attack-on-neighbor-hanging-antisemitic-banner\">antisemitic banner\u003c/a> over the I-805 freeway, but this was later dismissed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson has denied the allegations against him. On the day of his arraignment, CBS8 reporter David Gotfredson \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/chula-vista-man-accused-homophobic-slurs-altercation-anti-semitic-banner-san-diego-overpass-hate-crimee/509-9d42e558-0be0-4eeb-824a-23cb627d1b7c\">spoke to him outside the courthouse\u003c/a> and asked if he yelled homophobic slurs at his neighbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no such thing as homophobia,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/8lWJQmnhyEU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a phone call with an inewsource reporter, Wilson attempted to imitate his next-door neighbor, illegally recording the conversation without permission and posting it to his social media channels. He did not answer any of inewsource’s questions about his involvement in the Goyim Defense League or the alleged assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s next-door neighbors declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With charges against him pending, Wilson sold his Chula Vista home in January last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He then tried to convince his girlfriend to flee with him to Poland before his trial, threatening her if she did not comply — an incident she later reported to the police, according to court records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s criminal case file says he took a flight from San Diego to Amsterdam in late May. There was no return flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Diego judge issued a warrant for Wilson’s arrest when he failed to show up to a court hearing in August. But he didn’t keep a low profile. In a matter of weeks, a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jnewsgabe/status/1565506822617718784\">social media image went viral\u003c/a> showing Wilson standing outside the Auschwitz memorial in Poland holding a sign with an antisemitic message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940945\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-800x450.png\" alt=\"Two white men smile and hold antisemitic signs under the Auschwitz gateway entrance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo showing Robert Wilson (left) and Jon Minadeo II holding signs outside the Auschwitz memorial in Poland went viral on social media in August 2022. \u003ccite>(inewssource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Goyim Defense League’s founder, Bay Area native Jon Minadeo II, is also in the photo. Minadeo was arrested for violating Poland’s hate speech law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Wilson recorded himself accosting U.S. military officers in a Polish mall and using a racist slur. He continues to post to Goyim Defense League’s internet forums regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ADL said it believes Wilson has taken up permanent residence in Poland, with Minadeo’s help, and that he has no intention of returning to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, we don’t miss him in San Diego,” said Perlov, of the ADL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego County is home to more than 100,000 Jewish people and 400 Holocaust survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, at least 35 antisemitic events were reported in the county, but the true number of incidents is likely much higher — \u003ca href=\"https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/08/23/why-hate-crimes-are-underreported-and-what-police-departments-have-to-do-with-it/\">underreporting is a well-documented issue\u003c/a>, as victims often fear negative consequences for coming forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current climate is stoking fear in San Diego’s Jewish community, which had to grapple with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2021-12-28/poway-synagogue-shooter-federal-life-sentence\">mass shooting at a Poway synagogue\u003c/a> in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12713939/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is not a Jewish synagogue, a Jewish preschool, a JCC, a Jewish family service or a Jewish club that does not talk about security on a regular basis anymore,” said Darren Schwartz, chief planning and strategy officer for the Jewish Federation of San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to think first about security and second about being welcoming,” he added. “That is the real implication right now with this rise in antisemitism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federation is currently hiring a security officer to perform threat assessments and trainings for Jewish community groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also recently partnered with county Board of Supervisors member Nathan Fletcher to announce a proposal for a Holocaust remembrance exhibit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are growing corners of far-right social media that traffic in conspiracy theories, many of them questioning the basic premise, did the Holocaust actually happen?” Fletcher said at a recent board meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is offensive to the values that each and every one of us hold dear,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Fletcher’s speech, the Board of Supervisors officially declared January 24 Holocaust Remembrance Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Holocaust survivor Ben Midler told the board that fellow residents in his independent living home didn’t know about the atrocities brought by the Nazi regime. He wrote \u003ca href=\"https://hillelsd.org/2020/02/holocaust-speaker-ben-midler-on-perseverence-and-survival/\">a book about his experience in Polish concentration camps as a teenager\u003c/a> to educate others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Midler was the only member of his family living in Poland during the Holocaust to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should never forget,” he said. “Never.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>District Attorney Summer Stephan \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcda.org/content/office/newsroom/tempDownloads/255a9815-e2fe-4007-94b3-8a4cdc65d9e0_Hate%20Crime%20Charges%20Robert%20Wilson%2012-27-2021.pdf\">released a statement when the charges against Wilson were first announced (PDF)\u003c/a> in December 2021, emphasizing the case’s importance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This case and these events demonstrate that those who are motivated by prejudice often spread their hate around to various groups, attacking our neighbors on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation or other grounds,” Stephan said. “Hate against one group is a threat to everyone and we won’t tolerate these crimes in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost six months have passed since Wilson missed his last court appearance. DA spokesperson Tanya Sierra would not specify whether prosecutors are attempting to extradite Wilson, but said that “we never give up on bringing justice to victims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that he is not in San Diego County means that our community is safer,” Sierra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson is one of about six primary organizers and public figures in the Goyim Defense League, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which closely monitors the group’s activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hate group engages in internet trolling, flyer distribution, street demonstrations and other tactics to spread antisemitic, homophobic and white supremacist views. They are known for pedaling conspiracy theories centered on Jewish people and hanging derogatory banners on freeway overpasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.jta.org/2022/10/23/united-states/kanye-was-right-about-the-jews-antisemitic-group-says-on-los-angeles-highway-banner\">banner the group displayed in October in Los Angeles\u003c/a>, which said, “Kanye Is Right About the Jews,” garnered widespread attention when images were circulated on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2-800x728.png\" alt=\"A white man driving a van.\" width=\"800\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2-800x728.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2-160x146.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-van-2.png 916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of a video showing Robert Wilson, a member of the Goyim Defense League, driving a van covered with antisemitic messages through Beverly Hills. The video was posted to the Goyim Defense League’s online channels. \u003ccite>(inewsource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Goyim Defense League is a small, loosely connected network of individuals who have dozens of supporters and thousands of online followers, according to the ADL. Their members are connected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/goyim-defense-league\">11 arrests or criminal cases\u003c/a> across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group’s propaganda efforts are expanding. Data shows that members participated in more than 130 flyer campaigns last year, more than double than the year before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, Wilson and others from the Goyim Defense League paraded around San Diego in a van \u003ca href=\"https://sandiego.adl.org/news/white-supremacist-propaganda-in-san-diego/\">covered with antisemitic messages\u003c/a>, shouting slurs through a megaphone. Months later, Wilson \u003ca href=\"https://www.stopantisemitism.org/press-6/anti-hate-group-speaks-out-against-antisemitic-incident-in-west-hollywood-and-beverly-hills\">did it again in Beverly Hills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly there is a growing sense of fear among the Jewish community in San Diego,” said Fabienne Perlov, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League for San Diego and Imperial counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that antisemitism has always been present, but it used to be more on the fringe,” she continued. “And now they have been mainstreamed by social media platforms, and, really, their antisemitic slurs are all over, and that’s a concern. We know that antisemitic words and slurs can turn into violent acts of hatred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An incident in Chula Vista\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wilson is a Canadian immigrant who moved to Chula Vista around 2016 and opened a business in his house, California Audio Video, that sold home theater and surveillance equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records show the business was later suspended by the state for delinquent paperwork, but its \u003ca href=\"https://calaudiovideo.com/\">website is still online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 41-year-old had several confrontations with his next-door neighbors, who are gay, prior to the alleged assault. Wilson’s neighbors filed a police report against him for using a homophobic slur and threatening them. Then, the neighbors sued him for doing construction on their shared driveway without permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940948\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940948\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A view of a driveway leading up to a house.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/KCarreon-inewsource-1.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The driveway where Robert Wilson allegedly attacked his next-door neighbor in Chula Vista, as seen on Jan. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kristian Carreon/inewsource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Wilson started appearing on the Goyim Defense League’s online platforms. The group reposted videos of him baiting people into conversations and spreading white supremacist messages under the pseudonym “Aryan Bacon.” He joined the group’s propaganda campaigns in Florida and Texas months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s issues at home soon escalated. According to court records, in November that year, he allegedly blocked his neighbor’s car, yelled anti-gay slurs at him and called him a “pedophile.” He then reached through the car window and struck his neighbor in the face — all while holding a small child of 2 to 3 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entire incident was captured on tape, according to a Chula Vista police officer’s court declaration. Video footage shows a woman outside the vehicle trying to stop Wilson as the neighbor rolls up his car window, the officer wrote. Wilson then attempted to open the car door, but it was locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>What should I do if I see or experience a possible hate crime?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Call 911 in an emergency and obtain medical attention if needed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Write down details of the incident. Take photographs if possible, and keep all the evidence.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get contact information for other possible victims and witnesses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report the incident to the authorities.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How do I report a hate crime?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims and witnesses of possible hate crimes can report them through many channels. Here are some options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report an antisemitic or otherwise discriminatory incident to the Anti-Defamation League using their \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/report-incident\">online form\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report hate crimes to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/report-hate-crimes-to-the-fbi/view\">Federal Bureau of Investigation\u003c/a> by calling (800) CALL-FBI or submitting an \u003ca href=\"http://tips.fbi.gov\">online tip\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report hate crimes to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/hate-crimes\">San Diego County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a> non-emergency line at (858) 565-5200.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Report hate crimes to the San Diego District Attorney’s Hate Crimes Hotline at (619) 515-8805 or using their \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcda.org/helping/hate-crimes\">online form\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“The victim said over the years they have attempted to obtain a restraining order against Wilson, which has been denied twice, so they do their absolute best to avoid Wilson,” the officer wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement agencies said there is a clear link between hate-based language and criminal activity, but some incidents may be protected as free speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generally speaking, speech alone, including hateful speech, does not constitute a crime,” the San Diego DA’s office said. “However, we still encourage the public to report hate incidents to law enforcement, as hate incidents usually are precursors to future hate crimes. Thus, documentation of prior hate incidents may serve as potentially powerful evidence in future hate crime prosecutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940947\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940947\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-800x432.png\" alt=\"Two men seen from behind in court.\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-800x432.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-1020x551.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-160x86.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1-1536x830.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Wilson-court-1.png 1915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of footage captured by CBS8 showing Robert Wilson (left) at his arraignment on Dec. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(inewsource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hate crimes targeted at all marginalized groups, including Jewish people, are climbing. California reported a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-releases-2021-hate-crime-report-highlights-resources\">33% increase in incidents\u003c/a> in 2021, reaching its highest level in the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anti-asian-hate-crimes-increased-339-percent-nationwide-last-year-repo-rcna14282\">hate-related events aimed at Asian American communities\u003c/a> hit an unprecedented high, prompting the San Diego DA’s office to launch a \u003ca href=\"http://sdcda.org/helping/hate-crimes\">hate crime hotline\u003c/a> to encourage more reporting of incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local police agencies are also prioritizing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/hate-crimes\">hate crime investigations\u003c/a> and prevention efforts. Last month, the San Diego Police Department announced it \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-01-24/san-diego-police-operation-takes-down-criminal-network-with-ties-to-white-supremacist-groups\">took down a large network of people\u003c/a> with ties to white supremacist gangs, making 71 arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>What is a hate crime?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A hate crime is a criminal act motivated by prejudice based on a person’s perceived characteristics, including disability, gender, nationality, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To charge a hate crime, speech must threaten violence, and target a specific person or group, and the offender must have the apparent ability to carry out the threat, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/hate-crimes\">San Diego County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What is a hate incident?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hateful speech or activities may not rise to the level of a hate crime if their activities are protected as free speech, but they are still considered hate incidents.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>Never again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors charged Wilson with felony battery and a hate crime allegation, which comes with a possible sentence of up to three years in prison. He was also charged with violating sign regulations for hanging an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2021-12-27/chula-vista-man-charged-with-anti-gay-hate-crime-attack-on-neighbor-hanging-antisemitic-banner\">antisemitic banner\u003c/a> over the I-805 freeway, but this was later dismissed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson has denied the allegations against him. On the day of his arraignment, CBS8 reporter David Gotfredson \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/chula-vista-man-accused-homophobic-slurs-altercation-anti-semitic-banner-san-diego-overpass-hate-crimee/509-9d42e558-0be0-4eeb-824a-23cb627d1b7c\">spoke to him outside the courthouse\u003c/a> and asked if he yelled homophobic slurs at his neighbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no such thing as homophobia,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/8lWJQmnhyEU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/8lWJQmnhyEU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a phone call with an inewsource reporter, Wilson attempted to imitate his next-door neighbor, illegally recording the conversation without permission and posting it to his social media channels. He did not answer any of inewsource’s questions about his involvement in the Goyim Defense League or the alleged assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s next-door neighbors declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With charges against him pending, Wilson sold his Chula Vista home in January last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He then tried to convince his girlfriend to flee with him to Poland before his trial, threatening her if she did not comply — an incident she later reported to the police, according to court records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s criminal case file says he took a flight from San Diego to Amsterdam in late May. There was no return flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Diego judge issued a warrant for Wilson’s arrest when he failed to show up to a court hearing in August. But he didn’t keep a low profile. In a matter of weeks, a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jnewsgabe/status/1565506822617718784\">social media image went viral\u003c/a> showing Wilson standing outside the Auschwitz memorial in Poland holding a sign with an antisemitic message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940945\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-800x450.png\" alt=\"Two white men smile and hold antisemitic signs under the Auschwitz gateway entrance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/minadeo-arrested-auschwitz.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo showing Robert Wilson (left) and Jon Minadeo II holding signs outside the Auschwitz memorial in Poland went viral on social media in August 2022. \u003ccite>(inewssource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Goyim Defense League’s founder, Bay Area native Jon Minadeo II, is also in the photo. Minadeo was arrested for violating Poland’s hate speech law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Wilson recorded himself accosting U.S. military officers in a Polish mall and using a racist slur. He continues to post to Goyim Defense League’s internet forums regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ADL said it believes Wilson has taken up permanent residence in Poland, with Minadeo’s help, and that he has no intention of returning to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, we don’t miss him in San Diego,” said Perlov, of the ADL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego County is home to more than 100,000 Jewish people and 400 Holocaust survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, at least 35 antisemitic events were reported in the county, but the true number of incidents is likely much higher — \u003ca href=\"https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/08/23/why-hate-crimes-are-underreported-and-what-police-departments-have-to-do-with-it/\">underreporting is a well-documented issue\u003c/a>, as victims often fear negative consequences for coming forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current climate is stoking fear in San Diego’s Jewish community, which had to grapple with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2021-12-28/poway-synagogue-shooter-federal-life-sentence\">mass shooting at a Poway synagogue\u003c/a> in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12713939/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is not a Jewish synagogue, a Jewish preschool, a JCC, a Jewish family service or a Jewish club that does not talk about security on a regular basis anymore,” said Darren Schwartz, chief planning and strategy officer for the Jewish Federation of San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to think first about security and second about being welcoming,” he added. “That is the real implication right now with this rise in antisemitism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federation is currently hiring a security officer to perform threat assessments and trainings for Jewish community groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also recently partnered with county Board of Supervisors member Nathan Fletcher to announce a proposal for a Holocaust remembrance exhibit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are growing corners of far-right social media that traffic in conspiracy theories, many of them questioning the basic premise, did the Holocaust actually happen?” Fletcher said at a recent board meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is offensive to the values that each and every one of us hold dear,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Fletcher’s speech, the Board of Supervisors officially declared January 24 Holocaust Remembrance Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Holocaust survivor Ben Midler told the board that fellow residents in his independent living home didn’t know about the atrocities brought by the Nazi regime. He wrote \u003ca href=\"https://hillelsd.org/2020/02/holocaust-speaker-ben-midler-on-perseverence-and-survival/\">a book about his experience in Polish concentration camps as a teenager\u003c/a> to educate others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Midler was the only member of his family living in Poland during the Holocaust to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should never forget,” he said. “Never.