“According to copies of emails the Anaheim Investigator obtained last year from the City of Anaheim under provisions of the California Public Records Act, OC Human Relations, a county-sanctioned non-profit agency involved in issues ranging from dispute mediation to combating hate crimes, quickly dispatched a team of two persons to canvass the working-class Mexican neighborhood of Anna Drive in the aftermath of “Operation Halo,” a law enforcement operation which reportedly targeted a local “street gang” whose members were alleged to be engaged in drug trafficking, murder, and other offenses. Although on the surface, the canvassers’ activities appear to be relatively harmless, most of the information they gleaned from Anna Drive residents–some of it apparently quite sensitive–was immediately relayed to Anaheim Police Chief John Welter by Rusty Kennedy, Executive Director of OC Human Relations,” according to former Anaheim City Council candidate Duane Roberts, over at his new Anaheim Investigator blog. Continue reading
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Spitzer calls for Third District public hearings on violence
February 20, 2013
Spitzer calls for Third District Public Hearings on Violence
(Orange County, CA) – After 17 days of bloodshed and seven murders, Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer is calling for Third District Public Hearings on Violence. Continue reading