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Latino Caucus Chair: Real Justice Calls For Supporting African American Policy Issues
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Latino Caucus Chair: Real Justice Calls For Supporting African American Policy Issues

Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media June 11, 2020

Shortly after members of the California legislature took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds at the California Capitol to protest racism and the death of George Floyd, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) took the opportunity to call out some of her Latino colleagues. 

“I have to be honest, I’m disappointed with our Latino caucus,” Gonzalez said at the event that Assemblymember Syndey Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), a member the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), organized. 

Sentinel Exclusive: Governor ‘Reimagines Policing’ with Criminal Justice and Policing Reforms
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Sentinel Exclusive: Governor ‘Reimagines Policing’ with Criminal Justice and Policing Reforms

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Staff WriterJune 11, 2020

Erasing all doubt about actions needed following the killing of George Floyd, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his unequivocal support for criminal justice and policing reform on June 5.
According to Newsom, his staff will work towards developing a statewide standard for policing peaceful protests and ending the carotid hold, the major factor leading to Floyd’s death on May 25.

The Heinous Murder of George Floyd and Race in America
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The Heinous Murder of George Floyd and Race in America

Steve BradfordJune 4, 2020

As Vice-Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus and Chair of the Senate Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color — and more importantly, as a human being — I am appalled by the senseless killing of George Floyd. His death is another tragic reminder of the police violence that has devastated Black families and communities for decades.

Reigniting Ferguson’s Fires of Resistance: Reaffirming Our Right and Will to Breathe
Dr. Maulana Karenga

Reigniting Ferguson’s Fires of Resistance: Reaffirming Our Right and Will to Breathe

Dr. Maulana KarengaJune 4, 2020

The racist public murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has now added to a list of recent and historical victims of police violence and racist terrorism, including Devon Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arberry, Tamir Rice, Atatiana Jefferson, Philando Castile and numerous others. And as our people rise up in massive resistance seeking justice for these Black men, women and children, martyred on the altar of White supremacy, they serve as bright lights and fierce fires lifted up to show the way forward in struggle. Indeed, they call on us to intensify and continue the struggle against the radical evil of these murderous police and vigilante practices and against the savage system which sanctions and supports them and other related forms of oppression. And we owe it to ourselves and to our martyrs to continue the intensified struggle, keep the faith and hold the line until victory.