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Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez is dismissing the Office of Independent Review Group (“OIR”) Kendrec McDade shooting Report’s criticism that his PD did not conduct any post-criminal investigation fact-finding. The OIR Report’s analysis of this failure po... More »
Correction by authors Our Op-Ed on Tunnel Vision by Chief Beck and Chief Sanchez incorrectly stated that an Officer involved in the Ezell Ford shooting had been disciplined. It is correct that the LAPD Inspector General, by focusing on the events leading up to... More »
The Pasadena PD says it excluded the OIR Group from its administrative review of the shooting of the unarmed African-American Kendrec McDade. The reason given by the PD was that it believed it could not have a frank discussion with them watching. Is that belie... More »
Quickly reading the OIR Report on the Pasadena Police Departments’ shooting of Kendrec McDade suggests the PD acted irrationally like an ostrich sticking its head in the sand to avoid an unwelcome sight. The Office of Independent Review Group (“OIR”) Report re... More »
In our previous Op-Ed, we explored the surprising disclosure in the OIR Report on the Pasadena Police Department’s shooting of the unarmed African-American youth Kendrec McDade that the PD had not given specific feedback on their plethora of mistakes to the Of... More »
I attended a Pasadena City Council meeting on November 23rd where a staff recommendation was passed to “Direct the City Attorney to prepare and return with an ordinance within 30 days adding new sections to Chapter 8 of the Pasadena Municipal Code that pr... More »
The “Oh my God!” moment in reading the OIR Report on the shooting of the unarmed African-American youth Kendrec McDade is the following sentence at the Report’s page 63: In fact, the Department recently informed us that they did not provide specific feedback t... More »
With the election of Hoyt Hilsman, who received the endorsement of the PCC Faculty Association, change has come to Pasadena City College. Responding to calls by faculty and students for reforms at the institution, voters chose to replace an incumbent Trustee f... More »
At 6:28 pm on September 21, Allysha Almada looked at her cell phone and saw an email that appeared to come from the White House. “The President cordially invites you to attend the White House Summit on Worker Voice to be held at the White House on Wednesday,... More »
As religious leaders serving the Pasadena community, we bear witness to the everyday struggles of the working poor. While Pasadena is the home to great institutions and enormous wealth among its residents, we also see unbearable suffering among poor families, ... More »
When I attended college, I wrote my papers on an IBM Correcting Selectric typewriter. Back then, its new auto correct feature was exciting. Today, my smartphone has the same computing power that used to fill a room of machines in the 1970s. I don’t even have s... More »
My father and I recently shared the sad and inspiring privilege of going to the Pasadena Buddhist Church for the funeral of a longtime family friend. The loved ones who honored Kazuo Kitani at the warm and solemn service remembered him as a loving husband, dad... More »
