Tag: district attorney
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OC Activists Wait on DA Data
By Dianne Anderson As a recent ACLU lawsuit against the Orange County District Attorney demands to see what the county is hiding, activists wait for data to show what they already know – that Black and Brown people are unfairly prosecuted more than other groups. Gabriela Hernandez, speaking as plaintiff of Chicanxs Unidxs, said for ... -
OC Groups Push Against Spitzer and to Get Out the Vote
By Dianne Anderson Sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits shrouding the Orange County District Attorney’s office have the local National Action Network chapter pushing harder this last week to get Black and Brown voters to mail in their Primary ballot. At stake, Darlene Futrel said the numbers with Spitzer at the helm show a pattern of ... -
NAN-OC Rally Mode on Spitzer’s Racist Remarks
By Dianne Anderson Chances are the charges to decide the death penalty against a Black defendant are predictable whenever a prosecutor leads the case with whether he was dating a white woman, or an assumption that Black men choose white women to get ahead in life. Just the comfort level that Orange County District Attorney ...