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As a kid, Sara Trail was a bit of a crafting marvel. She was 4 years old when she started helping her mom sew. By the time she was 14, she had published a \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Sew-Sara-Pillows-More-Fun-Stuff/dp/1571206035\">book of sewing projects\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ttSuK4_Y2mM/UIV2_nbH11I/AAAAAAAAAbs/BEDUYN1gItc/s1600/SewSara.jpg\">a line of patterns\u003c/a>. On weekends, she traveled around the country teaching sewing classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940717\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA founder Sara Trail, June 18, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Trail’s relationship with sewing drastically changed when Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/02/26/1083233572/trayvon-martin-black-lives-matter\">was shot in 2012\u003c/a>. Trail identified with Martin. They were both teenagers, with birthdays only a few weeks apart. A few days after he was killed, Trail went to a quilting class. She wanted to talk about his murder and how their community could act for justice. But many of her classmates, who were older and white, didn’t understand why she was so affected by his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘You know that’s really not our problem,’” Trail recalled them saying. “‘We’re here to sew. We paid 150 [dollars] for this class. Be quiet about politics.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trail \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606b5ab47ef31f2545e0a504/e014e9bb-5df0-41f2-bd1d-e7d71b6b5ea4/Rest+in+Power%2C+Trayvon_+2012.jpg?format=1500w\">sewed a portrait of Trayvon Martin\u003c/a>, based on the now \u003ca href=\"http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/x_large/nprshared/201807/634143962.jpg\">ubiquitous black-and-white photo of him in a hoodie\u003c/a>. His young face and haunting eyes peer out from a patchwork of light fabrics. She called it “Rest in Power Trayvon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the first quilt that I made where [I wasn’t] trying to teach everyone to make this quilt,” said Trail. “I made this quilt so we can talk about an issue that’s being silenced in this quilting community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people did not celebrate this quilt like they had Trail’s other projects. Not one quilt show accepted it. Bay Area stores that proudly displayed her other work in their windows wanted nothing to do with the portrait of Trayvon Martin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"A quilt image of a black youth with a gray hoodie.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-1920x1275.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Trail's quilt 'Rest in Power Trayvon.' \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sara Trail)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And in that moment, I felt really shunned by an industry that I’d given not only so much of my youth, my childhood, but really my love, too,” Trail said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She never went back to quilting traditional patterns. Her idea of what textile art could and should express expanded as she studied public policy and education at UC Berkeley. And she kept thinking about the lack of empathy the quilting community had shown when Martin was murdered. She wanted to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Starting the Social Justice Sewing Academy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the summer after she graduated from Cal, Trail was ready to teach again, but this time it would be on her terms. She created a six-week summer program on the Cal campus, open to all students, and called it the “Social Justice Sewing Academy.” By the end of the program, each student finished a quilt and wrote a research paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had kids on ankle monitors,” Trail said. “We had kids who, you know, were sagging, cussing. They were like, ‘I never thought I’d be at a UC Berkeley summer thing.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students read about identity and social movements. They approached historical events from multiple perspectives, not simply those presented in traditional textbooks. Trail introduced them to textile artists like \u003ca href=\"https://www.faithringgold.com/about-faith/\">Faith Ringgold\u003c/a>, and they discussed what it meant to be “art activists.” She admits that it was pretty academic and that the students resisted sewing at first. But eventually they got into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of leaving the classroom for their one-hour lunch break like they were encouraged to do, they would stay,” she said. “We would have music and they'd eat their lunch and they'd be working on their quilts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six years later, that one-time summer program morphed into a nonprofit with a bevy of programs including \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsacademy.org/remembrance-project\">The Remembrance Project\u003c/a>, in which quilted banners celebrate individuals who died by violence. The group also makes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsacademy.org/memorial-quilts\">memorial quilts\u003c/a> as gifts for victims’ families and published an online \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsacademy.org/antiracist-guidebook\">Anti-Racist Guidebook.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940705\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"A remembrance banner with images stretched across a street at night time.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA Remembrance Project banners on display under the lights of downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(From \"Stitching Stolen Lives,\" by Sarah Trail and Teresa Duryea Wong, C&T Publishing, 2021)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The SJSA remains completely volunteer-run, and workshops are still at the center of their work. But now, the workshops last only a few hours or a couple of days. Instead of the Cal campus, SJSA brings its lessons to high schools, detention centers and public events. Participants no longer sew individual quilts; they use glue to create a block, or section of a quilt, centered on an issue that’s important to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I definitely started SJSA as a space where anyone can become a textile artist and make their own art,” said Trail. “I think there’s something really special in making art with the purpose to be seen and to have your voice heard over and over in different communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a sewing workshop Trail led as part of the city of Sonoma’s first Juneteenth celebration, Thomas Haines made a block representing how people who identify as trans or nonbinary often don’t receive burial services that reflect their identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940700 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-800x563.jpeg\" alt=\"A white person with long brown hair works on a quilt with scissors in their hand and a thread.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-800x563.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-1020x717.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-160x113.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Haines works on a quilt block at a Social Justice Sewing Academy workshop in Sonoma on June 18, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I'm going to have the trans flag’s colors on the stripes of the hand,” they explained to fellow participants. “And then she’s pulling the cross off of the coffin because a lot of trans folks are forced to have religious funerals, even though they may not align with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haines and the other participants would also write out an artist statement explaining their design and how the issue they’d chosen affects their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blocks were then handed off to SJSA volunteers around the country to add embroidery details or embellishments the artists requested, but didn’t know how to create themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Haines wanted the fingernails on the hand scraping the coffin image to be embroidered with pink thread and the words “Here Lies X.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then that goes off to an embroidery artist that is in a completely different class divide, a different generation, and has had different experiences,” said Stephanie Valencia, SJSA’s program coordinator. “They'll get the artist statement and they sit with that and really let it resonate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many of SJSA’s volunteers, this exposure to life experiences outside their own is part of what draws them to the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I work on them, I’m thinking about what this person was thinking,” said Marcia Cary, a regular volunteer at SJSA sewing days who has worked on many blocks that deal with violence. “It’s kind of emotional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the often difficult themes she encounters, Cary likes the work because it builds her empathy for people living lives different from hers, and forces her to reflect on her privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of people have echoed that response,” said Martha Wolfe, another SJSA volunteer. She worked on a Remembrance Project banner honoring \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058240388/ahmaud-arbery-murder-trial-verdict-travis-greg-mcmichael\">Ahmaud Arbery\u003c/a>, a Black man who was chased and gunned down by three white men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940701\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A white woman looks at blocks on a wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA volunteer Martha Wolfe working on a design, July 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You sit with the deceased and their families and you walk in their shoes for a few minutes,” Wolfe said. “To look into somebody’s eyes as you're creating their face … It was a good experience, but it was a hard experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Prejudice in the sewing world\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not everyone is as willing to confront topics like racism, gun violence or LGBTQ equality while quilting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia says she’s been at quilt shows “where people have really negative things to say about The Remembrance Project, about Sara herself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comments she’s heard range from, “‘It’s one of those exhibits of \u003cem>those\u003c/em> people,’” to, “‘Why do you always talk about Black people?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia says she can tell when prejudice is getting to Trail because Trail will remind white SJSA volunteers that their presence at quilt shows is important and ask them to put their “own community in check.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940712\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman works on a quilt at a table in the foreground with four white women working on quilts behind her in a workshop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-1020x740.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA founder Sara Trail and other quilters participate in a special sewing day led by Tara Faughnan at the Bay Quilts store in Richmond, to complete the construction of the SJSA Inclusion community quilt. \u003ccite>(From \"Stitching Stolen Lives,\" by Sarah Trail and Teresa Duryea Wong, C&T Publishing, 2021)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People of color are always deemed as the representation of their community,” said Valencia. “Anything Sara does is automatically going to turn her into ‘that angry Black girl.’ If she were to say something to defend herself, even though people are treating her with so much disrespect, it's going to shine a negative light on SJSA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia said it’s heartbreaking to see Trail treated so rudely. “I'd be sitting next to somebody on a long bench and as soon as Sara would come over, people literally got up and left,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jen Hewett is a printmaker and designer who identifies as Black and Asian American. She surveyed women of color about their experiences in craft spaces for her book \u003ca href=\"https://jenhewett.com/books/\">\u003cem>This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. She wrote it in part because she didn’t see herself “represented in any of the mainstream portrayals of who practices these crafts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women consistently described being the only crafters of color at events, getting mistaken for other women of color, or being followed in fabric stores because the workers thought they were going to shoplift. One of the crafters featured in the book was even kicked out of her quilting group for talking about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1116942725/the-charlottesville-rally-5-years-later-its-what-youre-still-trying-to-forget\">violent and deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was not allowed to talk about that at a quilting event when people asked her how she was, and she was uninvited because she talked about it,” Hewett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people say things like, “Don’t get political. I just want to enjoy my weekend,” Hewett thinks they really mean, “Don’t disturb my whiteness. Don’t point out that as a white person, I may not have to think about this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Opting out isn't a choice\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trail has a message for crafters who say they don’t think discussions of racism or controversial social issues belong in hobby spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While you choose to opt in or opt out, Black bodies can’t do that,” she said. “The ability to separate is such a privilege. I wish I had it, too. When politics impact your everyday lived experience, you're going to care more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of awareness she sees in the white quilting community has gradually become a place she focuses her efforts. In the organization’s first few years, she prioritized giving young people positive quilting experiences and finding places to display their art. But over time, she found herself more willing to educate the often older, white SJSA volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think as 2020 really hit, the quilting community became a lot more receptive to learning,” Trail said. “Once they learn, they can do better. It’s like a domino effect. They can bring it to their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are encouraging signs at the industry level as well. Major companies like \u003ca href=\"https://windhamfabrics.com/\">Windham Fabrics\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.aurifil.com/threads-of-diversity\">Aurifil\u003c/a> have championed SJSA’s work despite criticism from customers. Political quilts by artists like \u003ca href=\"https://quiltcon.com/featured-lecturer-exhibit/\">Chawne Kimber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bisabutler.com/\">Bisa Butler\u003c/a> are getting more attention. \u003ca href=\"https://simplicity.com/\">Garment patterns\u003c/a> now feature more racially diverse models and come in a wider range of sizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for me, the motivating factor is, I want to see this industry change,” Trail said. “The more little hurdles we knock over, that’s what keeps me going for months on end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As a kid, Sara Trail was a bit of a crafting marvel. She was 4 years old when she started helping her mom sew. By the time she was 14, she had published a \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Sew-Sara-Pillows-More-Fun-Stuff/dp/1571206035\">book of sewing projects\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ttSuK4_Y2mM/UIV2_nbH11I/AAAAAAAAAbs/BEDUYN1gItc/s1600/SewSara.jpg\">a line of patterns\u003c/a>. On weekends, she traveled around the country teaching sewing classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940717\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5582.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA founder Sara Trail, June 18, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Trail’s relationship with sewing drastically changed when Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/02/26/1083233572/trayvon-martin-black-lives-matter\">was shot in 2012\u003c/a>. Trail identified with Martin. They were both teenagers, with birthdays only a few weeks apart. A few days after he was killed, Trail went to a quilting class. She wanted to talk about his murder and how their community could act for justice. But many of her classmates, who were older and white, didn’t understand why she was so affected by his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘You know that’s really not our problem,’” Trail recalled them saying. “‘We’re here to sew. We paid 150 [dollars] for this class. Be quiet about politics.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trail \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606b5ab47ef31f2545e0a504/e014e9bb-5df0-41f2-bd1d-e7d71b6b5ea4/Rest+in+Power%2C+Trayvon_+2012.jpg?format=1500w\">sewed a portrait of Trayvon Martin\u003c/a>, based on the now \u003ca href=\"http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/x_large/nprshared/201807/634143962.jpg\">ubiquitous black-and-white photo of him in a hoodie\u003c/a>. His young face and haunting eyes peer out from a patchwork of light fabrics. She called it “Rest in Power Trayvon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the first quilt that I made where [I wasn’t] trying to teach everyone to make this quilt,” said Trail. “I made this quilt so we can talk about an issue that’s being silenced in this quilting community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people did not celebrate this quilt like they had Trail’s other projects. Not one quilt show accepted it. Bay Area stores that proudly displayed her other work in their windows wanted nothing to do with the portrait of Trayvon Martin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"A quilt image of a black youth with a gray hoodie.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Rest-In-Power-Trayvon-Sara-Trail_70W-x-60L_Overall-1920x1275.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Trail's quilt 'Rest in Power Trayvon.' \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sara Trail)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And in that moment, I felt really shunned by an industry that I’d given not only so much of my youth, my childhood, but really my love, too,” Trail said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She never went back to quilting traditional patterns. Her idea of what textile art could and should express expanded as she studied public policy and education at UC Berkeley. And she kept thinking about the lack of empathy the quilting community had shown when Martin was murdered. She wanted to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Starting the Social Justice Sewing Academy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the summer after she graduated from Cal, Trail was ready to teach again, but this time it would be on her terms. She created a six-week summer program on the Cal campus, open to all students, and called it the “Social Justice Sewing Academy.” By the end of the program, each student finished a quilt and wrote a research paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had kids on ankle monitors,” Trail said. “We had kids who, you know, were sagging, cussing. They were like, ‘I never thought I’d be at a UC Berkeley summer thing.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students read about identity and social movements. They approached historical events from multiple perspectives, not simply those presented in traditional textbooks. Trail introduced them to textile artists like \u003ca href=\"https://www.faithringgold.com/about-faith/\">Faith Ringgold\u003c/a>, and they discussed what it meant to be “art activists.” She admits that it was pretty academic and that the students resisted sewing at first. But eventually they got into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of leaving the classroom for their one-hour lunch break like they were encouraged to do, they would stay,” she said. “We would have music and they'd eat their lunch and they'd be working on their quilts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six years later, that one-time summer program morphed into a nonprofit with a bevy of programs including \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsacademy.org/remembrance-project\">The Remembrance Project\u003c/a>, in which quilted banners celebrate individuals who died by violence. The group also makes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsacademy.org/memorial-quilts\">memorial quilts\u003c/a> as gifts for victims’ families and published an online \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsacademy.org/antiracist-guidebook\">Anti-Racist Guidebook.