By Peter Martin George W. Bush deported two million people during his presidency. Barack Obama deported over two and a half million during his two terms in office, earning the epithet “deporter-in-chief.” The budgets for the US Border Patrol and ICE have nearly doubled in the last ten years, and in 2016 about $20 billion … Continue reading Deportation regime’s racist and inhumane
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Thousands gather for Women’s March on Eureka
Thousands of people in Eureka marched in solidarity for women Saturday afternoon, mirroring cities nationwide. The marches were planned in unison with 600 other demonstrations, according to co-organizer Rebecca Stauffer... Source: Thousands gather for Women’s March on Eureka
Environmental Justice at the Local and Regional Level – Legal Background
download the PDF: Environmental Justice KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General State of California DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environmental Justice at the Local and Regional Level Legal Background Cities, counties, and other local governmental entities have an important role to play in ensuring environmental justice for all of California’s residents. Under state law: “[E]nvironmental justice” means the … Continue reading Environmental Justice at the Local and Regional Level – Legal Background
New Yorker Article on Asset Forfeiture – “Taken”
Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes. Is that all we’re losing? http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken
Take Action on Asset Forfeiture
From: Grant Smith - Drug Policy Alliance <action@em.drugpolicy.org> For decades, law enforcement agencies have taken advantage of federal asset forfeiture laws — enacted during the height of drug war hysteria in the 1980s — to seize cash, cars, and other property from unsuspecting people without even charging them with a crime. And then what do … Continue reading Take Action on Asset Forfeiture
The Right To Record Police
Two Court Affirmations by REBECCA K. SMITH Last week, federal courts issued two decisions affirming the right of citizens to record police under the First Amendment. In Atlanta, a court held the police department in contempt of court for violating a prior court order to allow citizens to record police. In New York, a court … Continue reading The Right To Record Police
Janelle Egger vs. Humboldt County BOS, RE Brown Act violations
1. Table of contents, Petition, Demurrer, Opp, Reply 2. Egger Petition For Writ of Mandate 3. Demurrer P&A 4. Egger Opposition 2014_1_20 5. Reply in support of Demurrer 6. Egger Opp to Reply 2015_02_10
Humboldt County Grand Jury Final Report 2013-2014
Tom Sebourn Blog: The Humboldt Civil Liberties Defense Fund Endorses DA Candidate Elan Firpo
Press Release: The Humboldt Civil Liberties Defense Fund (HCLDF) enthusiastically endorses Élan Firpo for District Attorney. The HCLDF is committed to the protection of civil liberties for all residents of Humboldt County and feels that Ms. Firpo is the candidate that would best protect those liberties guaranteed in our State and Federal Constitutions. The HCLDF … Continue reading Tom Sebourn Blog: The Humboldt Civil Liberties Defense Fund Endorses DA Candidate Elan Firpo
The Big Chill by Marty Burstiner
Back in April 2007, some 3,500 people peaceably gathered in Redwood Park in Arcata to celebrate weed. I wrote about it in this column, noting how amazed I was that in a county of 130,000 the two daily newspapers we had back then skipped the event. I get high on large, peaceful gatherings. It is … Continue reading The Big Chill by Marty Burstiner
Humboldt Civil Liberties Defense Fund 