A freshman at the University of Missouri, who hails from Southern California, offers her take on the week of protests by African American students in response to a series of racially motivated incidents on campus that forced the resignations of the university system’s president and the university’s chancellor.
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Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
May Day Protesters Fill OC Streets
Protesters took to the streets of Anaheim and Santa Ana Friday for the annual international workers holiday, known as May Day, and railed against police brutality and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
Protestors Take Aim at DA Over Gang Injunction, Political Corruption
Dozens gathered at the Orange County Courthouse to express their displeasure at District Attorney Tony Rackauckas’ actions.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Latest Police Shooting Draws Protesters to Santa Ana Council Meeting
About 20 protesters showed up Tuesday night to express their grief and anger of the shooting death of 28-year-old Ernesto Javier Canepo Diaz.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Business Owners Get Crack at New Downtown Tax
On July 1, they may comment on a proposal for a new downtown business improvement district that is seen as a compromise of the bitter dispute over Downtown Inc.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy
Unions Protest Possible Job Losses at Honda Center
The jobs of more than 400 food service workers are up in the air.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Protesters Demand Sheriff Address Immigrant Rights
Dozens turn out to protest the county’s collaboration with federal authorities in the arrest and detention of undocumented immigrants.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
Anaheim City Council Delays Action on Council Districts
After hearing many calls for a switch to a system that requires council members elected by districts, the council majority tables the issue.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
History of Anaheim’s Thin Blue Line
There will be four independent reviews of a police shooting death that shattered trust between Latinos and the Anaheim Police Department. But penetrating the police “code of silence” could prove difficult.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Can Anaheim Repair a Broken Trust With Latino Community?
After years of gains, recent police shootings have pushed the level of distrust between the police department and Latinos back to where it was a decade ago, when the department kept dossiers on Latino leaders.