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940705\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"A remembrance banner with images stretched across a street at night time.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_149.jpg-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA Remembrance Project banners on display under the lights of downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(From \"Stitching Stolen Lives,\" by Sarah Trail and Teresa Duryea Wong, C&T Publishing, 2021)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The SJSA remains completely volunteer-run, and workshops are still at the center of their work. But now, the workshops last only a few hours or a couple of days. Instead of the Cal campus, SJSA brings its lessons to high schools, detention centers and public events. Participants no longer sew individual quilts; they use glue to create a block, or section of a quilt, centered on an issue that’s important to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I definitely started SJSA as a space where anyone can become a textile artist and make their own art,” said Trail. “I think there’s something really special in making art with the purpose to be seen and to have your voice heard over and over in different communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a sewing workshop Trail led as part of the city of Sonoma’s first Juneteenth celebration, Thomas Haines made a block representing how people who identify as trans or nonbinary often don’t receive burial services that reflect their identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940700 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-800x563.jpeg\" alt=\"A white person with long brown hair works on a quilt with scissors in their hand and a thread.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-800x563.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-1020x717.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248-160x113.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_5555-e1676067705248.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Haines works on a quilt block at a Social Justice Sewing Academy workshop in Sonoma on June 18, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I'm going to have the trans flag’s colors on the stripes of the hand,” they explained to fellow participants. “And then she’s pulling the cross off of the coffin because a lot of trans folks are forced to have religious funerals, even though they may not align with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haines and the other participants would also write out an artist statement explaining their design and how the issue they’d chosen affects their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blocks were then handed off to SJSA volunteers around the country to add embroidery details or embellishments the artists requested, but didn’t know how to create themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Haines wanted the fingernails on the hand scraping the coffin image to be embroidered with pink thread and the words “Here Lies X.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then that goes off to an embroidery artist that is in a completely different class divide, a different generation, and has had different experiences,” said Stephanie Valencia, SJSA’s program coordinator. “They'll get the artist statement and they sit with that and really let it resonate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many of SJSA’s volunteers, this exposure to life experiences outside their own is part of what draws them to the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I work on them, I’m thinking about what this person was thinking,” said Marcia Cary, a regular volunteer at SJSA sewing days who has worked on many blocks that deal with violence. “It’s kind of emotional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the often difficult themes she encounters, Cary likes the work because it builds her empathy for people living lives different from hers, and forces her to reflect on her privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of people have echoed that response,” said Martha Wolfe, another SJSA volunteer. She worked on a Remembrance Project banner honoring \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058240388/ahmaud-arbery-murder-trial-verdict-travis-greg-mcmichael\">Ahmaud Arbery\u003c/a>, a Black man who was chased and gunned down by three white men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940701\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A white woman looks at blocks on a wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_6088.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA volunteer Martha Wolfe working on a design, July 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You sit with the deceased and their families and you walk in their shoes for a few minutes,” Wolfe said. “To look into somebody’s eyes as you're creating their face … It was a good experience, but it was a hard experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Prejudice in the sewing world\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not everyone is as willing to confront topics like racism, gun violence or LGBTQ equality while quilting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia says she’s been at quilt shows “where people have really negative things to say about The Remembrance Project, about Sara herself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comments she’s heard range from, “‘It’s one of those exhibits of \u003cem>those\u003c/em> people,’” to, “‘Why do you always talk about Black people?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia says she can tell when prejudice is getting to Trail because Trail will remind white SJSA volunteers that their presence at quilt shows is important and ask them to put their “own community in check.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940712\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman works on a quilt at a table in the foreground with four white women working on quilts behind her in a workshop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-1020x740.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Copy-of-11459_159.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SJSA founder Sara Trail and other quilters participate in a special sewing day led by Tara Faughnan at the Bay Quilts store in Richmond, to complete the construction of the SJSA Inclusion community quilt. \u003ccite>(From \"Stitching Stolen Lives,\" by Sarah Trail and Teresa Duryea Wong, C&T Publishing, 2021)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People of color are always deemed as the representation of their community,” said Valencia. “Anything Sara does is automatically going to turn her into ‘that angry Black girl.’ If she were to say something to defend herself, even though people are treating her with so much disrespect, it's going to shine a negative light on SJSA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia said it’s heartbreaking to see Trail treated so rudely. “I'd be sitting next to somebody on a long bench and as soon as Sara would come over, people literally got up and left,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jen Hewett is a printmaker and designer who identifies as Black and Asian American. She surveyed women of color about their experiences in craft spaces for her book \u003ca href=\"https://jenhewett.com/books/\">\u003cem>This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. She wrote it in part because she didn’t see herself “represented in any of the mainstream portrayals of who practices these crafts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women consistently described being the only crafters of color at events, getting mistaken for other women of color, or being followed in fabric stores because the workers thought they were going to shoplift. One of the crafters featured in the book was even kicked out of her quilting group for talking about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1116942725/the-charlottesville-rally-5-years-later-its-what-youre-still-trying-to-forget\">violent and deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was not allowed to talk about that at a quilting event when people asked her how she was, and she was uninvited because she talked about it,” Hewett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people say things like, “Don’t get political. I just want to enjoy my weekend,” Hewett thinks they really mean, “Don’t disturb my whiteness. Don’t point out that as a white person, I may not have to think about this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Opting out isn't a choice\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trail has a message for crafters who say they don’t think discussions of racism or controversial social issues belong in hobby spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While you choose to opt in or opt out, Black bodies can’t do that,” she said. “The ability to separate is such a privilege. I wish I had it, too. When politics impact your everyday lived experience, you're going to care more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of awareness she sees in the white quilting community has gradually become a place she focuses her efforts. In the organization’s first few years, she prioritized giving young people positive quilting experiences and finding places to display their art. But over time, she found herself more willing to educate the often older, white SJSA volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think as 2020 really hit, the quilting community became a lot more receptive to learning,” Trail said. “Once they learn, they can do better. It’s like a domino effect. They can bring it to their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are encouraging signs at the industry level as well. Major companies like \u003ca href=\"https://windhamfabrics.com/\">Windham Fabrics\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.aurifil.com/threads-of-diversity\">Aurifil\u003c/a> have championed SJSA’s work despite criticism from customers. Political quilts by artists like \u003ca href=\"https://quiltcon.com/featured-lecturer-exhibit/\">Chawne Kimber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bisabutler.com/\">Bisa Butler\u003c/a> are getting more attention. \u003ca href=\"https://simplicity.com/\">Garment patterns\u003c/a> now feature more racially diverse models and come in a wider range of sizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for me, the motivating factor is, I want to see this industry change,” Trail said. “The more little hurdles we knock over, that’s what keeps me going for months on end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Chevron has fired five workers who went on strike at the oil giant’s Richmond refinery last spring, according to their union. The apparent termination of United Steelworkers Local 5 employees at one of the West Coast’s major oil refining facilities prompted the union to file complaints with federal labor regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers Chevron fired — two during the walkout and three in the months that followed — were mostly safety operators at the refinery who played leadership roles in the strike, according to union president Tracy Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940126\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-800x534.jpg\" alt='Strikers hold placards that feature words \"strike\" and \"Chevron\"' width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striking Chevron refinery union workers hold signs as they picket outside the Chevron refinery on March 21, 2022, in Richmond. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The firings “were unjust,” Scott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those fired was B.K. White, a top union negotiator who became the face of the labor action and had worked at the refinery for nearly three decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could just tell it was retaliatory or punitive in nature,” said White, vice president of USW Local 5. “It appears there’s a concerted effort to break the union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board, the union alleges that Chevron ordered its members to train contractors to do union-covered work and then punished them for their labor activities. The NLRB has deferred action on the Local 5’s unfair labor practice charges pending arbitration of a grievance the union had already filed with the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the firings comes months after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915426/chevron-richmond-refinery-workers-ok-deal-to-end-first-strike-in-over-40-years\">10-week-long strike\u003c/a> by hundreds of USW workers. It was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11908916/a-strike-at-chevrons-richmond-refinery\">first walkout at Chevron’s Richmond refinery in 40 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marathon labor action ended up delivering only modest gains to workers. The contract, approved by a slim majority of union members, gave a small bump in pay and medical benefits to refinery employees who went without paychecks for more than two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You were just asking for a little dignity and little relief from a corporation that’s raking in billions of dollars and not sharing it with its workers but sharing it with their board of directors or their stockholders on Wall Street,” White said.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"BK White, vice president, USW Local 5\"]‘You were just asking for a little dignity and little relief from a corporation that’s raking in billions of dollars and not sharing it with its workers but sharing it with their board of directors or their stockholders on Wall Street.’[/pullquote]Chevron earned $35.5 billion last year, the company said in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/-/media/chevron/stories/documents/4Q22-earnings-press-release.pdf\">recent fourth-quarter earnings report (PDF)\u003c/a>. In a report to shareholders last year, the company reported that the total 2021 compensation for \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/-/media/shared-media/documents/chevron-proxy-statement-2022.pdf\">CEO Michael Wirth was $37.8 million (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White says when he and his members returned to work in late spring, Chevron managers told them to leave the labor dispute behind and work together. But replacement employees brought in during the strike remained at the refinery. Some were living at the facility, according to the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White says he was fired in October after working for 29 years at the Richmond refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me to believe such a heinous company would treat me any other way, I would be the fool to be surprised,” White said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understood that taking a position and fighting such a big company, there would be repercussions. I wasn’t happy with it, but I’ve never been a victim a day in my life,” he said. “I willfully went in to represent my people. I didn’t think I did anything wrong. I didn’t think I did anything worthy of termination. Big corporations like that don’t like being challenged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Chevron representative rejected claims that the company fired workers as an act of revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chevron does not retaliate against or tolerate any retaliation against employees for striking or for engaging in any protected union activity,” company spokesperson Brian Hubinger said in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees found to be engaging in behavior that violates policies or laws are subject to investigation and disciplinary action, including termination,” Hubinger said. “Chevron does not discuss the details of individual personnel issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940123\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888-800x623.jpg\" alt=\"An older Latino man in a blue shirt holds a strike placard as he talks to a striker, a man in a black shirt with a cap on.\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888-800x623.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888-160x125.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Richmond City Council member (and current mayor) Eduardo Martinez (left) talks with Chevron employee BK White during a strike in front of Gate 14 at the Richmond refinery on April 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hubinger noted that the refinery is the largest employer in Richmond and a “significant provider of union jobs.” He said the company respects the rights of employees to express their views lawfully and that includes the right to strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, White began working as public policy director for Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez, a longtime Chevron critic. Martinez believes White can help Richmond move away from oil and move refining employees into the green economy, according to the mayor’s chief of staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who better to help us lead ‘just transition’ work and support union labor and workforce development in Richmond — the mayor’s top priorities — than him,” said Shiva Mishek, who, along with Martinez, is a member of the Richmond Progressive Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Chevron has fired five workers who went on strike at the oil giant’s Richmond refinery last spring, according to their union. The apparent termination of United Steelworkers Local 5 employees at one of the West Coast’s major oil refining facilities prompted the union to file complaints with federal labor regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers Chevron fired — two during the walkout and three in the months that followed — were mostly safety operators at the refinery who played leadership roles in the strike, according to union president Tracy Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940126\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-800x534.jpg\" alt='Strikers hold placards that feature words \"strike\" and \"Chevron\"' width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1386907574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striking Chevron refinery union workers hold signs as they picket outside the Chevron refinery on March 21, 2022, in Richmond. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The firings “were unjust,” Scott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those fired was B.K. White, a top union negotiator who became the face of the labor action and had worked at the refinery for nearly three decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could just tell it was retaliatory or punitive in nature,” said White, vice president of USW Local 5. “It appears there’s a concerted effort to break the union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board, the union alleges that Chevron ordered its members to train contractors to do union-covered work and then punished them for their labor activities. The NLRB has deferred action on the Local 5’s unfair labor practice charges pending arbitration of a grievance the union had already filed with the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the firings comes months after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915426/chevron-richmond-refinery-workers-ok-deal-to-end-first-strike-in-over-40-years\">10-week-long strike\u003c/a> by hundreds of USW workers. It was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11908916/a-strike-at-chevrons-richmond-refinery\">first walkout at Chevron’s Richmond refinery in 40 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marathon labor action ended up delivering only modest gains to workers. The contract, approved by a slim majority of union members, gave a small bump in pay and medical benefits to refinery employees who went without paychecks for more than two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You were just asking for a little dignity and little relief from a corporation that’s raking in billions of dollars and not sharing it with its workers but sharing it with their board of directors or their stockholders on Wall Street,” White said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Chevron earned $35.5 billion last year, the company said in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/-/media/chevron/stories/documents/4Q22-earnings-press-release.pdf\">recent fourth-quarter earnings report (PDF)\u003c/a>. In a report to shareholders last year, the company reported that the total 2021 compensation for \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/-/media/shared-media/documents/chevron-proxy-statement-2022.pdf\">CEO Michael Wirth was $37.8 million (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White says when he and his members returned to work in late spring, Chevron managers told them to leave the labor dispute behind and work together. But replacement employees brought in during the strike remained at the refinery. Some were living at the facility, according to the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White says he was fired in October after working for 29 years at the Richmond refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me to believe such a heinous company would treat me any other way, I would be the fool to be surprised,” White said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understood that taking a position and fighting such a big company, there would be repercussions. I wasn’t happy with it, but I’ve never been a victim a day in my life,” he said. “I willfully went in to represent my people. I didn’t think I did anything wrong. I didn’t think I did anything worthy of termination. Big corporations like that don’t like being challenged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Chevron representative rejected claims that the company fired workers as an act of revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chevron does not retaliate against or tolerate any retaliation against employees for striking or for engaging in any protected union activity,” company spokesperson Brian Hubinger said in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees found to be engaging in behavior that violates policies or laws are subject to investigation and disciplinary action, including termination,” Hubinger said. “Chevron does not discuss the details of individual personnel issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940123\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11940123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888-800x623.jpg\" alt=\"An older Latino man in a blue shirt holds a strike placard as he talks to a striker, a man in a black shirt with a cap on.\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888-800x623.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888-160x125.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS55028_011_KQED_ChevronRefineryStrike_04072022-qut-e1675465928888.