“No war is worth the tears of a mother who sees her child killed.” — Pope Francis
Every mother wants to know that her child is safe.
That they will have enough to eat, a roof over their head, a school to go to and a future that is not shaped by violence.
These are not extraordinary wishes. They are the most ordinary hopes a parent can have.
For Reem and Yael, that is why peace is not an abstract idea. It is the only way their children can have the future they deserve.
Every mother wants to know that her child is safe.
That they will have enough to eat, a roof over their head, a school to go to and a future that is not shaped by violence.
These are not extraordinary wishes. They are the most ordinary hopes a parent can have.
For Reem and Yael, that is why peace is not an abstract idea. It is the only way their children can have the future they deserve.
You can tell a lot about someone by how they handle being wrong, especially when nobody is forcing them to take responsibility.
Walking away from every uncomfortable conversation doesn’t make you healed. Sometimes it simply means you never learned how to communicate.
There’s nothing strong about pretending you did nothing wrong just because admitting it would bruise your ego.
Real growth looks like reflection, accountability, and having enough respect to say what actually needs to be said.
Walking away from every uncomfortable conversation doesn’t make you healed. Sometimes it simply means you never learned how to communicate.
There’s nothing strong about pretending you did nothing wrong just because admitting it would bruise your ego.
Real growth looks like reflection, accountability, and having enough respect to say what actually needs to be said.
Family of woman fatally shot by LAPD officers at motel in Arleta files lawsuit against city of LA
Family members of Linda Becerra Moran, a trans woman who was shot and killed by Los Angeles police officers, have filed a lawsuit against the city.
They couldn’t bury the war hero, because he wasn’t white.
On This Day — August 27, 1944
Staff Sergeant Kazuo Masuda of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was killed in action along the Arno River in Italy. He had already spent twelve straight hours holding off a German counteroffensive with nothing but a mortar tube and a helmet packed with dirt, an act of heroism that would later earn him the Distinguished Service Cross. On his final night, Masuda led two men on a patrol through mined and booby-trapped territory. When he realized they were surrounded, he ordered his men to retreat while he stayed behind and drew enemy fire alone.
Masuda’s family had spent the war years incarcerated in camps in Arizona and Arkansas, part of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans forced from their homes. Despite that, Masuda volunteered to fight for the country that had imprisoned his family.
When his body was eventually brought home to Orange County, California, the local cemetery refused to bury him. He wasn’t white, and that was reason enough.
The refusal made national headlines. In 1945, General Joseph Stilwell personally presented Masuda’s Distinguished Service Cross to his family, with a young Army…
On This Day — August 27, 1944
Staff Sergeant Kazuo Masuda of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was killed in action along the Arno River in Italy. He had already spent twelve straight hours holding off a German counteroffensive with nothing but a mortar tube and a helmet packed with dirt, an act of heroism that would later earn him the Distinguished Service Cross. On his final night, Masuda led two men on a patrol through mined and booby-trapped territory. When he realized they were surrounded, he ordered his men to retreat while he stayed behind and drew enemy fire alone.
Masuda’s family had spent the war years incarcerated in camps in Arizona and Arkansas, part of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans forced from their homes. Despite that, Masuda volunteered to fight for the country that had imprisoned his family.
When his body was eventually brought home to Orange County, California, the local cemetery refused to bury him. He wasn’t white, and that was reason enough.
The refusal made national headlines. In 1945, General Joseph Stilwell personally presented Masuda’s Distinguished Service Cross to his family, with a young Army…
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The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount.
This year was no exception.
✍️ Khari Johnson | CalMatters
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The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount.
This year was no exception.
✍️ Khari Johnson | CalMatters
📸 Khari Johnson/CalMatters
People are the Answer Podcast 69: Barry Friedman on reforming policing, alternative responses
(Note: technical issues with Jeff’s camera in this episode – sorry …
On February 21, 1965, g*nf*re shattered the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. Malcolm X had just begun to speak when chaos erupted around him. Most people ran for the exits. Yuri Kochiyama ran toward him.
A Japanese American woman who had survived internment during World War II, Yuri had spent years building bridges across communities, standing beside Malcolm X in the fight for civil rights and human dignity. When he fell, she didn’t hesitate. She rushed to his side, lifted his head into her lap, and stayed with him in his final moments, as the room around them dissolved into panic.
It was an act that took no weapon, no title, no permission only raw courage and love for another human being. In an instant of terror, Yuri Kochiyama chose presence over safety, compassion over fear.
