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Big news out of #Bakersfield: @AGRobBonta & #BakersfieldPolice Department Chief Greg Terry announced a legal settlement that’s going to change policing practices. There’s a lot to this settlement. Here’s a @SoreathH @KVPR story and a 🧵
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#BPD hasn’t admitted any wrongdoing, & the reforms aren’t retroactive. Chief Terry said Bakersfield could have fought the state, but decided to sign the deal."The decision came down to a choice between litigating the past or controlling our future."
It’s a wide ranging settlement - read more 👇 It’s going to take a long time to unpack. And we’ll do more reporting about it. #BAKERSFIELD RESIDENTS: Let us know what you’re curious about. oag.ca.gov/system/files/atta…
The AG’s office & #BPD must agree on an independent monitor to oversee things. Even once that person is chosen, it’s hard to say how long it will take for people living in #Bakersfield to see #policing changes: it takes time to rewrite department policies about the use of force.
Video obtained in response to a public records request filed by the #CaliforniaReportingProject shows a fatal police shooting last year in Danville which shows an officer run toward & then fire into the vehicle of a man who fled police. (1/3)
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Police car dashboard camera video shows a Danville officer, identified as Deputy Andrew Hall, running toward Laudemer Arboleda's vehicle, stopping near the right front fender and then stepping backward as he began to fire. (2/3)
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The shooting remains under investigation by the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office. #SenateBill1421 #CaliforniaReportingProject (3/3)
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According to records, in the last four years, two San Jose Police Department officers have been suspended for shooting at moving cars in violation of department policy & a third for failing to prevent a police dog from biting a 2-year-old.
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