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Richmond City Council member (and current mayor) Eduardo Martinez (left) talks with Chevron employee BK White during a strike in front of Gate 14 at the Richmond refinery on April 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hubinger noted that the refinery is the largest employer in Richmond and a “significant provider of union jobs.” He said the company respects the rights of employees to express their views lawfully and that includes the right to strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, White began working as public policy director for Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez, a longtime Chevron critic. Martinez believes White can help Richmond move away from oil and move refining employees into the green economy, according to the mayor’s chief of staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who better to help us lead ‘just transition’ work and support union labor and workforce development in Richmond — the mayor’s top priorities — than him,” said Shiva Mishek, who, along with Martinez, is a member of the Richmond Progressive Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In 2017, about a week after the massive Tubbs wildfire destroyed parts of Santa Rosa, house cleaner Socorro Diaz got a call from one of her clients. They asked her to work at their home, which was still standing next to incinerated buildings in the Fountaingrove neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Diaz arrived, she found the house full of ash. She said she didn’t have a proper mask or gloves to clean what she would soon realize was toxic residue. And after days of handling and breathing it in, her skin itched, her head hurt and her nose bled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11810305,news_11886628,news_11900049\"]“The sensation of the air, of breathing, hurt inside my nose,” said Diaz, 42, a mother of three children. “The smell was toxic, harmful, and I didn’t really have the right equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state \u003ca href=\"https://www.easylawlookup.com/California-Law/Labor-Code/par-6114/_easylookup.blp?GO=Prepare&site=easy&print=&data=labor&p_start=319&p_end=339&p_para=6114&p_epara=7598&par=6114&displayer=YES#:~:text=6303.,agency%20other%20than%20the%20division.\">labor law\u003c/a>, employers of domestic service workers are not required to provide equipment or other conditions for a safe workplace, as is the case in other industries. That’s because household domestic service is not legally considered a form of “employment” — a remnant of slavery and sexist policies, according to historians. But stories like Diaz’s propelled a multiyear effort to gain full protections for this workforce, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/House-Domestic/Literature-Review-2022.pdf\">estimated at more than 358,000 people (PDF)\u003c/a>, most of whom are immigrant women of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, California has issued new voluntary industry guidelines for people who employ domestic workers, to prevent injuries and illness. Worker advocates say it’s a critical step to eventually end the exclusion of cleaners, nannies, home care aides and day laborers — who work in \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/House-Domestic/Literature-Review-2022.pdf\">over 2 million California households (PDF)\u003c/a> — from bedrock workplace regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/Voluntary-Industry-Guidelines-SB-321.pdf\">safety guidance (PDF)\u003c/a>, published on Jan. 20, is the first in the nation to specifically cover the home as a workplace, say occupational health and safety experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are recognizing paid household labor as work worthy of protections, which is very historic,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.femst.ucsb.edu/people/eileen-boris\">Eileen Boris\u003c/a>, an author of several history books on home caregivers and other domestic workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a portrait of a Latina woman in a pink shirt and vest with her hair pulled back, sitting with serious look on her face at an outdoor table\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Diaz sits outside a house-cleaning job in Occidental. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Boris and house cleaner Diaz both were part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/House-Domestic/advisory-comm.html\">statewide advisory committee\u003c/a> made up of employers, workers, advocates and occupational safety experts who worked alongside state regulators to produce the official guidelines. The committee’s task was mandated by a recent law, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB321\">SB 321\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domestic service employees \u003ca href=\"https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1776&context=gc_pubs\">often report job-related sickness or injury\u003c/a> from exposure to toxic cleaning chemicals, contagious illnesses like COVID-19 and ergonomic hazards. Because of back injuries, home attendants have injury rates comparable to those of construction workers, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new guidelines outline best practices for employers — including not to expect domestic workers to clean ash from wildfires, fix roofs, trim tall trees, clear out pest infestations or do any work that requires specialized equipment or training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employers also are urged to prevent injuries and illness by labeling toxic substances in a language the worker understands; creating an emergency preparedness plan for earthquakes or wildfires; offering puncture-resistant gloves to caregivers who handle needles; and removing electrical cords, wrinkled carpets and other tripping hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not anti-employer guidelines,” said Boris, who has hired a house cleaner for many years. “These guidelines are to make a safe home space for all who live or work within.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-800x518.jpeg\" alt=\"a large group of people is seen protesting, with a woman in the foreground holding an orange sign that reads 'Domestic workers are essential'\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-800x518.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-1020x661.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-160x104.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-1536x995.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM.jpeg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domestic workers march to amplify their demands for health and safety protections in the workplace via Senate Bill 321 in Los Angeles on May 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Brooke Anderson/California Domestic Worker Coalition)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Currently, any complaints by domestic workers that reach state job safety and health regulators will likely not be pursued, said a spokesperson with the Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees those regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, has jurisdiction over most workers — but not those engaged in domestic work. The exclusion is baked into the definition of “employment” in the state’s Labor Code 6303, which defines it as any trade, enterprise or occupation in which a person works for hire, “except household domestic service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the work is household domestic service, Cal/OSHA lacks the jurisdiction to issue citations,” said the DIR spokesperson, who declined to be named. “If the work is outside the household domestic service exception — for example, major construction work that includes adding a new bedroom — the Division would have jurisdiction to investigate and issue citations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal OSHA does cover some domestic service employees: those who are hired by a company, but not those \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1975/1975.6\">hired privately by an individual\u003c/a> to work at their residence. In California, covered employees could report problems to that agency, but only if they work in areas of federal jurisdiction, such as U.S. military installations or national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees hired by a company which is employing them in areas of federal jurisdiction in California can complain to federal OSHA about accidents or hazards and we will evaluate the info and take appropriate action, which could include an investigation,” said Mike Petersen, a spokesperson with the U.S. Department of Labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The various exemptions of domestic workers from basic health and safety protections at the federal level and in most states is a legacy of slavery, when African American people were made to do unpaid domestic labor, and of sexism, which devalues work traditionally done by women, said Boris, a UC Santa Barbara professor of feminist studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the waist down wearing blue rubber gloves picking up cleaning supplies from a red bucket\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Diaz grabs cleaning solution during a house-cleaning job in Occidental. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Domestic workers were excluded from the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, a U.S. law that granted workers the nation’s first minimum wage and overtime pay. That omission continued into the early 1970s, when federal OSHA and its counterpart Cal/OSHA were created. It wasn’t until 1976 that the state began granting minimum wage and other labor protections to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cadomesticworkers.org/about/our-history/#:~:text=In%201976%2C%20California%20passed%20a,seniors%20and%20people%20with%20disabilities.\">some categories of domestic employees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, California domestic workers have gained rights to overtime pay, paid sick leave and worker’s compensation benefits if they get injured on the job. But they continue to be excluded from state health and safety rules. Major obstacles to changing that have been concerns about privacy and anxiety over the weight of government regulation in the home, said Boris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1257\">SB 1257\u003c/a>, that would have extended state occupational health and safety protections to domestic workers. In his \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1257\">veto message\u003c/a>, Newsom cited concerns that the proposed legislation would add millions of homes to the jurisdiction of Cal/OSHA — a severely understaffed agency — and would be too onerous for employers.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Kimberly Alvarenga, director, California Domestic Workers Coalition\"]‘California is leading the path to finally granting workers what they deserve, and putting the nails in outdated policies that should not exist in today’s world.’[/pullquote]“I strongly share the belief of the bill’s author and proponents that, like all other California workers, domestic service employees deserve protections to ensure that their workplaces are safe and healthy,” Newsom said. “However, new laws in this area must recognize that the places where people live cannot be treated in the exact same manner as a traditional workplace or worksite from a regulatory perspective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Republican state senators who voted against that bill, including Sens. Brian Dahle, Scott Wilk and Shannon Grove, declined requests for comment about their concerns with the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, workers and advocates tried again to get legislators to strike the exemption from state law. After negotiations with Newsom, the measure that was ultimately enacted created the new voluntary guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates wanted a law with more teeth, but they say they hope the voluntary guidance will be a first step toward allowing domestic workers to enjoy protections equal to those of other employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, the guidelines identify which labor standards apply to the home and how, said Kimberly Alvarenga, who directs the California Domestic Workers Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is leading the path to finally granting workers what they deserve, and putting the nails in outdated policies that should not exist in today’s world,” said Alvarenga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939864\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a woman in a blazer and sunglasses is seen clapping outside at a protest\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Sen. María Elena Durazo, seen here at a rally in support of striking fast-food cooks and cashiers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, authored SB 321 and SB 1257. \u003ccite>(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The SB 321 advisory committee that developed the safety guidelines also issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/Policy-Recommendations-SB-321.pdf\">policy recommendations (PDF)\u003c/a> for the state Legislature and workplace regulators. Those include removing the household domestic services exclusion from the California Labor Code and establishing financial assistance for lower-income employers to get equipment they need to improve safety for workers, such as mechanical lifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. María Elena Durazo of Los Angeles, whose roots are in the labor movement, authored SB 321 and SB 1257. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The sensation of the air, of breathing, hurt inside my nose,” said Diaz, 42, a mother of three children. “The smell was toxic, harmful, and I didn’t really have the right equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state \u003ca href=\"https://www.easylawlookup.com/California-Law/Labor-Code/par-6114/_easylookup.blp?GO=Prepare&site=easy&print=&data=labor&p_start=319&p_end=339&p_para=6114&p_epara=7598&par=6114&displayer=YES#:~:text=6303.,agency%20other%20than%20the%20division.\">labor law\u003c/a>, employers of domestic service workers are not required to provide equipment or other conditions for a safe workplace, as is the case in other industries. That’s because household domestic service is not legally considered a form of “employment” — a remnant of slavery and sexist policies, according to historians. But stories like Diaz’s propelled a multiyear effort to gain full protections for this workforce, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/House-Domestic/Literature-Review-2022.pdf\">estimated at more than 358,000 people (PDF)\u003c/a>, most of whom are immigrant women of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, California has issued new voluntary industry guidelines for people who employ domestic workers, to prevent injuries and illness. Worker advocates say it’s a critical step to eventually end the exclusion of cleaners, nannies, home care aides and day laborers — who work in \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/House-Domestic/Literature-Review-2022.pdf\">over 2 million California households (PDF)\u003c/a> — from bedrock workplace regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/Voluntary-Industry-Guidelines-SB-321.pdf\">safety guidance (PDF)\u003c/a>, published on Jan. 20, is the first in the nation to specifically cover the home as a workplace, say occupational health and safety experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are recognizing paid household labor as work worthy of protections, which is very historic,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.femst.ucsb.edu/people/eileen-boris\">Eileen Boris\u003c/a>, an author of several history books on home caregivers and other domestic workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a portrait of a Latina woman in a pink shirt and vest with her hair pulled back, sitting with serious look on her face at an outdoor table\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/024_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Diaz sits outside a house-cleaning job in Occidental. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Boris and house cleaner Diaz both were part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/House-Domestic/advisory-comm.html\">statewide advisory committee\u003c/a> made up of employers, workers, advocates and occupational safety experts who worked alongside state regulators to produce the official guidelines. The committee’s task was mandated by a recent law, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB321\">SB 321\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domestic service employees \u003ca href=\"https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1776&context=gc_pubs\">often report job-related sickness or injury\u003c/a> from exposure to toxic cleaning chemicals, contagious illnesses like COVID-19 and ergonomic hazards. Because of back injuries, home attendants have injury rates comparable to those of construction workers, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new guidelines outline best practices for employers — including not to expect domestic workers to clean ash from wildfires, fix roofs, trim tall trees, clear out pest infestations or do any work that requires specialized equipment or training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employers also are urged to prevent injuries and illness by labeling toxic substances in a language the worker understands; creating an emergency preparedness plan for earthquakes or wildfires; offering puncture-resistant gloves to caregivers who handle needles; and removing electrical cords, wrinkled carpets and other tripping hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not anti-employer guidelines,” said Boris, who has hired a house cleaner for many years. “These guidelines are to make a safe home space for all who live or work within.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-800x518.jpeg\" alt=\"a large group of people is seen protesting, with a woman in the foreground holding an orange sign that reads 'Domestic workers are essential'\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-800x518.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-1020x661.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-160x104.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM-1536x995.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-02-at-10.02.52-AM.jpeg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domestic workers march to amplify their demands for health and safety protections in the workplace via Senate Bill 321 in Los Angeles on May 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Brooke Anderson/California Domestic Worker Coalition)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Currently, any complaints by domestic workers that reach state job safety and health regulators will likely not be pursued, said a spokesperson with the Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees those regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, has jurisdiction over most workers — but not those engaged in domestic work. The exclusion is baked into the definition of “employment” in the state’s Labor Code 6303, which defines it as any trade, enterprise or occupation in which a person works for hire, “except household domestic service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the work is household domestic service, Cal/OSHA lacks the jurisdiction to issue citations,” said the DIR spokesperson, who declined to be named. “If the work is outside the household domestic service exception — for example, major construction work that includes adding a new bedroom — the Division would have jurisdiction to investigate and issue citations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal OSHA does cover some domestic service employees: those who are hired by a company, but not those \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1975/1975.6\">hired privately by an individual\u003c/a> to work at their residence. In California, covered employees could report problems to that agency, but only if they work in areas of federal jurisdiction, such as U.S. military installations or national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees hired by a company which is employing them in areas of federal jurisdiction in California can complain to federal OSHA about accidents or hazards and we will evaluate the info and take appropriate action, which could include an investigation,” said Mike Petersen, a spokesperson with the U.S. Department of Labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The various exemptions of domestic workers from basic health and safety protections at the federal level and in most states is a legacy of slavery, when African American people were made to do unpaid domestic labor, and of sexism, which devalues work traditionally done by women, said Boris, a UC Santa Barbara professor of feminist studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the waist down wearing blue rubber gloves picking up cleaning supplies from a red bucket\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/009_KQED_DomesticWorkerSocorroDiaz_01232023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Diaz grabs cleaning solution during a house-cleaning job in Occidental. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Domestic workers were excluded from the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, a U.S. law that granted workers the nation’s first minimum wage and overtime pay. That omission continued into the early 1970s, when federal OSHA and its counterpart Cal/OSHA were created. It wasn’t until 1976 that the state began granting minimum wage and other labor protections to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cadomesticworkers.org/about/our-history/#:~:text=In%201976%2C%20California%20passed%20a,seniors%20and%20people%20with%20disabilities.\">some categories of domestic employees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, California domestic workers have gained rights to overtime pay, paid sick leave and worker’s compensation benefits if they get injured on the job. But they continue to be excluded from state health and safety rules. Major obstacles to changing that have been concerns about privacy and anxiety over the weight of government regulation in the home, said Boris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1257\">SB 1257\u003c/a>, that would have extended state occupational health and safety protections to domestic workers. In his \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1257\">veto message\u003c/a>, Newsom cited concerns that the proposed legislation would add millions of homes to the jurisdiction of Cal/OSHA — a severely understaffed agency — and would be too onerous for employers.