Her hands, once marked by the injustice of a country that had imprisoned her own family, became the hands that comforted a dying man who had fought for freedom for others.
Some heroes carry rifles. Others carry someone else’s final breath. Yuri Kochiyama will never be forgotten.
A Japanese American woman who had survived internment during World War II, Yuri had spent years building bridges across communities, standing beside Malcolm X in the fight for civil rights and human dignity. When he fell, she didn’t hesitate. She rushed to his side, lifted his head into her lap, and stayed with him in his final moments, as the room around them dissolved into panic.
It was an act that took no weapon, no title, no permission only raw courage and love for another human being. In an instant of terror, Yuri Kochiyama chose presence over safety, compassion over fear.
Her hands, once marked by the injustice of a country that had imprisoned her own family, became the hands that comforted a dying man who had fought for freedom for others.
Some heroes carry rifles. Others carry someone else’s final breath. Yuri Kochiyama will never be forgotten.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero should still be with us today. Period.
ICE does not have the authority to kill people in our streets. Never mind that these men were unarmed; never mind that they were reportedly not the people ICE was looking for. Neither should have died.
Communities from Houston to Maine are demanding answers, accountability, and independent investigations. No federal law enforcement agency should operate without transparency or oversight.
ICE has become a rogue agency acting with alarming impunity, emboldened by the Trump administration to escalate aggressive enforcement while avoiding accountability. No one should fear that a routine encounter with law enforcement could end in a fatal shooting.
Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Justice for Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. How many lives have to be taken for Trump and Republicans to listen? I promise to continue to do everything I can to rein in ICE.
ICE does not have the authority to kill people in our streets. Never mind that these men were unarmed; never mind that they were reportedly not the people ICE was looking for. Neither should have died.
Communities from Houston to Maine are demanding answers, accountability, and independent investigations. No federal law enforcement agency should operate without transparency or oversight.
ICE has become a rogue agency acting with alarming impunity, emboldened by the Trump administration to escalate aggressive enforcement while avoiding accountability. No one should fear that a routine encounter with law enforcement could end in a fatal shooting.
Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Justice for Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. How many lives have to be taken for Trump and Republicans to listen? I promise to continue to do everything I can to rein in ICE.
It took more than four centuries.
July 9, 2021: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the TEAACH Act (Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History), making Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to teach Asian American history.
Think about that for a moment.
Asian Americans have been part of America’s story for more than four centuries. Since the arrival of the first Filipinos aboard Spanish ships in the 1500s, they have helped build the nation in countless ways. They laid railroad tracks across the West, fought in every major U.S. war, advanced science and medicine, founded businesses, transformed agriculture, shaped the arts, and helped power today’s technology industry.
Yet for most of American history, those stories were rarely part of the classroom.
It wasn’t until 2021 that any state made Asian American history a required part of the curriculum.
That means generations of students graduated without learning about the incarceration of Japanese Americans, the Chinese railroad workers who connected the continent, Filipino farm labor leaders like Larry Itliong, the heroism of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, or countless scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and public servants who helped shape the country.
Asian Americans have been…
July 9, 2021: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the TEAACH Act (Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History), making Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to teach Asian American history.
Think about that for a moment.
Asian Americans have been part of America’s story for more than four centuries. Since the arrival of the first Filipinos aboard Spanish ships in the 1500s, they have helped build the nation in countless ways. They laid railroad tracks across the West, fought in every major U.S. war, advanced science and medicine, founded businesses, transformed agriculture, shaped the arts, and helped power today’s technology industry.
Yet for most of American history, those stories were rarely part of the classroom.
It wasn’t until 2021 that any state made Asian American history a required part of the curriculum.
That means generations of students graduated without learning about the incarceration of Japanese Americans, the Chinese railroad workers who connected the continent, Filipino farm labor leaders like Larry Itliong, the heroism of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, or countless scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and public servants who helped shape the country.
Asian Americans have been…
LA County authorities officially filed a formal motion in the LA County Superior Court requesting to be completely dropped as a defendant in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Yong Yang (40).
“The Battle for Yong Yang: ❌ LA County Seeks Dismissal from Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Sparking Furious Backlash from Bereaved Family.”
A high-profile, systemic civil rights and mental health litigation cycle in Los Angeles has reached a critical, highly contentious judicial turning point.
LA County authorities officially filed a formal motion in the LA County Superior Court requesting to be completely dropped as a defendant in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Yong Yang (40). Yang, who was suffering from severe mental health distress, was fatally shot inside his home by LAPD Officer Andres Lopez in 2024.
