Adrienna Wong

Staff attorney @ACLU_SoCal. Tweets are my own.

[Adrienna Wong @Adrienna_W]

Yet another way police associations undermine public safety:

“Nearly every clean-record agreement … was the handiwork of a small cadre of attorneys bankrolled by the Peace Officers Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund, which is funded by police unions.”

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

For decades, California police chiefs have lamented how difficult it is to fire officers who act with dishonesty or brutality.

What has remained secret until now is how they have turned to an under-the-radar method of getting rid of problem officers.
https://t.co/HMuyqXiUHM

[L.A. County Public Defenders Union @LApubdefunion]

In the past decade, 163 police agencies have executed clean-record agreements against 297 officers who have behaved dishonestly, brutally or problematically. These settlements conceal wrongdoing & allow bad actors to move on quietly & avoid accountability.
https://t.co/FoA2Esvvtl

[Alliance for Boys and Men of Color @AllianceforBMOC]

3) Punitive measures like fines and traffic enforcement exacerbate cycles of violence and debt within marginalized communities.

#DecarcerateTransportation
#DecriminalizeTransit

[Jose Fermoso @fermoso]

@APTPaction today released a transit justice mobility report, modeled on its defund policing model, and focusing on infrastructure development to lower deadly collisions. New story:

https://t.co/e9HliX0sZI

[Alliance for Boys and Men of Color @AllianceforBMOC]

Did you know Black drivers are 20% more likely to be pulled over than white drivers?

But we have more tools to change this than you might think.

Read the new @APTPaction report for actionable steps toward a just, police-free mobility system:

https://t.co/NmHwpX17j4

[Alliance for Boys and Men of Color @AllianceforBMOC]

Today @APTPaction released a report titled "Decarcerating Transportation: A Mobility Justice Framework."

The report delves into the systemic issues intertwining transportation & the criminal legal system, offering solutions & a #RoadmapForJustice

https://t.co/NmHwpX17j4

[L.A. Times Opinion @latimesopinion]

Editorial: Towing RVs without offering help only leaves more people living on the street (via @latimesopinion ) https://t.co/aIifrNWuFN

[@cerisecastle.bsky.social @cerisecastle]

I’m here at the California Court of Appeal where the fate of the injunction blocking LA’s Inspector General’s investigation into deputy gangs will be decided.

@ACLU_SoCal has filed an amicus brief opposing the lawsuit filed by the deputy’s union to stop OIG’s investigation.

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after she says her hand was permanently disfigured when she was bitten by a K-9. https://t.co/2No3HACc8h

[Victor Narro @NarroVictor]

A woman who was mauled by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department dog is suing the county and asking the department to end its “find and bite” canine program.

By @keribla
https://t.co/Ere4VnNPWL

[ACLU SoCal @ACLU_SoCal]

FYI: @CAgovernor’s executive order does not strip unhoused people of constitutional protections. For example, cities are still constitutionally prohibited from seizing and destroying unhoused people's property without adequate due process or charging excessive fines. 🧵

[The Appeal @theappeal]

The 13th Amendment bans all "badges & incidents" of slavery. But police dogs originated from slavers, who used dogs to attack enslaved people. To end all "badges & incidents" of slavery, we must stop using police dogs, write @BinaAhmadEsq & @KiahLikeTheCar https://t.co/SI2ozGB8P7

[Civil Rights Corps @CivRightsCorps]

Check out this NEW article by CRC attorneys Bina Ahmad and Kiah Duggins in @theappeal 👉🏽 U.S. Police Dogs Originated From Slavery—and Must Be Abolished. https://t.co/gBpc2qIDRp

[Emily Elena Dugdale @eedugdale]

Note: The two sheriff's stations in the Antelope Valley are STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE with a 2015 federal settlement agreement after a DOJ investigation found that deputies routinely racially profiled Black residents.

I wrote about this affecting AV kids: https://t.co/jc0nA20pkj

[Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights SF @lccrsf]

BREAKING: 9th Circuit Court quashes @sfgov's efforts to dissolve the preliminary injunction in our lawsuit, upholding a federal judge’s finding that SF likely violated the constitutional rights of homeless residents by criminalizing their existence.
https://t.co/ZryCImlKMZ

[ACLU SoCal @ACLU_SoCal]

Police are using attack dogs to inflict serious injuries on people who do not pose a danger to officers or others.

Assembly Bill 742 is the first step in curtailing this brutal and inhumane practice.

Take action now 👉https://t.co/zwmM3i26z2

[Physicians for Human Rights @P4HR]

"Californians have suffered extreme physical and psychological harms from the unleashed brutality of police attack dogs,” said Dr. @AltafSaadiMD, PHR medical expert and assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.

[ACLU California Action @ACLU_CalAction]

BREAKING: Today, we released a report detailing how police are using attack dogs to bite and maim members of the public.

🧵
https://t.co/P0WsJwTD3Z

[ACLU California Action @ACLU_CalAction]

Videos like this will continue as long as police use attack dogs as weapons against the people.

Canines are often released to bite people who don't pose a threat & ignore commands to stop attacking. #CALeg, pass #AB742. The public deserves to be safe.

🔗https://t.co/Ggo8mo3uRP

[Court Watch Los Angeles @CourtWatchLA]

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