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I strongly share the belief of the bill’s author and proponents that, like all other California workers, domestic service employees deserve protections to ensure that their workplaces are safe and healthy,” Newsom said. “However, new laws in this area must recognize that the places where people live cannot be treated in the exact same manner as a traditional workplace or worksite from a regulatory perspective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Republican state senators who voted against that bill, including Sens. Brian Dahle, Scott Wilk and Shannon Grove, declined requests for comment about their concerns with the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, workers and advocates tried again to get legislators to strike the exemption from state law. After negotiations with Newsom, the measure that was ultimately enacted created the new voluntary guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates wanted a law with more teeth, but they say they hope the voluntary guidance will be a first step toward allowing domestic workers to enjoy protections equal to those of other employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, the guidelines identify which labor standards apply to the home and how, said Kimberly Alvarenga, who directs the California Domestic Workers Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is leading the path to finally granting workers what they deserve, and putting the nails in outdated policies that should not exist in today’s world,” said Alvarenga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939864\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a woman in a blazer and sunglasses is seen clapping outside at a protest\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1244809469-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Sen. María Elena Durazo, seen here at a rally in support of striking fast-food cooks and cashiers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, authored SB 321 and SB 1257. \u003ccite>(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The SB 321 advisory committee that developed the safety guidelines also issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/Policy-Recommendations-SB-321.pdf\">policy recommendations (PDF)\u003c/a> for the state Legislature and workplace regulators. Those include removing the household domestic services exclusion from the California Labor Code and establishing financial assistance for lower-income employers to get equipment they need to improve safety for workers, such as mechanical lifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. María Elena Durazo of Los Angeles, whose roots are in the labor movement, authored SB 321 and SB 1257. She plans to introduce another bill next month that would fulfill those recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s confident that this bill will pass, now that the building blocks have been laid by the newly issued guidelines and policy recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to adjust. We can’t be living in the past. And this is definitely a legacy of slavery,” said Durazo. “We’ve got to move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The first time it happened to Courtney Abrams, hardly anyone believed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone had drained the more than $700 in cash aid and nearly $200 in food stamps from the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card the 33-year-old single mother received from the state, just minutes after those monthly payments appeared in her account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abrams never got to spend a dime of it, though she hadn’t lost her card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abrams, a West Los Angeles College student, called the card company’s customer service line that day to dispute the mystery transactions. She got a replacement card from the county and filed a police report. It took a couple of weeks for money to be loaded onto her new card. She also changed the PIN.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11885417,news_11934613\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was last March. In September it happened again. This time it took a month to get her money back, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November it happened again. Now she changes her PIN every month, the night before she gets her benefits, hoping to outsmart the thieves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was, like, maxing out credit cards, doing promise-to-pay, talking to my landlord, letting him know my money got stolen,” she said. “It was a lot of exposure … having to plead your case with these people in a situation that sounds kind of far-fetched.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not so far-fetched now: State and county officials say that \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/scam-alerts\">a rash of thefts is wiping out the cash and food benefits from thousands of lower-income families’ electronic benefits cards\u003c/a> in California and nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Millions gone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The thefts, which cost the state tens of millions of dollars to replace each year, have sent recipients scrambling to pay bills and household expenses, and flooding social services departments with reimbursement requests. The state proposes to upgrade the cards’ security features at a cost of $50 million in next year’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California uses EBT cards to deliver financial assistance for several programs, including CalFresh, which gives food aid to 2.8 million families a year, and CalWORKs, which gives cash to more than 300,000 families a year. Smaller programs include assistance grants to refugees and immigrant crime victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower-income Californians reported $29.7 million in cash welfare stolen and $4.7 million in food aid stolen in the 14 months from July 2021 through last September, the latest month for which statewide data was available, according to the Department of Social Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For CalWORKs, the theft amounted to less than $100,000 a month in mid-2021 and then rose to more than $4 million a month by last fall. The department is estimating an average of $6 million a month will be stolen this fiscal year, rising to $8 million a month in the year that begins in July, according to the California Department of Social Services budget documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has been stolen in California so far amounts to a sliver of the total benefits California issued to all recipients — less than 1% of the cash benefits and less than a tenth of 1% of food aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the amount of EBT theft has nearly doubled since 2019, budget documents state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Minutes to lose\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear what prompted a nationwide spike in benefits theft last year. The consequences are particularly acute in California, which provides more generous cash grants than many other states. Advocates say pandemic-era boosts in food aid also meant bigger losses than usual from recipients’ accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often the theft occurs minutes after the benefits are transferred to their cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"two hands hold a plastic card that reads 'golden state advantage'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley resident Esteban Vasquez holds his Golden State Advantage electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card. A lack of security features has made it easy for thieves to target EBT cards for theft. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It takes much longer to be made whole. Several recipients told CalMatters it took weeks, or even more than a month, to get benefits reimbursed amid the rising theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state social services department in 2013 instructed counties to replenish money to victims within 10 days of a theft report, but exceptions meant to catch fraud can slow that process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, if an aid recipient reports more than one theft within six months, social workers must flag their next claim for investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many recipients say they have been victims of theft more than once in recent months. Giovanna Roman, a Ventura County mother and community college student, said it happened to her three months in a row last year. She now receives her benefits through direct deposit, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A vulnerability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One reason safety-net benefits are vulnerable to electronic theft, advocates say, is that the cards have long lacked a security feature banks began putting on their credit and debit cards in late 2015: security chips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chipped card doesn’t come in contact with hidden, illegal “skimming” devices, which are designed to copy information from the card’s strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make purchases or withdraw money, EBT card users must swipe the cards’ magnetic strips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/opg52FxKoSo\">A state public service video\u003c/a> demonstrates how thieves can install skimming devices onto card readers to steal card numbers from the cards’ magnetic strips, and the thieves use hidden cameras to capture the cardholders entering their PINs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thieves can then \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8hk1VmYYuQ\">create counterfeit cards\u003c/a> to access the funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Lena Silver, associate director, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County\"]‘I feel that the EBT system was like the last place where things are so unsafe and so poor in terms of consumer protection.’[/pullquote]Until last June, the state’s EBT cards didn’t even include the three-digit “CVV” security codes typically on the back of credit and debit cards that banks use for an additional layer of fraud prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state added those codes, but the three months of data afterward show that benefits theft continued to rise, according to state figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state social services department is proposing to spend $76.5 million over the next three years to upgrade EBT cards with “enhanced security features,” according to Gov. 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Department spokesperson Jason Montiel did not answer a question about whether that means chip cards specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent motion, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are joining advocates in urging the state to go that route.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Consumer standards\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“To improve the security of the EBT system itself, so that people who rely on this very minimal food and cash assistance to survive, to bring their EBT system up to the same consumer standards that everyone else enjoys [are] the ultimate goalposts that we all need to be reaching for,” said Lena Silver, associate director at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, which has been flooded with calls from clients whose benefits were stolen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silver pointed out that, in contrast to cards sent to lower-income Californians receiving assistance, the state intended to send chipped cards to the recipients of its tax refunds to relieve inflation and high gas prices last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel that the EBT system was like the last place where things are so unsafe and so poor in terms of consumer protection,” Silver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recently issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/newsroom/middle-class-tax-refund/index.html\">middle class tax refund\u003c/a> cards were issued by a different department, the Franchise Tax Board. Spokesperson Andrew LePage said the agency chose its debit card vendor, Money Network, partly because it could provide some chipped cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since October the board has sent out 9.4 million debit cards, though many of those were issued without chips due to supply chain shortages. The agency has received reports of fraud and theft of those benefits, too, but it won’t say how much or how many cards lacked chips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LePage said the vendor reports that the fraud rate is “well below” 1% of the money issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Taxpayers pay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While most of the benefits on EBT cards come from federal funds, California taxpayers foot the bill to reimburse victims of theft. California has reimbursed CalWORKs recipients for stolen funds for years, and in November 2021 the state became the first to do the same for CalFresh food aid recipients, after advocates sued the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Congress approved a spending bill allowing states to use federal funds to reimburse victims of food stamp theft that happened after Oct. 1, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, California is blocking suspicious EBT transactions, including those made from out of state, state officials told advocates in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social services department also is helping counties process reimbursement claims more quickly, and “multiple investigations are ongoing,” Montiel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, Los Angeles prosecutors announced they charged 16 people in an alleged EBT fraud ring after they were caught with 300 cloned EBT cards, amounting to $400,000 in stolen benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County prosecutors in December charged two men with burglary and theft after they were arrested with 50 fraudulent cards and card-skimming equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Clearing hurdles\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state also plans to reduce the number of hurdles theft victims must clear to make a claim and get their benefits replaced. Cash welfare recipients previously had to dispute transactions with the card company and file a police report before filling out a theft claim form with the county welfare department, which advocates said was burdensome for some clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social services department in late January issued \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Letters-and-Notices/ACLs/2023/23-13.pdf?ver=2023-01-27-165817-090\">a new policy removing requirements to call the card company and file a police report (PDF)\u003c/a>, adding that card theft victims are “strongly encouraged” to report the theft to police and prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abrams said she would feel more secure if the cards were chipped. Beyond all that, she wants to get her money back with less scrutiny. The numerous calls and rounds of paperwork she had to file made her feel like she was being accused of fraud, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If my bank card gets stolen and someone uses it, I don’t feel like a criminal, calling and saying, ‘Hey, my bank card was stolen, can you turn it off and reimburse me?’” she said. “They have protection against that thing specifically. It happens all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was last March. In September it happened again. This time it took a month to get her money back, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November it happened again. Now she changes her PIN every month, the night before she gets her benefits, hoping to outsmart the thieves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was, like, maxing out credit cards, doing promise-to-pay, talking to my landlord, letting him know my money got stolen,” she said. “It was a lot of exposure … having to plead your case with these people in a situation that sounds kind of far-fetched.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not so far-fetched now: State and county officials say that \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/scam-alerts\">a rash of thefts is wiping out the cash and food benefits from thousands of lower-income families’ electronic benefits cards\u003c/a> in California and nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Millions gone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The thefts, which cost the state tens of millions of dollars to replace each year, have sent recipients scrambling to pay bills and household expenses, and flooding social services departments with reimbursement requests. The state proposes to upgrade the cards’ security features at a cost of $50 million in next year’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California uses EBT cards to deliver financial assistance for several programs, including CalFresh, which gives food aid to 2.8 million families a year, and CalWORKs, which gives cash to more than 300,000 families a year. Smaller programs include assistance grants to refugees and immigrant crime victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower-income Californians reported $29.7 million in cash welfare stolen and $4.7 million in food aid stolen in the 14 months from July 2021 through last September, the latest month for which statewide data was available, according to the Department of Social Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For CalWORKs, the theft amounted to less than $100,000 a month in mid-2021 and then rose to more than $4 million a month by last fall. The department is estimating an average of $6 million a month will be stolen this fiscal year, rising to $8 million a month in the year that begins in July, according to the California Department of Social Services budget documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has been stolen in California so far amounts to a sliver of the total benefits California issued to all recipients — less than 1% of the cash benefits and less than a tenth of 1% of food aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the amount of EBT theft has nearly doubled since 2019, budget documents state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Minutes to lose\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear what prompted a nationwide spike in benefits theft last year. The consequences are particularly acute in California, which provides more generous cash grants than many other states. Advocates say pandemic-era boosts in food aid also meant bigger losses than usual from recipients’ accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often the theft occurs minutes after the benefits are transferred to their cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"two hands hold a plastic card that reads 'golden state advantage'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1322106041-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley resident Esteban Vasquez holds his Golden State Advantage electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card. A lack of security features has made it easy for thieves to target EBT cards for theft. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It takes much longer to be made whole. Several recipients told CalMatters it took weeks, or even more than a month, to get benefits reimbursed amid the rising theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state social services department in 2013 instructed counties to replenish money to victims within 10 days of a theft report, but exceptions meant to catch fraud can slow that process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, if an aid recipient reports more than one theft within six months, social workers must flag their next claim for investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many recipients say they have been victims of theft more than once in recent months. Giovanna Roman, a Ventura County mother and community college student, said it happened to her three months in a row last year. She now receives her benefits through direct deposit, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A vulnerability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One reason safety-net benefits are vulnerable to electronic theft, advocates say, is that the cards have long lacked a security feature banks began putting on their credit and debit cards in late 2015: security chips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chipped card doesn’t come in contact with hidden, illegal “skimming” devices, which are designed to copy information from the card’s strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make purchases or withdraw money, EBT card users must swipe the cards’ magnetic strips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/opg52FxKoSo\">A state public service video\u003c/a> demonstrates how thieves can install skimming devices onto card readers to steal card numbers from the cards’ magnetic strips, and the thieves use hidden cameras to capture the cardholders entering their PINs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thieves can then \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8hk1VmYYuQ\">create counterfeit cards\u003c/a> to access the funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Monday (Jan. 30, 2023):\u003c/strong> Damian Breen, a senior official at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, retired from his position effective Jan. 13, according to an agency representative. The announcement comes after Breen, who worked for the district for 24 years, was accused of uttering a racist, sexist slur during a confrontation with a security guard at the agency's headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Eady, the district's senior deputy executive officer of policy and equity, is now overseeing operations and enforcement duties, the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, Dec. 6, 2022:\u003c/strong> One of the top officials at the agency that regulates Bay Area pollution is on paid leave after he allegedly used a racist, sexist slur in a confrontation with a security official at the district’s headquarters in early October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damian Breen, senior deputy executive officer of operations at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, told the official during a brief exchange Oct. 5, “I don’t have time for this, you Black b----,\" according to documents obtained by KQED through a California Public Records Act request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after the alleged incident involving Breen, who is white, and the security employee, who is Black, an air district representative confirmed he was on leave. The agency has declined to provide more information, citing policy not to comment on personnel matters except to confirm employment status. In response, KQED filed the records request, and has since learned details of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode involving Breen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/about-the-air-district/air-district-leadership\">whom the district lists among its half-dozen top executives\u003c/a>, comes after a series of changes in the agency's senior leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, the air district fired Jeff McKay, its chief financial officer. Along with Breen, the agency’s chief administrative officer, Rex Sanders, is currently on leave. Jack Broadbent, the district’s long-time executive officer, retired in June. Last year Brian Bunger, the agency's top lawyer for more than 20 years, also retired, leaving the agency in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breen played a leading role in two of the agency’s higher-profile pollution enforcement actions this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January the air district disclosed that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11905065/first-i-had-heard-of-it-valeros-benicia-refinery-secretly-released-toxic-chemicals-for-years\">Valero’s Benicia refinery released excessive levels of hazardous chemicals\u003c/a> for more than 15 years before the agency discovered the emissions. Breen was the agency’s main voice when it disclosed the releases to the public. He also apologized to Benicia city officials, who were upset it took the agency three years to tell them about the emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, the district moved to shut down a set of giant diesel generators that had been used for more than a year and a half to power a major cannabis growing facility in East Oakland, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911263/regulator-moves-to-shut-down-diesel-generators-at-east-oakland-cannabis-facility\">Green Sage\u003c/a>. Breen was quoted multiple times in news stories and the agency’s press release about its enforcement actions against the company.