The state apparatus is moving to insulate its emergency mental health response protocols from liability:
📍 State Claims Zero Fault: The County’s motion argues that Department of Mental Health (DMH) clinicians acted entirely within safety boundaries. They maintain that Yang’s escalating behavioral shifts severely restricted therapeutic dialogue, forcing staff to transition the call to a high-priority 911 law enforcement response. 📉💵
📍 The 3-Minute Escalation Trigger: The victim’s father, Dr. Min Yang, heavily slammed the motion as “profoundly irresponsible.” The family’s legal filings stress that instead of de-escalating the crisis, clinicians engaged aggressively, failing to communicate for even three full minutes…
A high-profile, systemic civil rights and mental health litigation cycle in Los Angeles has reached a critical, highly contentious judicial turning point.
LA County authorities officially filed a formal motion in the LA County Superior Court requesting to be completely dropped as a defendant in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Yong Yang (40). Yang, who was suffering from severe mental health distress, was fatally shot inside his home by LAPD Officer Andres Lopez in 2024.
The state apparatus is moving to insulate its emergency mental health response protocols from liability:
📍 State Claims Zero Fault: The County’s motion argues that Department of Mental Health (DMH) clinicians acted entirely within safety boundaries. They maintain that Yang’s escalating behavioral shifts severely restricted therapeutic dialogue, forcing staff to transition the call to a high-priority 911 law enforcement response. 📉💵
📍 The 3-Minute Escalation Trigger: The victim’s father, Dr. Min Yang, heavily slammed the motion as “profoundly irresponsible.” The family’s legal filings stress that instead of de-escalating the crisis, clinicians engaged aggressively, failing to communicate for even three full minutes…
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from LAPD Officer Toni McBride on June 22, 2026. This left in place a June 2, 2025, en banc decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which had denied her qualified immunity in a narrow 6–5 vote.
Police Shooting Jury Decision May Reshape Use-of-Force Lawsuits
Police Shooting Jury Decision could reshape excessive force lawsuits and police shooting cases nationwide. Read the full legal analysis.
“The Battle for Yong Yang: ❌ LA County Seeks Dismissal from Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Sparking Furious Backlash from Bereaved Family.”
A high-profile, systemic civil rights and mental health litigation cycle in Los Angeles has reached a critical, highly contentious judicial turning point.
LA County authorities officially filed a formal motion in the LA County Superior Court requesting to be completely dropped as a defendant in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Yong Yang (40). Yang, who was suffering from severe mental health distress, was fatally shot inside his home by LAPD Officer Andres Lopez in 2024.
The state apparatus is moving to insulate its emergency mental health response protocols from liability:
📍 State Claims Zero Fault: The County’s motion argues that Department of Mental Health (DMH) clinicians acted entirely within safety boundaries. They maintain that Yang’s escalating behavioral shifts severely restricted therapeutic dialogue, forcing staff to transition the call to a high-priority 911 law enforcement response. 📉💵
📍 The 3-Minute Escalation Trigger: The victim’s father, Dr. Min Yang, heavily slammed the motion as “profoundly irresponsible.” The family’s legal filings stress that instead of de-escalating the crisis, clinicians engaged aggressively, failing to communicate for even three full minutes…
A high-profile, systemic civil rights and mental health litigation cycle in Los Angeles has reached a critical, highly contentious judicial turning point.
LA County authorities officially filed a formal motion in the LA County Superior Court requesting to be completely dropped as a defendant in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Yong Yang (40). Yang, who was suffering from severe mental health distress, was fatally shot inside his home by LAPD Officer Andres Lopez in 2024.
The state apparatus is moving to insulate its emergency mental health response protocols from liability:
📍 State Claims Zero Fault: The County’s motion argues that Department of Mental Health (DMH) clinicians acted entirely within safety boundaries. They maintain that Yang’s escalating behavioral shifts severely restricted therapeutic dialogue, forcing staff to transition the call to a high-priority 911 law enforcement response. 📉💵
📍 The 3-Minute Escalation Trigger: The victim’s father, Dr. Min Yang, heavily slammed the motion as “profoundly irresponsible.” The family’s legal filings stress that instead of de-escalating the crisis, clinicians engaged aggressively, failing to communicate for even three full minutes…
Inside the LA City Council Meeting That Just Scrapped Charter Reform (68 chars)
Eli Mcgrady Closed 🤬
Joyce Lechtenberg Why is it closed
Marna Kitchens Any time it has to be closed you know it’s rotten
David Hohisel What are they hiding now 🤬
Tony Reed Do that closed door shit on your own time !
Stupidity…
Supreme Court says ex-LAPD officer may be sued for excessive force in street shooting
Judges agreed officer had reason to fire four shots at a knife-wielding suspect but not six.
[LA Times] Supreme Court Clears Way for Excessive Force Lawsuit – Jury Trial in Fatal 2020 LAPD Shooting Case – Justice for Yong Yang
[LA Times] Supreme Court Clears Way for Excessive Force Lawsuit – Jury Trial in Fatal 2020 LAPD Shooting Case June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 Attorneys for the city failed to secure qualified immunity for former Officer Toni McBride, focusing the legal battle on a six-second sequence of gunfire. Origin…
**The Hernandez Family v. LAPD and Officer Toni McBride**
I have compiled a brief timeline of this case to offer my social media friends an opportunity to fully understand the long, grueling, and agonizing legal battle that victims and their families must endure. They carry out these struggles to fight against the absolute power of the state, to seek even a shred of justice for an irreversible loss, and to ensure that no one else suffers the same fate. I wanted to make this 6-year journey easy to grasp in a single post.
In the United States, when police officers harm a citizen, prosecutors decline to indict them nearly 99% of the time. The police face zero criminal accountability. The only path left for victims and their families is to fight through a civil lawsuit. Yet, even in civil court, the biased judicial system ensures that officers rarely face consequences.
Today, I want to share a case where it took a staggering 6 years and 2 months of painful, exhausting time just to get a lower court ruling recognized by the Supreme Court’s refusal to review it on June 22nd. This is a case where more than six years after…
I have compiled a brief timeline of this case to offer my social media friends an opportunity to fully understand the long, grueling, and agonizing legal battle that victims and their families must endure. They carry out these struggles to fight against the absolute power of the state, to seek even a shred of justice for an irreversible loss, and to ensure that no one else suffers the same fate. I wanted to make this 6-year journey easy to grasp in a single post.
In the United States, when police officers harm a citizen, prosecutors decline to indict them nearly 99% of the time. The police face zero criminal accountability. The only path left for victims and their families is to fight through a civil lawsuit. Yet, even in civil court, the biased judicial system ensures that officers rarely face consequences.
Today, I want to share a case where it took a staggering 6 years and 2 months of painful, exhausting time just to get a lower court ruling recognized by the Supreme Court’s refusal to review it on June 22nd. This is a case where more than six years after…
LA City Council killed the City Charter Reform, LAPD Reform…
(June 17 vote) (June30 vote)
District 1: Eunisses Hernandez (Yes) (Yes)
District 2: Adrin Nazarian (No) (No)
District 3: Bob Blumenfield (No) (No)
District 4: Nithya Raman (Yes) (Yes)
District 5: Katy Yaroslavsky (Yes) (Yes)
District 6: Imelda Padilla (Yes) (Yes)
District 7: Monica Rodriguez (Yes) (No)
District 8: Marqueece Harris-Dawson (No) (No)
District 9: Curren D. Price, Jr. (Yes) (Absent)
District 10: Heather Hutt (Yes) (No)
District 11: Traci Park (No) (No)
District 12: John Lee (No) (No)
District 13: Hugo Soto-Martinez (Yes) (Yes)
District 14: Ysabel Jurado (Yes) (Yes)
District 15: Tim McOsker (Yes) (No)
(June 17 vote) (June30 vote)
District 1: Eunisses Hernandez (Yes) (Yes)
District 2: Adrin Nazarian (No) (No)
District 3: Bob Blumenfield (No) (No)
District 4: Nithya Raman (Yes) (Yes)
District 5: Katy Yaroslavsky (Yes) (Yes)
District 6: Imelda Padilla (Yes) (Yes)
District 7: Monica Rodriguez (Yes) (No)
District 8: Marqueece Harris-Dawson (No) (No)
District 9: Curren D. Price, Jr. (Yes) (Absent)
District 10: Heather Hutt (Yes) (No)
District 11: Traci Park (No) (No)
District 12: John Lee (No) (No)
District 13: Hugo Soto-Martinez (Yes) (Yes)
District 14: Ysabel Jurado (Yes) (Yes)
District 15: Tim McOsker (Yes) (No)
Rose Gavalez This man was not given the respect or attention enough to face him and listen
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