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11932420,news_11928625,news_11920452\"]The alleged October incident involving Breen was recounted in several documents released in response to KQED's records request. The Oct. 5 encounter, which lasted about 20 seconds, was captured on a building security camera. The video, also obtained through a records request, does not include audio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documents include brief incident reports from the security firm serving the \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/about-mtc/authorities/bay-area-headquarters-authority/bay-area-metro-center\">Bay Area Metro Center\u003c/a>, a Beale Street building that houses the air district and several other regional agencies, and emails from Cushman & Wakefield, the real estate company that manages the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those accounts say Breen and an unidentified woman were walking through a security checkpoint at around 3 p.m. on Oct. 5 when a security guard asked the woman for her badge. Breen showed the guard his badge and told the officer, “She’s with me.” The two then continued down a hallway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The security director noticed the interaction and told the unidentified woman she had to check in with security on the first floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And who the hell are you to tell me anything?” Breen asked, according to the director’s email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I stated to him that I am the security director, and your visitor must check in with security if you would like to show her around the building,” the unidentified director wrote, adding that the woman with Breen said she would leave and started walking away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I asked the employee his name and he stated ‘I don’t have time for this you black bitch’ as he was walking to badge his badge on the Harrison garage door leading out near FasTrak hallway,” the email states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Damien [sic] was exceptionally rude,” one incident report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours later, a Cushman & Wakefield employee emailed facilities staff about the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had an incident a little while ago with an BAAQMD employee Damien [sic] Breen,” the email said. The incident was also referred to the air district’s head of human resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental justice advocates have long pressured the air district to do more to fight environmental racism and support Bay Area communities of color that have been disproportionately affected by pollution. The district has adopted a resolution supporting racial justice and established an \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/about-the-air-district/diversity-equity-and-inclusion\">Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion \u003c/a>that says the air district is committed to “zero tolerance of all forms of discrimination and harassment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breen could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, an air district representative declined to answer several questions about the incident involving him and the causes for changes in agency leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All personnel matters are confidential,” said spokesperson Kristine Roselius, adding that the district would not make any staff members, including Breen, available for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The air district’s commitment to public health, air quality, the global climate and the vigorous enforcement of all air quality regulations continues unabated,” Roselius said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is getting close to the end of its recruitment process for a new executive officer. The district’s board is expected to interview the final candidates for the position in closed session on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the company that employs the unidentified security official who was the focus of Breen’s alleged actions, Allied Universal, praised her in a statement emailed by Kari Garcia, the firm’s director of public affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Allied Universal commends our employee’s actions. Our security professionals go through extensive training in dealing with a wide range of situations including de-escalation training,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca id=\"correction\">\u003c/a>Correction: This story has been revised to correct attribution to the reports that recount the Oct. 5, 2022, incident at the Bay Area Metro Center building in San Francisco. In addition, the name of a property management employee who played only an incidental role in the episode has been removed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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When you have concerns that someone may pose a threat, we encourage you to act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"David Chiu, San Francisco city attorney\"]‘We are not talking about trivial situations. These are incredibly volatile situations and any could lead to horrific and tragic results.’[/pullquote]San Francisco and San Diego are two cities trying to boost utilization of red flag laws to help get guns out of potentially dangerous situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Red flag laws are an incredibly important tool,” said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, whose office processes requests for gun violence restraining orders. “In our first few years, we have removed firearms in several dozen highly dangerous circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, California became one of the first states to enact a red flag law, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/137287/can-legislation-prevent-mass-shootings\">the 2014 mass shooting in Isla Vista that killed seven people\u003c/a>. California is now among the 19 states and the District of Columbia with such laws, also often called “extreme risk protection orders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law allows law enforcement, household members, family, teachers, employers and co-workers to request that a judge temporarily remove access to another person’s firearm if they pose a significant threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The request is typically made to local law enforcement, who, along with attorneys, investigate and build a case for whether the individual should be brought to court for a hearing before a judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2016, San Francisco has recovered more than 50 firearms, both registered and unregistered, through gun violence restraining orders, according to Chiu, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nearly \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2780806\">two-thirds of Californians surveyed have still never heard of gun violence restraining orders\u003c/a>, according to a 2021 study from UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the same study found that once surveyors were given a description of the policy, they supported it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So what we see there is really this willingness of individuals to take action once they know something is in place. But, a lot of people don’t know this exists or even the process of going about that,” said Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, who studies gun violence at UC Davis and is the lead author of the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdRrQNemFoQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the red flag law has been utilized in situations such as when a man strangled his mother and threatened to kill her, according to Chiu. In another case, San Francisco authorities confiscated firearms and six rounds of ammunition from someone who was experiencing hallucinations and began firing a pistol inside his house, believing someone was coming out of the fridge to take his wife and kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not talking about trivial situations,” Chiu said. “These are incredibly volatile situations and any could lead to horrific and tragic results.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu believes San Francisco is just getting started. Last year, the City Attorney’s Office received city funding to hire a full-time staff member to oversee gun removal requests and help increase awareness and capacity for follow-through on requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego has started down that path already. There, a team of around eight attorneys and investigators are assigned to gun violence restraining orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This is a crisis intervention tool’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The idea is to give a cooling-off period to the individual. Usually, the person for whom guns and access to guns is an issue is going through some kind of a traumatic event. And it could be a breakup of a relationship, maybe they got out of the military and they have post-traumatic stress disorder,” San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott told KQED. “We work closely with Alzheimer’s here in San Diego because once-responsible gun owners could become irresponsible because their health deteriorated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, San Diego accounted for about 31% (435 out of 1,384) of all gun violence restraining orders issued across the state, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. The city has issued more than 1,000 gun violence restraining orders since the law was enacted in California in 2016, according to Elliott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She estimates that roughly a third of those confiscations were in situations where the individual had shown signs or expressed thoughts of self-harm, and another third has been related to domestic violence and intimate partner trauma. Other situations where the restraining orders have been approved include workplace and school threats, Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a crisis intervention tool. If someone is going through a really hard time, let’s get the guns out of their home and help them get better,” Elliott said. “We don’t have any interest in [removing guns from] responsible gun owners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='mass-shootings']Part of the work that San Diego’s gun violence prevention office does is assess whether a gun violence restraining order is the best intervention. In some cases, anger management or mental health treatment might be more appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we are only dealing with the threat and not what led to it, we could miss something really important,” Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officials in San Francisco said the request alone can provide a useful heads-up about behaviors before a violent incident occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have people who purchased guns legally but may be in crisis or experiencing a mental health issue that may not have come up in the background process. So it’s literally a red flag to us to take that firearm out of their possession,” said San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Dudley, a former deputy chief with the San Francisco Police Department, now teaches criminal justice at San Francisco State University. He thinks California could be doing more to utilize its red flag law and enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember during my own time as a law enforcement officer, we would get stuck and had to tell victims we didn’t have enough evidence to get a court order to seize guns. There were so many different cases where if we could have got ahead of the game, we could have prevented some violence,” Dudley told KQED. “Shootings can often be repeat offenders and we don’t do nearly enough for people with the highest propensity for firearms violation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do you know someone with access to a firearm who may be a risk to themselves or others?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://speakforsafety.org/\">SpeakforSafety.org\u003c/a>, a campaign to raise awareness of gun violence restraining orders, has resources to walk you through the necessary steps of how to obtain an order. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Three mass shootings in California this month have brought renewed attention to the state’s gun violence prevention laws, known as red flag laws, that allow courts to remove firearms from someone deemed a danger to themselves or others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many California residents don’t know about the laws, according to researchers at UC Davis, limiting their potential. And it’s been a slow rollout training and staffing law enforcement agencies to enforce gun violence restraining orders, which temporarily prohibit someone from having a firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Often in the aftermath of tragedies such as mass shootings, we hear about red flags displayed by the perpetrator that could have signaled an impending crisis or trauma,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a public statement this week. “Criminal and civil orders that result in the removal of firearms are critical tools that can help save lives, but they are severely underutilized. When you have concerns that someone may pose a threat, we encourage you to act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The request is typically made to local law enforcement, who, along with attorneys, investigate and build a case for whether the individual should be brought to court for a hearing before a judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2016, San Francisco has recovered more than 50 firearms, both registered and unregistered, through gun violence restraining orders, according to Chiu, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nearly \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2780806\">two-thirds of Californians surveyed have still never heard of gun violence restraining orders\u003c/a>, according to a 2021 study from UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the same study found that once surveyors were given a description of the policy, they supported it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So what we see there is really this willingness of individuals to take action once they know something is in place. But, a lot of people don’t know this exists or even the process of going about that,” said Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, who studies gun violence at UC Davis and is the lead author of the study.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/RdRrQNemFoQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RdRrQNemFoQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In San Francisco, the red flag law has been utilized in situations such as when a man strangled his mother and threatened to kill her, according to Chiu. In another case, San Francisco authorities confiscated firearms and six rounds of ammunition from someone who was experiencing hallucinations and began firing a pistol inside his house, believing someone was coming out of the fridge to take his wife and kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not talking about trivial situations,” Chiu said. “These are incredibly volatile situations and any could lead to horrific and tragic results.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu believes San Francisco is just getting started. Last year, the City Attorney’s Office received city funding to hire a full-time staff member to oversee gun removal requests and help increase awareness and capacity for follow-through on requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego has started down that path already. There, a team of around eight attorneys and investigators are assigned to gun violence restraining orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This is a crisis intervention tool’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The idea is to give a cooling-off period to the individual. Usually, the person for whom guns and access to guns is an issue is going through some kind of a traumatic event. And it could be a breakup of a relationship, maybe they got out of the military and they have post-traumatic stress disorder,” San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott told KQED. “We work closely with Alzheimer’s here in San Diego because once-responsible gun owners could become irresponsible because their health deteriorated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, San Diego accounted for about 31% (435 out of 1,384) of all gun violence restraining orders issued across the state, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. The city has issued more than 1,000 gun violence restraining orders since the law was enacted in California in 2016, according to Elliott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She estimates that roughly a third of those confiscations were in situations where the individual had shown signs or expressed thoughts of self-harm, and another third has been related to domestic violence and intimate partner trauma. Other situations where the restraining orders have been approved include workplace and school threats, Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a crisis intervention tool. If someone is going through a really hard time, let’s get the guns out of their home and help them get better,” Elliott said. “We don’t have any interest in [removing guns from] responsible gun owners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Part of the work that San Diego’s gun violence prevention office does is assess whether a gun violence restraining order is the best intervention. In some cases, anger management or mental health treatment might be more appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we are only dealing with the threat and not what led to it, we could miss something really important,” Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officials in San Francisco said the request alone can provide a useful heads-up about behaviors before a violent incident occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have people who purchased guns legally but may be in crisis or experiencing a mental health issue that may not have come up in the background process. So it’s literally a red flag to us to take that firearm out of their possession,” said San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Dudley, a former deputy chief with the San Francisco Police Department, now teaches criminal justice at San Francisco State University. He thinks California could be doing more to utilize its red flag law and enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember during my own time as a law enforcement officer, we would get stuck and had to tell victims we didn’t have enough evidence to get a court order to seize guns. There were so many different cases where if we could have got ahead of the game, we could have prevented some violence,” Dudley told KQED. “Shootings can often be repeat offenders and we don’t do nearly enough for people with the highest propensity for firearms violation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do you know someone with access to a firearm who may be a risk to themselves or others?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://speakforsafety.org/\">SpeakforSafety.org\u003c/a>, a campaign to raise awareness of gun violence restraining orders, has resources to walk you through the necessary steps of how to obtain an order. The site includes support for employees, family or household members, teachers and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More information can also be found through the California Courts website in \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/33961.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=en\">English\u003c/a> and in \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/33961.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=es\">Spanish\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As the nation — and the world — reels following the public release of the Memphis Police Department’s shockingly brutal body camera footage showing five officers savagely beating Tyre Nichols, who later died from his injuries, rallies, marches and vigils have been held across the country. Politicians, law enforcement officials, police unions and protesters are not just condemning the Memphis police officers who were involved, but also drawing attention to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/\">systemic violence in law enforcement across the United States\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt='A man holds a sign that says \"Love to Tyre\" in a crowd of people holding signs.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Johnson marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, a city with \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2020/07/24/oaklandside-east-bay-yesterday-police-violence-oakland/\">a long history of deadly confrontations involving law enforcement\u003c/a>, a rally and march was held by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\">Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> (APTP), with hundreds of people in attendance on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Oscar Grant Plaza — named in honor of yet another unarmed Black man who was killed as a result of police violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman holding a sign that says \"Say their names!\" in a crowd of people holding signs.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sloane Noel-Johnson, with the Black Organizing Project, marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These things are all too familiar and they happen all the time,” said Dayton Andrews, an Oakland resident. “I’m from Los Angeles originally and this is a carbon copy of what happened to Rodney King 30 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a red hat and holding a microphone with red gloves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The community really has to respond and show that this is unacceptable,” said Lisa Eugene, a San Leandro resident. “This is an unacceptable standard of behavior for the police, for police everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a red hat and red hoodie holds a microphone at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cephus Johnson, aka Uncle Bobby X, founder of the Oscar Grant Foundation, speaks during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need a place to grieve and to rage … people have a right to be angry,” said Cat Brooks, APTP co-founder, in an interview with KQED. “And I wish people would start saying they’re sorry before they tell us to be peaceful. I don’t know how I’m not angry watching a grown man scream for his mother as he is pummeled to death by law enforcement. And I don’t know how people like me who do this work aren’t angry, because this is one of several deaths that we’ve responded to this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding a microphone and a picture of a man.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taun Hall, the mother of Miles Hall, who was killed by Walnut Creek police in 2019, speaks during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It could be me,” said Neena Joiner, an Oakland resident and business owner. “As a masculine-of-center person, presenting as masculine-of-center at night, in the daytime, I could be pulled out of my car. It’s been a couple times that I’ve been stopped myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The APTP describes itself as “a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color, supporting families of victims of police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An emotional and shaken Cat Brooks told KQED that this was not about “a few bad actors” but is about “the whole institution of policing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939693\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a black hat and orange bag stands in a crowd of people at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Women’s Center CEO Mahagany Gillam listens to speakers during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we want to tie it locally to why this matters in Oakland, the Oakland Police Department pull over Black people at a rate of 5.3 times higher than their white counterparts. That’s a fact that happens in Oakland every single year,” Brooks said. “We’ve got cops engaging in ghost chases that end up with dead civilians. That’s the type of rogue mentality we have of the Oakland Police Department. We are just one stop away from a Tyre Nichols inside of Oakland … Stop f—-ing killing us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people holding signs walk down a street at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao released a statement Friday saying “it is traumatic and it is understandable that Americans all over our nation are angry and disgusted. I hope that the serious charges against the officers who killed him will bring a measure of justice to his family and I know all of Oakland stands with them today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt='A sign that reads \"Say their names!\" is held by a person in a crowd of people holding signs.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd gathers on 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023, for a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rallies and protests were held across the U.S. over the weekend, as demonstrators chanted slogans and marched in Memphis, New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, at times blocking traffic. In Washington, D.C., protesters gathered across the street from the White House and near Black Lives Matter Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued a statement on Friday, saying, “Public trust is the foundation of public safety, and there are still too many places in America today where the bonds of trust are frayed or broken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement following the release of the police video Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his partner, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, expressed their “deepest condolences” to the family and friends of Tyre Nichols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a black beanie hat has his fist raised in the air.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Tyre Nichols should be alive today. The video released shows abhorrent behavior and these officers must be held accountable for their deadly actions and clear abuse of power,” said Newsom. “Today, we are a country in mourning, and must continue our work nationwide to push reforms to prevent excessive use of force and save lives,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press and KQED’s Dana Cronin, Beth LaBerge and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As the nation — and the world — reels following the public release of the Memphis Police Department’s shockingly brutal body camera footage showing five officers savagely beating Tyre Nichols, who later died from his injuries, rallies, marches and vigils have been held across the country. Politicians, law enforcement officials, police unions and protesters are not just condemning the Memphis police officers who were involved, but also drawing attention to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/\">systemic violence in law enforcement across the United States\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt='A man holds a sign that says \"Love to Tyre\" in a crowd of people holding signs.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/021_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Johnson marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, a city with \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2020/07/24/oaklandside-east-bay-yesterday-police-violence-oakland/\">a long history of deadly confrontations involving law enforcement\u003c/a>, a rally and march was held by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\">Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> (APTP), with hundreds of people in attendance on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Oscar Grant Plaza — named in honor of yet another unarmed Black man who was killed as a result of police violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman holding a sign that says \"Say their names!\" in a crowd of people holding signs.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/016_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sloane Noel-Johnson, with the Black Organizing Project, marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These things are all too familiar and they happen all the time,” said Dayton Andrews, an Oakland resident. “I’m from Los Angeles originally and this is a carbon copy of what happened to Rodney King 30 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a red hat and holding a microphone with red gloves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/007_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The community really has to respond and show that this is unacceptable,” said Lisa Eugene, a San Leandro resident. “This is an unacceptable standard of behavior for the police, for police everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a red hat and red hoodie holds a microphone at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/010_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cephus Johnson, aka Uncle Bobby X, founder of the Oscar Grant Foundation, speaks during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need a place to grieve and to rage … people have a right to be angry,” said Cat Brooks, APTP co-founder, in an interview with KQED. “And I wish people would start saying they’re sorry before they tell us to be peaceful. I don’t know how I’m not angry watching a grown man scream for his mother as he is pummeled to death by law enforcement. And I don’t know how people like me who do this work aren’t angry, because this is one of several deaths that we’ve responded to this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding a microphone and a picture of a man.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/006_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taun Hall, the mother of Miles Hall, who was killed by Walnut Creek police in 2019, speaks during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It could be me,” said Neena Joiner, an Oakland resident and business owner. “As a masculine-of-center person, presenting as masculine-of-center at night, in the daytime, I could be pulled out of my car. It’s been a couple times that I’ve been stopped myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The APTP describes itself as “a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color, supporting families of victims of police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An emotional and shaken Cat Brooks told KQED that this was not about “a few bad actors” but is about “the whole institution of policing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939693\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a black hat and orange bag stands in a crowd of people at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/011_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Women’s Center CEO Mahagany Gillam listens to speakers during a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we want to tie it locally to why this matters in Oakland, the Oakland Police Department pull over Black people at a rate of 5.3 times higher than their white counterparts. That’s a fact that happens in Oakland every single year,” Brooks said. “We’ve got cops engaging in ghost chases that end up with dead civilians. That’s the type of rogue mentality we have of the Oakland Police Department. We are just one stop away from a Tyre Nichols inside of Oakland … Stop f—-ing killing us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people holding signs walk down a street at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/022_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao released a statement Friday saying “it is traumatic and it is understandable that Americans all over our nation are angry and disgusted. I hope that the serious charges against the officers who killed him will bring a measure of justice to his family and I know all of Oakland stands with them today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt='A sign that reads \"Say their names!\" is held by a person in a crowd of people holding signs.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/004_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd gathers on 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023, for a rally to protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rallies and protests were held across the U.S. over the weekend, as demonstrators chanted slogans and marched in Memphis, New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, at times blocking traffic. In Washington, D.C., protesters gathered across the street from the White House and near Black Lives Matter Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued a statement on Friday, saying, “Public trust is the foundation of public safety, and there are still too many places in America today where the bonds of trust are frayed or broken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement following the release of the police video Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his partner, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, expressed their “deepest condolences” to the family and friends of Tyre Nichols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a black beanie hat has his fist raised in the air.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/017_KQED_OaklandTyreNicholsRally_01292023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Tyre Nichols should be alive today. The video released shows abhorrent behavior and these officers must be held accountable for their deadly actions and clear abuse of power,” said Newsom. “Today, we are a country in mourning, and must continue our work nationwide to push reforms to prevent excessive use of force and save lives,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press and KQED’s Dana Cronin, Beth LaBerge and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Mostly peaceful protests over police brutality were carried out around the country after the public release of body camera footage brought the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols into clearer picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nichols, a 29-year-old Black motorist, was pulled over Jan. 7 for what police said was reckless driving. After attempting to flee on foot, Nichols was aggressively beaten by police, newly released police video shows. Three days later, he died in the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what else we know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who was Tyre Nichols?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nichols, a father of a 4-year-old son, was known to his family as an avid skateboarder and nature photographer from Sacramento, Calif., according to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001\">The Associated Press\u003c/a>. He arrived in Memphis just before the pandemic, and later started a job with FedEx, a major employer there. Nichols had been with the company for about nine months before his death, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/who-was-tyre-nichols.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was one of those people who made everyone around them happy,\" Nichols' step-grandmother Lucille Washington\u003ca href=\"https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/tyre-nichols-memorial-service-gathers-family-friends-and-supporters/522-579006f3-3ee9-4c50-bfe8-ae307e64f60b\"> said at a memorial service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Police bodycam video shows a violent arrest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Police said on Jan. 8 that Nichols was taken into custody after a traffic stop that involved two confrontations with officers. During the initial confrontation, Nichols fled the scene of the traffic stop, police said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the arrest, Nichols then complained of shortness of breath, according to authorities, and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died on Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939627\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-800x534.jpg\" alt='A young Black man speaks into a loudspeaker with a young Black woman standing behind him holding a sign that reads \"Stop Police Terror.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators protest the death of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. \u003ccite>(Scott Olson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His family has said the police beat him so severely that he was unrecognizable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.scdag.com/news-releases/statement-from-shelby-county-district-attorneys-office-regarding-tyre-nichols-investigation\">Shelby County District Attorney's Office said\u003c/a> in a statement earlier this week that it understood the \"reasonable request from the public\" to view the video of Nichols' death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Memphis released the four-part footage on Vimeo on Friday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the videos, officers are seen dragging Nichols from his car and shouting profanities throughout the confrontation. An officer tries to deploy a Taser at Nichols and then begins to chase him on foot. \"I'm just trying to go home,\" Nichols is heard saying. Later, officers are seen repeatedly kicking, punching and using a baton to strike Nichols as he lies on the ground. At one point he's heard yelling \"Mom.\" Lawyers for the Nichols family say this encounter happened within 100 yards of the family's home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Crump, the family's attorney, compared the footage to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/26/524744989/when-la-erupted-in-anger-a-look-back-at-the-rodney-king-riots\">video of the 1991 Los Angeles police beating of Rodney King\u003c/a>, another Black motorist.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protests were held in several cities following release of police video\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mostly peaceful protests broke out \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/01/27/1152198276/photos-protests-tyre-nichols-memphis-police\">in cities across the U.S.\u003c/a> following the release of the videos, with demonstrators leading marches and chants against police brutality and shutting down highways and intersections in some cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Memphis, a group of demonstrators gathered at a downtown park and then took to the streets, shutting down the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River between Memphis and West Memphis. They chanted \"no justice, no peace\" and \"justice for Tyre,\" closing the bridge for nearly three hours before peacefully disbanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939626\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd of protestors of different races rallying with three people in front with fists in the air.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, at Times Square in New York City, on Jan. 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In other parts of Memphis, people gathered in churches or small groups to reflect on the wrenching and somber moment for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A protest in downtown Los Angeles became tense when a small group protesters demonstrated outside of Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, which was blocked by police in riot gear, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-27/los-angeles-vigil-protest-tyre-nichols-keenan-anderson\">according to the\u003cem> Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other small, but mostly peaceful protests, were also held in Times Square in New York City, near the White House in Washington, D.C., in Seattle, Detroit and Atlanta, as well as in other cities from the East Coast to the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers are planning vigils, marches and demonstrations across the U.S. over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Five former officers were indicted and jailed in connection to Nichols' death\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151721800/memphis-officers-charged-tyre-nichols-murder\">each face several charges\u003c/a>, including second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Nichols, all of the former officers — who were fired before Thursday's indictments — are Black.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ben Crump, Nichols family attorney\"]'This tragedy meets the absolute definition of a needless and unnecessary death. Tyre's loved ones' lives were forever changed when he was beaten to death, and we will keep saying his name until justice is served.'[/pullquote]On Wednesday, Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis released a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpD2FDjBBr8\">video statement\u003c/a> discussing \"the horrific circumstances\" of Nichols' death. She called it a professional failing and said \"the incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a news conference announcing the indictments of the five officers, prosecutors gave new details about what happened during the traffic stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said that while each of the five officers played a different role, \"the actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, and they are all responsible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A grand jury returned indictments and delivered all five officers the same exact charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than three hours after officials released the body cam footage, Shelby County \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ShelbyTNSheriff/status/1619156679878393856\">Sheriff Floyd Bonner said\u003c/a> two deputies who appeared at the scene of the arrest had been relieved of their duties pending the outcome of an internal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Memphis police officers were \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151957933/tyre-nichols-video-protest-\">part of a specialized team\u003c/a> known as the SCORPION unit, an acronym for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, that the department launched in 2021. A day after the release of the body cam video of Nichols' arrest, the Memphis Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1619446919683796992?s=20&t=O8bGWi8x7RWlCBaEpAqtjg\">said it would permanently disband\u003c/a> the unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Other agencies are involved in the case\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crump, one of the family's attorneys, said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-JExNfIDlQ\">news conference earlier this week \u003c/a>that police used a stun gun and pepper spray on Nichols in addition to restraining him during the arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yet again, we're seeing evidence of what happens to Black and brown people from simple traffic stops,\" Crump said. \"You should not be killed because of a simple traffic stop.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939630\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939630\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A man stomps on a police car windshield in a crowd of people on a busy city street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator stomps on the window of an NYPD car as people protest the death of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27, 2023, in New York City. \u003ccite>(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement following Thursday's news conference, Crump said although the five officers have been indicted, policing in the U.S. needs a great deal of reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This tragedy meets the absolute definition of a needless and unnecessary death. Tyre's loved ones' lives were forever changed when he was beaten to death, and we will keep saying his name until justice is served,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police chief \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1616595013927845889?s=20&t=j0kKAMjkzWau3epTHxVZiw\">said earlier this week\u003c/a> that the five officers violated multiple department policies, \"including excessive use of force, duty to intervene, and duty to render aid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two Memphis Fire Department employees were \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/24/1151150396/tyre-nichols-memphis-fire-department-employees\">also \"relieved of duty\"\u003c/a> as an internal investigation is being conducted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Memphis Fire Department spokesperson Qwanesha Ward told NPR that the employees — who were not identified — were \"involved in the initial patient care\" of Nichols. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Mostly peaceful protests over police brutality were carried out around the country after the public release of body camera footage brought the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols into clearer picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nichols, a 29-year-old Black motorist, was pulled over Jan. 7 for what police said was reckless driving. After attempting to flee on foot, Nichols was aggressively beaten by police, newly released police video shows. Three days later, he died in the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what else we know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who was Tyre Nichols?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nichols, a father of a 4-year-old son, was known to his family as an avid skateboarder and nature photographer from Sacramento, Calif., according to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001\">The Associated Press\u003c/a>. He arrived in Memphis just before the pandemic, and later started a job with FedEx, a major employer there. Nichols had been with the company for about nine months before his death, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/who-was-tyre-nichols.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was one of those people who made everyone around them happy,\" Nichols' step-grandmother Lucille Washington\u003ca href=\"https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/tyre-nichols-memorial-service-gathers-family-friends-and-supporters/522-579006f3-3ee9-4c50-bfe8-ae307e64f60b\"> said at a memorial service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Police bodycam video shows a violent arrest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Police said on Jan. 8 that Nichols was taken into custody after a traffic stop that involved two confrontations with officers. During the initial confrontation, Nichols fled the scene of the traffic stop, police said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the arrest, Nichols then complained of shortness of breath, according to authorities, and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died on Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939627\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-800x534.jpg\" alt='A young Black man speaks into a loudspeaker with a young Black woman standing behind him holding a sign that reads \"Stop Police Terror.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460149255.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators protest the death of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. \u003ccite>(Scott Olson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His family has said the police beat him so severely that he was unrecognizable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.scdag.com/news-releases/statement-from-shelby-county-district-attorneys-office-regarding-tyre-nichols-investigation\">Shelby County District Attorney's Office said\u003c/a> in a statement earlier this week that it understood the \"reasonable request from the public\" to view the video of Nichols' death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Memphis released the four-part footage on Vimeo on Friday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the videos, officers are seen dragging Nichols from his car and shouting profanities throughout the confrontation. An officer tries to deploy a Taser at Nichols and then begins to chase him on foot. \"I'm just trying to go home,\" Nichols is heard saying. Later, officers are seen repeatedly kicking, punching and using a baton to strike Nichols as he lies on the ground. At one point he's heard yelling \"Mom.\" Lawyers for the Nichols family say this encounter happened within 100 yards of the family's home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Crump, the family's attorney, compared the footage to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/26/524744989/when-la-erupted-in-anger-a-look-back-at-the-rodney-king-riots\">video of the 1991 Los Angeles police beating of Rodney King\u003c/a>, another Black motorist.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protests were held in several cities following release of police video\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mostly peaceful protests broke out \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/01/27/1152198276/photos-protests-tyre-nichols-memphis-police\">in cities across the U.S.\u003c/a> following the release of the videos, with demonstrators leading marches and chants against police brutality and shutting down highways and intersections in some cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Memphis, a group of demonstrators gathered at a downtown park and then took to the streets, shutting down the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River between Memphis and West Memphis. They chanted \"no justice, no peace\" and \"justice for Tyre,\" closing the bridge for nearly three hours before peacefully disbanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939626\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd of protestors of different races rallying with three people in front with fists in the air.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246604504.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, at Times Square in New York City, on Jan. 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In other parts of Memphis, people gathered in churches or small groups to reflect on the wrenching and somber moment for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A protest in downtown Los Angeles became tense when a small group protesters demonstrated outside of Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, which was blocked by police in riot gear, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-27/los-angeles-vigil-protest-tyre-nichols-keenan-anderson\">according to the\u003cem> Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other small, but mostly peaceful protests, were also held in Times Square in New York City, near the White House in Washington, D.C., in Seattle, Detroit and Atlanta, as well as in other cities from the East Coast to the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers are planning vigils, marches and demonstrations across the U.S. over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Five former officers were indicted and jailed in connection to Nichols' death\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151721800/memphis-officers-charged-tyre-nichols-murder\">each face several charges\u003c/a>, including second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Nichols, all of the former officers — who were fired before Thursday's indictments — are Black.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On Wednesday, Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis released a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpD2FDjBBr8\">video statement\u003c/a> discussing \"the horrific circumstances\" of Nichols' death. She called it a professional failing and said \"the incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a news conference announcing the indictments of the five officers, prosecutors gave new details about what happened during the traffic stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said that while each of the five officers played a different role, \"the actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, and they are all responsible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A grand jury returned indictments and delivered all five officers the same exact charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than three hours after officials released the body cam footage, Shelby County \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ShelbyTNSheriff/status/1619156679878393856\">Sheriff Floyd Bonner said\u003c/a> two deputies who appeared at the scene of the arrest had been relieved of their duties pending the outcome of an internal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Memphis police officers were \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151957933/tyre-nichols-video-protest-\">part of a specialized team\u003c/a> known as the SCORPION unit, an acronym for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, that the department launched in 2021. A day after the release of the body cam video of Nichols' arrest, the Memphis Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1619446919683796992?s=20&t=O8bGWi8x7RWlCBaEpAqtjg\">said it would permanently disband\u003c/a> the unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Other agencies are involved in the case\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crump, one of the family's attorneys, said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-JExNfIDlQ\">news conference earlier this week \u003c/a>that police used a stun gun and pepper spray on Nichols in addition to restraining him during the arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yet again, we're seeing evidence of what happens to Black and brown people from simple traffic stops,\" Crump said. \"You should not be killed because of a simple traffic stop.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939630\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11939630\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A man stomps on a police car windshield in a crowd of people on a busy city street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1460129538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator stomps on the window of an NYPD car as people protest the death of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27, 2023, in New York City. \u003ccite>(Michael M. 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Tyre's loved ones' lives were forever changed when he was beaten to death, and we will keep saying his name until justice is served,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police chief \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1616595013927845889?s=20&t=j0kKAMjkzWau3epTHxVZiw\">said earlier this week\u003c/a> that the five officers violated multiple department policies, \"including excessive use of force, duty to intervene, and duty to render aid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two Memphis Fire Department employees were \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/24/1151150396/tyre-nichols-memphis-fire-department-employees\">also \"relieved of duty\"\u003c/a> as an internal investigation is being conducted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Memphis Fire Department spokesperson Qwanesha Ward told NPR that the employees — who were not identified — were \"involved in the initial patient care\" of Nichols. 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Some were in very old trailers and others were living in shacks without running water or electricity,” San Mateo District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe told KQED, after his staff this week toured workers’ living quarters at California Terra Garden, the site of the first shooting, and where the suspect lived. “Really a type of living circumstance that I don’t think any of us think should exist in this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Cynthia Rice, California Rural Legal Assistance\"]‘Once an employer provides a worker housing, the worker becomes dependent on them not only for their wages but for their housing security and the security of their families.’[/pullquote]Wagstaffe noted that he was familiar only with living conditions at that farm, and not at Concord Farms, the site of the second shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he said, San Mateo County officials would look into potential labor violations at both farm sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1506\">law passed in 2020\u003c/a> compels the state Justice Department to investigate all \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/05/police-deadly-force-law/\">incidents in which a police officer shoots and kills someone who is unarmed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the department isn’t investigating all the incidents law enforcement agencies are referring to it: In at least 17 cases to date, the state has opted not to investigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exact number and details about those cases are a bit of a mystery, CalMatters has learned. The Justice Department said it had not been tracking each report it received and could readily provide details only for cases in which its agents visited the scene or opened an investigation or reports. After CalMatters began raising questions in November, the department managed to track down some information on the 17 rejected cases, and acknowledged there were more.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Izaak Schwaiger, attorney\"]‘[F]or those folks out there who are relying on some oversight … to just get turned a cold shoulder like this is indefensible, and it’s a misapplication of the attorney general’s duty under the law.’[/pullquote]CalMatters launched its own \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/11/california-police-shootings-unarmed-civilians/\">tracker to follow the police shooting cases the Justice Department is investigating\u003c/a>, which number 31 and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department now says it has reversed course and begun tracking every report that comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the mandate and the need to rapidly implement a major new statewide initiative, our office focused on … qualifying events,” a Justice Department spokesperson wrote in an email to CalMatters on Jan. 20. “We did not previously consider tracking calls for non-qualifying events. However, we are now tracking the information on our end and we’re more than happy to provide updates on those figures as needed … .”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, whenever a police department or sheriff’s office thinks one of their officers has shot someone who could be considered unarmed — including those carrying Airsoft rifles or other weapons not considered deadly — they’re compelled by law to report it for review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law says: “A state prosecutor shall investigate incidents of an officer-involved shooting resulting in the death of an unarmed civilian. The Attorney General is the state prosecutor unless otherwise specified or named.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sometimes a lot hinges on the definition of “unarmed.” The Justice Department may opt not to investigate a case if it determines the person killed was, in fact, armed in some way. For example, if the slain person was in a car, the deputy attorney general making the call might determine that the person was using the car in a manner that constituted potential deadly force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any event, when the Justice Department doesn’t take a case, it also hasn’t been publishing an explanation as to why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The review process for the shooting of unarmed people is public record, and the Justice Department has maintained \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ois-incidents/current-cases\">a page recording the names and locations of the people shot and the officers suspected of shooting them\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Failing to report the original calls from law enforcement agencies — whether the person they shot was unarmed or not — makes analyzing the decision-making by the Justice Department more difficult. This was, after all, a law enacted in the wake of the George Floyd shooting to create a layer of state oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, there were 31 open investigations into the shootings of unarmed people as of Wednesday, but it’s impossible to know what percentage that represents of the total number of calls the department has received. They have logged at least 66 total calls since July 1, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation creating the program to investigate deadly police shootings does not explicitly mandate how the Justice Department will maintain records. The Justice Department told CalMatters that the program’s operations are up to them.[aside postID=news_11931901 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1370341717-1020x680.jpg']“Oh, it’s absolutely troubling, but I’m just a lawyer, I’m not the family who lost a loved one,” said Izaak Schwaiger, an attorney representing the family of David Pelaez Chavez in \u003ca href=\"https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2022cv06715/403001\">a federal lawsuit against the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office\u003c/a> and the deputy who shot him. “And for those folks out there who are relying on some oversight … to just get turned a cold shoulder like this is indefensible, and it’s a misapplication of the attorney general’s duty under the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that case, even the Sonoma County district attorney has complained that the state Justice Department needed to be more transparent about its decision to not investigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two authors of the original bill creating the program refused to comment on the way the Justice Department has been handling cases. One is Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, the Sacramento Democrat whose spokesperson said he would soon introduce legislation expanding the Justice Department’s mandate to investigate all deaths at the hands of law enforcement. The other is Attorney General Rob Bonta, a former legislator who now heads the Justice Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other legislators heavily involved with policing also refused to comment. A spokesperson for Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, a Los Angeles Democrat and chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, said he would issue a statement, then stopped returning calls and text messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one, it seemed, wanted to talk. A number of the groups who were registered supporters of the original legislation creating the Justice Department program didn’t return calls or emails from CalMatters, or declined to comment. One person who wouldn’t be quoted by name said that the groups worried that publicizing each call from a law enforcement agency would make the agencies less likely to report their shootings in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be some record, a digital record, that a telephone call was made,” said David Loy, legal director of the First Amendment Coalition. “Incoming and outgoing calls, even if it’s only to record … the fact that a call was made should be [available]. I mean, my cellphone bill has a record. Every call that came in and out of my cellphone, that’s a record that exists. I can’t believe that the state doesn’t have a similar record.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Shot shoeless in a creek\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the calls the Justice Department chose not to investigate came from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 7:30 a.m. on July 29, 2022, Sonoma County dispatchers took a call about a man breaking a house’s window with a rock. Deputies found 36-year-old David Pelaez Chavez in a hilly area and tried to communicate with him in Spanish, according to \u003ca href=\"https://norcalpublicmedia.org/2022081580725/news-feed/sheriff-s-office-releases-body-cam-footage-audio-in-chavez-killing\">body camera footage\u003c/a> released by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deputies did not tell Pelaez Chavez in Spanish to drop the hammer and tiller he was holding in one hand, and the rock he held in the other. As he bent over, standing shoeless in a creek, a deputy shot and killed him.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Izaak Schwaiger, attorney\"]‘I think their earlier position upon the adoption of this law was that they’ll make it work, no matter what. The truth is, they haven’t.’[/pullquote]In a September 7 letter to Bonta, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/09-07-2022-Letter-to-Attorney-General-re-OIS-.pdf\">questioned the lack of transparency (PDF)\u003c/a> after the state turned down a potential investigation, noting: “It would be helpful to have a written explanation of how the determination was made to decline participation in the investigation … .”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was concerned that the decision had been made without enough evidence and it was a little preliminary given the situation,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/district-attorney-ravitch-questions-attorney-generals-decision-not-to-inve/\">Ravitch told \u003cem>The Press Democrat\u003c/em> in Santa Rosa\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters has found that the Justice Department has struggled to meet the goals set by the police shooting law — including the attorney general’s own pledge to complete investigations in one year. Internal emails indicate that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/07/california-police-accountability-laws/\">Justice Department employees were worried that the new workload would overwhelm them\u003c/a>. Department officials also have complained that \u003ca href=\"https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/2223/FY2223_ORG0820_BCP4943.pdf\">the Legislature slashed in half their original $26 million budget request (PDF)\u003c/a> to cover these investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police shootings are politically charged, and Schwaiger, the plaintiff’s attorney in the Sonoma County case, said the lack of funding means Bonta’s office has less time and fewer resources to investigate cases with little upside to the department: If you push for charges against police officers, you’ll enrage one set of constituents; if you fail to bring charges, you’ll upset a different set of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no more labor-intensive investigation that can be done than the investigation of a police officer involved in some kind of a killing,” Schwaiger said. “And there might be something to the fact that they don’t have the manpower or the money to do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think their earlier position upon the adoption of this law was that they’ll make it work, no matter what. 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